May 1, 2008

Irvine, Calif. - The Big West Conference announced that Pacific Junior Jolanta Twarowska (Hamburg, Germany) was selected to the 2008 Big West All-Conference Second Team. Twarowska compiled a 7-13 record this spring and an overall 12-19 record on the year collecting her second all-conference selection since joining the Tigers in 2006.

Twarowska also received 2008 Big West All-Conference honorable mention accolades for her doubles performance with freshman teammate Olga Gumenyuk (Kiev, Ukraine). The duo paired up and compiled an overall 12-19 record during the 2007-08 campaign including a 4-8 record at the number one position and going undefeated at number two doubles.

Also earning honors for her 2008 performances for the Tigers was sophomore Svenja Arens (Bensberg, Germany) who was selected to the 2008 Big West All-Conference honorable mention. Arens finished the year with an overall 18-15 record in singles competition during her sophomore stint including a perfect 1-0 at the number one position during the spring. Svenja had previously earned honorable mention honors in doubles with partner Mrazovic in her freshman year.

The following is a complete listing of the 2008 Big West All-Conference Team:

FIRST TEAM - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
Stephanie Bengson Sr. Long Beach State
Becky Bernhard Sr. UC Irvine
Brittany Blalock So. Cal Poly
Hannah Grady Jr. Long Beach State
Erynne Oki Jr. UC Riverside
Randi Schuler Jr. UC Davis
Marta Simic Sr. UC Santa Barbara

SECOND TEAM - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
Inna Agababian Sr. UC Irvine
Victoria Brymer Jr. Cal State Northridge
Jill Damion Fr. UC Santa Barbara
Stephanie Jeanes Fr. Long Beach State
Kanykey Koichumanova Sr. Cal State Northridge
Desiree Stone So. UC Davis
Jolanta Twarowska Jr. Pacific

HONORABLE MENTION - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
Svenja Arens So. Pacific
Deborah Armstrong Fr. Long Beach State
Clare Fermin Jr. UC Irvine

FIRST TEAM - DOUBLES
Name School
Hannah Grady/Stephanie Bengson Long Beach State
Steffi Wong/Brittany Blalock Cal Poly
Marta Simic/Charlotte Scatliffe UC Santa Barbara
Stephanie Jeanes/Jessica Weeks Long Beach State

SECOND TEAM - DOUBLES
Name School
Kanykey Koichumanova/Brooke Doane Cal State Northridge
Erynne Oki/H.R. Espiritu UC Riverside
Inna Agababian/Becky Bernhard UC Irvine
Victoria Brymer/Canna Furuta Cal State Northridge

HONORABLE MENTION - DOUBLES
Name School
Herzyl Legaspi/Randi Schuler UC Davis
Jolanta Twarowska/Olga Gumenyuk Pacific
Clare Fermin/Rebecca Kwan UC Irvine

2008 BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Hannah Grady, Long Beach State

2008 BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR
Jenny Hilt-Costello, Long Beach State

2008 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Stephanie Jeanes, Long Beach State