Duo Earn All-Big 12 Honors
5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
FORT WORTH, Texas - TCU women's tennis student-athletes Aleksa Cveticanin and Marie Norris were honored by the Big 12 Conference by being named to the All-Big 12 teams as announced by the league office on Thursday.
The honors mark the first in the careers for Cveticanin and Norris as the pair were each named to the All-Big 12 Singles Second Team. Cveticanin also became the first Horned Frog to earn a spot on the All-Big 12 Freshman Team.
Cveticanin played at the top of the lineup in singles for TCU as a freshman and finished with 15 wins in her inaugural season. The Brisbane, Australia native got 11 of her victories in dual matches with nine wins at the No. 1 spot and one win over a ranked opponent. Cveticanin ended the season on a four-match winning streak while also getting four victories during Big 12 play. Cveticanin was ranked the majority of the season in the Oracle/ITA singles poll and climbed to as high as No. 71.
Norris was a consistent competitor for TCU in singles action this season and led the team with a 21-7 mark. The junior scored 15 wins in dual matches and five wins against league opponents. The Burdett, Kan., native scored victories in seven of her last nine matches and was able to upset one ranked foe. Norris started the season ranked No. 80 in the Oracle/ITA singles poll and was ranked for six straight weeks in the spring.
TCU concluded its season by advancing to the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship two weeks ago. The Frogs finished the year with 13 victories and wins in four of its last five matches played.
2018 All-Big 12 Awards
Coach of the Year: Howard Joffe (Texas)
Player of the Year: Bianca Turati (Texas)
Newcomer of the Year: Despoina Vogasari (Kansas)
Freshman of the Year: Maria Linares (K-State)
First Team - Singles
Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas, Jr.
Despoina Vogasari, Kansas, Jr.
Vladica Babic, Oklahoma State, Sr.
Megan McCray, Oklahoma State, Sr.
Lily Miyazaki, Oklahoma, Sr.
Anna Turati, Texas, So.
Bianca Turati, Texas, So.
Gabriela Talaba, Texas Tech, Sr.
First Team - Doubles
Vladica Babic, Sr. / Sofia Blanco, Jr., Oklahoma State
Bojana Markovic, Fr. / Petra Granic, So., Texas
Sarah Dvorak, Sr. / Sabrina Federici, Sr., Texas Tech
Gabriela Talaba, Sr. / Felicity Maltby, Jr., Texas Tech
Second Team - Singles
Camilla Abbate, Baylor, So.
Margot Decker, K-State, Fr.
Maria Linares, K-State, Fr.
Marina Guinart, Oklahoma State, Jr.
Aleksa Cveticanin, TCU, Fr.
Marie Norris, TCU, Jr.
Petra Granic, Texas So.
Sabrina Federici, Texas Tech, Sr.
Second Team - Doubles
Anastasia Rychagova, Jr. / Nina Khmelnitckaia, Jr., Kansas
Despoina Vogasari, Sr. / Maria Toran Ribes, So., Kansas
Carolina Costamagna, Sr. / Margot Decker, Fr., K-State
Jasmine Asghar, So. / Christiana Brigante, Sr., Oklahoma
Marina Guinart, Jr. / Katarina Stresnakova, Jr., Oklahoma State
Anna Turati, So. / Bianca Turati, So., Texas
All-Freshman Team
Liva Kraus, Baylor
Kristiana Sorokolet, Baylor
Margot Decker, K-State
Maria Linares, K-State
Aleksa Cveticanin, TCU
Bojana Markovic, Texas
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