University of Minnesota Athletics
Pintusava Named Second Team All-Big Ten
4/29/2011 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
Pintusava, who missed seven matches this spring with an injury, is 18-14 overall in singles. She posted an 11-5 record in the fall and advanced to the final of the ITA Central Region Championship. She played all 16 of her spring matches at No. 1 singles and had a 7-9 record, which included a loss in today's first round at the Big Ten tournament.
She is 3-3 against ranked competition this season and has wins against No. 23 Sanaa Bhambri of North Carolina State, No. 27 Michaela Kissell of Marshall and No. 121 Amy Barton of Michigan State.
Minnesota beat Iowa 4-2 in the first round of the Big Ten tournament this morning and will face top seed and tenth-ranked Michigan at 9 a.m. on Friday in the second round.
WOMEN'S TENNIS ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS
First Team All-Big Ten
Rachael White, Illinois
Leslie Hureau, Indiana
Evgeniya Vertesheva, Indiana
SONJA MOLNAR, Iowa
BROOKE BOLENDER, Michigan
Sam Critser, Michigan
DENISE MURESAN, Michigan
Whitney Taney, Michigan
MARIA MOSOLOVA, Northwestern
BELINDA NIU, Northwestern
Kate Turvy, Northwestern
Petra Januskova, Penn State
Second Team All-Big Ten
Amy Allin, Illinois
Amy Barton, Michigan State
Natallia Pintusava, Minnesota
Brittany Wowchuk, Northwestern
Kelsey Haviland, Ohio State
Jennifer Rabot, Purdue
Bhavani Tirumurti, Purdue
Jenny Hois, Wisconsin
Unanimous selections in CAPS.
Additional honorees due to a tie.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Athlete of the Year: Denise Muresan, Michigan
Freshman of the Year: Brooke Bolender, Michigan
Coach of the Year: Ronni Bernstein, Michigan
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Rachael White, Illinois
Kayla Fujimoto, Indiana
Alexis Dorr, Iowa
Mimi Nguyen, Michigan
Dana Guentert, Michigan State
Mariana Spilca, Minnesota
Nida Hamilton, Northwestern
Fidan Manashirova, Ohio State
Marie-Frederique Bedard, Penn State
Imogen Golder, Purdue
Aleksandra Markovic, Wisconsin
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