Chen Named All-MW for Second Straight Year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As New Mexico readies for its Mountain West Tournament opener on Wednesday morning, the team got a bit of good news for a fifth-year senior. Yue Lin “Polly” Chen was named All-Mountain West in singles for the second straight year. She was one of 16 named in singles to the squad, which also had eight doubles teams named.
By earning All-Mountain West honors in back-to-back seasons, she becomes UNM’s first back-to-back honoree since Emily Olivier was named All-Mountain West in 2015 and 2016, and she is only the second Lobo to earn the back-to-back honor in the last 13 seasons.
Chen is 12-14 in singles, playing in the No. 1 position all season long. She owns 61 career singles wins at UNM and 107 career wins overall.
2022 WOMEN’S TENNIS SINGLES ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Vivian Glozman, Sr., Air Force
Pauline Ernstberger, So., Boise State
Radka Buzkova, Jr., Colorado State
Somer Dalla-Bona, Sr., Colorado State
Pang Jittakoat, Jr., Fresno State
Matilde Magrini, Fr., Fresno State
Mariana Campino, Fr., Nevada
Yue Lin “Polly” Chen, Sr., New Mexico
Bunyawi Thamchaiwat, Sr., San Diego State
Tamara Arnold, Sr., San Diego State
Alba Pedrero Galindo, Sr., San José State
Molly Helgesson, Sr., UNLV
Zita Kovacs, So., UNLV
Carolina Millian, Jr., Utah State
Maria Oreshkina, Sr., Wyoming
Sophie Zehender, So., Wyoming
2022 WOMEN’S TENNIS DOUBLES ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Vivian Glozman/Karina Chao, Air Force
Joana Baptista/Nicole Discenza, Boise State
Radka Buzkova/Matea Mihaljevic, Colorado State
Pang Jittakoat/Matilde Magrini, Fresno State
Bunyawi Thamchaiwat/Tamara Arnold, San Diego State
Izumi Asano/Cindy Hu, UNLV
Molly Helgesson/Zita Kovacs, UNLV
Ana Fernandez/Sophie Zehender, Wyoming
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Pang Jittakoat, Jr., Fresno State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Mariana Campino, Nevada