April 19, 2007

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 19, 2007) - George Mason's top women's tennis player senior Maricel Ballester earned All-CAA Third team honors for her performances in singles action this season. The award marks the second straight year she has received the All-CAA third team honor. Last season she also earned All-CAA Second team in doubles with Andreea Fusea for their accomplishments on the court as a team in doubles.

Ballester finished with an 8-10 overall record, including a 2-2 record in matches against CAA opponents. The Lima, Peru native, played all of her matches from the No. 1 position. She finishes her four-year career with a 49-41 overall singles record, all from the top two singles positions.

The awards were presented this evening prior to the quarterfinals of the 2007 CAA Women's Tennis Championship, which resumes Friday at the Huntington Park Tennis Center in Newport News. The tournament runs through Sunday, with the women's championship match set for 10:00 a.m. on April 22.

2007 ALL-CAA WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM

First Team
Singles
Ragini Acharya, William & Mary			Fr.		Pulaski, Va.
Olga Borisova, VCU				Sr.		Minsk, Belarus
Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary		Sr.		Monroe, Mich.
Tatsiana Uvarova, VCU				Jr.		Minsk, Belarus
Marianna Yuferova, VCU				Jr.		St. Petersburg, Russia
Katarina Zoricic, William & Mary		So.	Etobicoke, Ontario

Doubles
Olga Borisova, VCU				Sr.		Minsk, Belarus
Marianna Yuferova, VCU				Jr.		St. Petersburg, Russia
Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary		Sr.		Monroe, Mich.
Katarina Zoricic, William & Mary		So.	Etobicoke, Ontario
Dariana Kozmina, Georgia State			So.		Kharkiv, Ukraine
Rachel Malina, Georgia State			So.		Decatur, Ga.

Second Team
Singles
Magdalena Bresson, William & Mary		Fr.		Delray Beach, Fla.
Charleen Haarhoff, Old Dominion			So.		Durban, South Africa
Viktoria Konstantinova, VCU			Jr.		Hanskovo, Bulgaria
Dariana Kozmina, Georgia State			So.		Kharkiv, Ukraine
Fernanda Luiz, Old Dominion			Jr.		Nova Lima, Brazil
Molly Molony, UNC Wilmington			Sr.		Ft. Mitchell, Ky.

Doubles
Charleen Haarhoff, Old Dominion			So.		Durban, South Africa
Fernanda Luiz, Old Dominion			Jr.		Nova Lima, Brazil
Molly Molony, UNC Wilmington			Sr.		Ft. Mitchell, Ky.
Priscilla Roberts, UNC Wilmington		Jr.		Peachtree City, Ga.
Barbara Zidek, William & Mary			So.		Orland Park, Ill.
Klaudyna Kasztelaniec, William & Mary		So.		Krakow, Poland

Third Team
Singles
Maricel Ballester, George Mason			Sr.		Lima, Peru
Klaudyna Kasztelaniec, William & Mary		So.		Krakow, Poland
Gabriela Marginean, Drexel			Fr.		Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Martina Nitkova, Georgia State			Fr.		Vratimov, Czech Republic

2007 CAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR: 		Megan Moulton-Levy, William & Mary
2007 CAA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:		Ragini Acharya, William & Mary
2007 CAA COACH OF THE YEAR:             Kevin Epley, William & Mary