Four Earn All-MW Honors in Women's Tennis
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Four Lobos earned All-Mountain West honors in women’s tennis as the league announced its end of season awards. Hsiang-Wen “Albie” Huang and Bronte Murgett were named All-Mountain West in singles and Sara Kuuttila-Webbert and Myu Kageyama were named to the team in doubles. Overall 16 singles players were honored along with eight doubles teams.
New Mexico tied for the most players honored in singles with two. Despite the women’s tennis season ending eraly due to the COVID-19 crisis in the United States, the league announced 2020 honors.
Murgett, a junior, led the team in singles wins with 13, going 13-5 overall. In the spring dual season she played both No. 1 singles and No. 2 singles, going a combined 5-3. She went 8-2 in the fall season. Huang, also a junior, was second on the team in wins, going 12-5. She went 6-1 in the spring, playing No. 4, 5 and 6 singles. She also went 6-4 in the fall.
Kuuttila-Webbert and Kageyama are both sophomore transfers, with Kuuttila-Webbert coming from Michigan State and Kageyama from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. They combined to 7-5 as a doubles team, including 6-4 in the spring, going a perfect 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.
Singles:
TJ Fumagalli, Sr., Air Force
Joana Baptista, Fr., Boise State
Lilian Poling, Sr., Boise State
Priscilla Palermo, Jr., Colorado State
A.C. Hummel, So., Fresno State
Anastasia Luneva, Fr., Nevada
Hsiang-Wen Huang, Jr., New Mexico
Bronte Murgett, Jr., New Mexico
Tamara Arnold, Jr., San Diego State
Nnena Nadozie, Jr., San Diego State
Alba Pedrero Galindo, So., San José State
Izumi Asano, Jr., UNLV
En-Pei Huang, Jr., UNLV
Hannah Jones, Sr., Utah State
Lucy Octave, Sr., Utah State
Maria Oreshkina, So., Wyoming
Doubles:
TJ Fumagalli/Nadeen Lieberman, Air Force
Lilian Poling/Holly Stewart, Boise State
Emily Luetschwager/Stella Cliffe, Colorado State
Sara Kuuttila-Webbert/Myu Kageyama, New Mexico
Tamara Arnold/Julia Jordan, San Diego State
Izumi Asano/En-Pei Huang, UNLV
Hannah Jones/Sidnee Lavatai, Utah State
Maria Oreshkina/Oleksandra Balaba, Wyoming
Player of the Year:
TJ Fumagalli, Sr., Air Force
Co-Freshman of the Year:
Cécile Morin, San Diego State
Oleksandra Balaba, Wyoming