Mackenzie Clark Garners All-American Athletic Conference Honors
May 6, 2021 | Women's Tennis
NEW ORLEANS – After a vote by the league's head coaches, Tulane University sophomore Mackenzie Clark has been named to the 2021 All-American Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Team as a unanimous selection in an announcement Thursday afternoon.
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Clark becomes the first Green Wave player to earn women's tennis all-conference honors from The American since Ivone Alvaro in 2019.
A native of Morristown, N.J., Clark compiled an impressive 9-3 overall singles record, including a 4-1 mark at the No. 1 spot in the lineup and a 5-2 ledger at No. 2. In the national rankings, she reached as high as 108th in the poll.
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In doubles, Clark teamed with Mary Caroline Meredith, as the duo recorded a 10-6 record playing atop the lineup. As a tandem, they received a No. 54 national ranking at the beginning of the spring campaign.
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Clark becomes the first Green Wave player to earn women's tennis all-conference honors from The American since Ivone Alvaro in 2019.
A native of Morristown, N.J., Clark compiled an impressive 9-3 overall singles record, including a 4-1 mark at the No. 1 spot in the lineup and a 5-2 ledger at No. 2. In the national rankings, she reached as high as 108th in the poll.
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In doubles, Clark teamed with Mary Caroline Meredith, as the duo recorded a 10-6 record playing atop the lineup. As a tandem, they received a No. 54 national ranking at the beginning of the spring campaign.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Player of the Year: Valeriya Zeleva, Jr., UCF *
Freshman of the Year: Sophie Abrams, Memphis
Coach of the Year: Bryan Koniecko, UCF
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ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Ksenia Kuznetsova, Jr., UCF
Evgenyia Levashova, Jr., UCF
Rebeka Stolmar, Sr., UCF *
Valeriya Zeleva, Jr., UCF *
Sophie Abrams, Fr., Memphis *
Grace Schumacher, Fr., USF
Hadley Doyle, So., SMU *
Jackie Nylander, So., SMU *
Mackenzie Clark, So., Tulane *
Laia Conde Monfort, So., Tulsa
Martina Okalova, Gr., Tulsa *
Vera Ploner, Gr., Tulsa
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* Unanimous selection
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