WT Garners Four All-Big 12 Awards

WACO, Texas – Baylor women's tennis earned four Big 12 Tennis yearly honors, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon. Na Dong was recognized as the Newcomer of the Year with a spot on the All-Big 12 Second Singles Team with Liubov Kostenko, while Kostenko and Cristina Tiglea received a First Team Doubles nod.

Dong was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year after an impressive 26-3 debut season in Waco, highlighted by a perfect 7-0 singles record in conference play. Her current 14-match singles win streak began on February 21 with a victory over Washington State's Hania Abouelsaad. Of those 14 wins, 11 were decided in straight sets.

The Newcomer of the Year award marks the fifth in program history and the first since Sona Novakova earned the honor in 2011. It also represents the 23rd "of the Year" conference award won by a Bear during the Big 12 era, and the first since 2015.

Kostenko joined Dong on the All-Big 12 Second Singles Team after a 5-5 league slate split between the top two courts in her final campaign as a Bear.

With her second All-Conference nod this season, Kostenko paired up with Tiglea to claim an All-Big 12 First Doubles Team mention in a year that saw an appearance in the NCAA Doubles Championship, a 17-9 overall record, a 14-7 conference schedule and a seven-match winning streak to open the dual-match season.

The Bears open up the NCAA Tournament against Boise State in the Austin Regional on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Texas Tennis Center.

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Big 12 Women's Tennis Awards
Player of the Year- Olivia Lincer, UCF
Freshman of the Year- Rose Marie Nijkamp, Oklahoma State
Newcomer of the Year- Na Dong, Baylor
Scholar-Athlete of the Year- Tanvi Narendran, Arizona
Coach of the Year- Adam Herendeen, Texas Tech

All-Big 12 First Team Singles
Josie Usereau, Arizona
Sara Svetac, Arizona State
Emilija Tverijonaite, Arizona State
Yujia (Bobo) Huang, BYU
Sophia Biolay, UCF
Aya El Aouni, UCF
Olivia Lincer, UCF
Gracie Mulville, Kansas
Melisa Ercan, Oklahoma State
Anastasiya Komar, Oklahoma State
Rose Marie Nijkamp, Oklahoma State
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko, Texas Tech

All-Big 12 First Team Doubles
Cristina Tiglea/Liubov Kostenko, Baylor
Olivia Lincer/Hannah Rylatt, UCF
Heike Janse Van Vuuren/Gracie Mulville, Kansas
Anastasiya Komar/Rose Marie Nijkamp, Oklahoma State
Jade Otway/Isabel Pascual, TCU
Avelina Sayfetdinova/Mariia Hlahola, Texas Tech

All-Big 12 Second Team Singles
Midori Castillo-Meza, Arizona
Na Dong, Baylor
Liubov Kostenko, Baylor
Mila Stanojevic, Colorado
Julia Camblor, Iowa State
Anna Supapitch Kuearum, Iowa State
Kyoka Kubo, Kansas
Maralgoo Chogsomjav, Kansas State
Gracie Epps, Oklahoma State
Jade Otway, TCU
Avelina Sayfetdinova, Texas Tech
Emma Kamper, Utah

All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles
Josie Usereau/Danielle Tuhten, Arizona
Patricia Spaka/Lily Taylor, Arizona State
Sophia Biolay/Aya El Aouni, UCF
Anna Supapitch Kuearum/Cristina Ramos Sierra, Iowa State
Kylie Collins/Marcela Lopez, Oklahoma State
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko/Hailey Murphy, Texas Tech

All-Big 12 Freshman Team
Lily Taylor, Arizona State
Aya El Aouni, UCF
Olivia Bergler, UCF
Julia Camblor, Iowa State
Melisa Ercan, Oklahoma State
Rose Marie Nijkamp, Oklahoma State

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WT Garners Four All-Big 12 Awards

Players Mentioned

Na Dong

Liubov Kostenko

Cristina Tiglea

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