Women’s Tennis Lands Two on LSWA All-Louisiana First Team

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Sports Writer's Association (LSWA) announced its end of the year All-Louisiana awards over the weekend as the Tulane women's tennis program landed both sophomore Elena Muller and freshman Ivone Alvaro on the First Team list. It marked the first All-Louisiana honors for both Green Wave student-athletes.

Muller led the Wave with an impressive 19-3 dual record, an improvement from a 9-8 mark from a year before. Muller finished the year with a six-match win streak and went 4-1 against American Athletic Conference competition. In doubles, the sophomore went 14-9 with an 8-4 mark at the No. 1 position, which also included two top-40 ranked wins.

Next, Alvaro finished right behind with an 18-5 dual record, which led to her being named Co-Freshman of the Year by The American. Alvaro ended the year on a team best 11-match win streak. The Portugal native also recorded the second most doubles victories with a 17-3 record.

Together, Muller, Alvaro and the rest of the Green Wave produced one of the biggest turnarounds in Division I women's tennis, going from an eight-win campaign to a 22-7 record this season. It marked the first 20-win season in the post-Katrina era.

2017 LSWA All-Louisiana Women's Tennis Teams
First Team
Jade Lewis – LSU – Fr. – Hilton Head, S.C.
Elena Muller – Tulane – So. – Dallas, Texas
Petra Horakova – ULM – Sr. – Trnava, Slovakia
Ivone Alvaro – Tulane – Fr. – Albufeira, Portugal
Trang Dao – New Orleans – So. – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Joana Valle Costa – LSU – Sr. – Lisbon, Portugal

Second Team
Stefana Andrei – ULM – Jr. – Bucharest, Romania
Tiffany Mylonas – ULM – So. – Brussels, Belgium
Hannah Brett – McNeese – Jr. – Wokingham, Berkshire, U.K.
Ryann Foster – LSU – Jr. – Sunrise, Fla.
Jazmin Britos – Louisiana Tech – Sr. – Villarrica, Paraguay
Nadja Manjon – Louisiana Tech – Fr. – La Coruna, Spain

Honorable Mention: Madalina Grigoriu, ULM; Judit Castillo, Northwestern State; Claudette Gilhespie, New Orleans; Charlene Goreau, Xavier; Sara Andrade, LSU Alexandria.

Player of the Year: Jade Lewis, LSU

Newcomer of the Year: Stefana Andrei, ULM

Freshman of the Year: Jade Lewis, LSU

Coach of the Year: Terrence De Jongh, ULM

Women’s Tennis Lands Two on LSWA All-Louisiana First Team

Players Mentioned

Ivone Alvaro

Elena Muller

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