Women's Tennis | 5/6/2021 2:05:00 PM

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Barry University women's tennis claimed nine All-Sunshine State Conference awards following the SSC regular-season and postseason titles. Voting for the All-SSC teams was conducted among the league's women's tennis coaches.

Women's Tennis All-SSC History: All-SSC Teams | Athletes & Coaches of the Year

Natalie Espinal of Nova Southeastern was given SSC Player of the Year. Saint Leo's Celina Ermann was voted Freshman of the Year for 2021. As voted on by his peers, Doug Neagle of Nova Southeastern repeats as SSC Coach of the Year in 2021. 

The Bucs put a trio of players on the first-team. Deniz Khazan, Madeline Bosnjak and Jil Engelmann were named to the singles list, while Khazan and Bosnjak combined for a doubles award. Khazan and Bosnjak did not lose in singles this season, each going 8-0.  Khazan posted a 3-0 mark against other members of the First-Team, including a pair of straight sets wins over Espinal. Bosnjak has wins over both Karolina Snita and Daniela Obando of NSU. Engelman was 5-1, with her loss coming against Nina Furmaniak of Saint Leo. Khazan and Bosnjak went 6-1 in doubles, including a pair of wins over Espinal and Chantal Nosievici.

Julie Razafindranaly picked up her fourth All-SSC award, earning a spot on the Second-Team singles list. She was a perfect 7-0 in singles to run her career record to 54-1. She and Englemann combined for Second-Team doubles with a 7-0 mark.

Daniela Farfan led the Bucs with a 9-0 record in singles and earned Honorable Mention.

Along with Espinal, Englemann from Barry repeats as a First-Team singles honoree from 2019. NSU's Daniela Obando now has five All-SSC honors to her name, while SLU's Vicens Miquel and Barry's Razafindranaly earn their fourth career awards.

Athlete of the Year: Natalie Espinal, Nova Southeastern
Freshman of the Year: Celina Ermann, Saint Leo
Coach of the Year: Doug Neagle, Nova Southeastern

 

2021 All-SSC Women's First Team Singles
Name	School	Year	Hometown
Natalie Espinal*	Nova Southeastern	So.	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Molly Helgesson	Saint Leo	Jr.	Falkenberg, Sweden
Deniz Khazan	Barry	Jr.	Netanya, Israel
Karolina Snita	Nova Southeastern	Jr.	Glogow, Poland
Madeline Bosnjak	Barry	Jr.	Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Jil Engelmann^	Barry	Sr.	Langenselbold, Germany
2021 All-SSC Women's First Team Doubles
Name	School	Year	Hometown
Alexandra Borg / Georgina Groth	Rollins	Sr. / Fr.	Oslo, Norway / Hamburg, Germany
Deniz Khazan / Madeline Bosnjak	Barry	Jr. / Jr.	Netanya, Israel / Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Natalie Espinal* / Chantal Nosievici	Nova Southeastern	So. / Jr.	Tegucigalpa, Honduras / Cologne, Germany
2021 All-SSC Women's Second Team Singles
Name	School	Year	Hometown
Daniela Obando†	Nova Southeastern	Sr.	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Marta Vicens Miquel‡	Saint Leo	Sr.	Port de Pollensa, Spain
Elenora Liga~	Lynn	Sr.	Palermo, Italy
Julie Razafindranaly@	Barry	Sr.	Rosnoen, France
Kaitlynn Groves	Rollins	So.	Winter Springs, Florida
Chantal Nosievici	Nova Southeastern	Jr.	Cologne, Germany
2021 All-SSC Women's Second Team Doubles
Name	School	Year	Hometown
Julie Razafindranaly@ / Jil Engelmann^	Barry	Sr. / Sr.	Rosnoen, France / Langenselbold, Germany
Molly Helgesson / Lavinia Lancellotti	Saint Leo	Jr. / Fr.	Falkenberg, Sweden / Rome, Italy
Daniela Obando† / Isabella Lowrey%	Nova Southeastern	Sr. / Sr.	Tegucigalpa, Honduras / Miami, Florida
2021 All-SSC Women's Honorable Mention Singles
Name	School	Year	Hometown
Daniela Farfan	Barry	Sr.	Buenos Aries, Argentina

* 2019 First Team Singles, 2019 Second Team Doubles, 2019 Freshman of the Year
^ 2019 First Team Singles
† = 2019 First Team Doubles, 2019 Second Team Singles, 2018 First Team Doubles, 2018 Second Team Doubles
‡ = 2019 First Team Singles, 2018 First Team Singles, 2018 Freshman of the Year
~ = 2019 Honorable Mention
@ = 2019 Second Team Singles, 2018 Second Team Singles, 2018 Second Team Doubles
% = 2017 Second Team Singles