Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

UMAC announces 2012 women's tennis awards

5/10/2012 10:32:31 AM

ST. PAUL -- The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced its 2012 women’s tennis postseason awards on Thursday with the College of St. Scholastica, the league’s regular season and tournament champion, claiming the most awards. The Saints had five all-conference winners while boasting the UMAC Player of the Year.

St. Scholastica sophomore Hillary Bungarden headlined the UMAC All-Conference list after going 8-1 in league singles matches this spring to earn the title of player of the year. Other Saints to make the all-conference squad include Lexi Gunderson, Megan Lawrence, Cortne Solberg and Rachael Zwiener.

Northwestern College, who finished second in both the regular season and UMAC Tournament, had four all-conference award winners including senior Amy Knight, who went a combined 8-1 in singles play, splitting time between the Nos. 3 and 4 positions. All four teams that made last weekend’s tournament were represented on the All-UMAC list as the University of Minnesota Morris had two selections while Martin Luther College had one.

Cougars Head Coach Elijah Starzl was voted the UMAC Coach of the Year following Minnesota Morris’ 6-4 league season after going 4-6 in 2011. Morris also won the team sportsmanship award, an accolade that is selected by the UMAC coaches to best represent sportsmanship throughout the entire season. Each team had one representative on the individual sportsmanship award list. The following participants best exemplified sportsmanship throughout the year:

Rebecca Kopacek, Bethany Lutheran College
Jill Kammerer, College of St. Scholastica
Rachel Niemi, Martin Luther College
Leah Kacvinsky, North Central University
Amy Knight, Northwestern College
Abby Fragodt, University of Minnesota Morris

All-Conference
Name	Institution	Year
* Hillary Bungarden	College of St. Scholastica	Sophomore
Lexi Gunderson	College of St. Scholastica	Freshman
Megan Lawrence	College of St. Scholastica	Junior
Cortne Solberg	College of St. Scholastica	Freshman
Rachael Zwiener	College of St. Scholastica	Freshman
Rachel Niemi	Martin Luther College	Senior
Kelly Johnson	Northwestern College	Freshman
Megan Johnson	Northwestern College	Freshman
Amy Knight	Northwestern College	Senior
Rachel Smith	Northwestern College	Junior
Abby Fragodt	University of Minnesota Morris	Sophomore
Christina Mollan	University of Minnesota Morris	Freshman