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Loncarevic, Bureau Represent Racers with All-OVC Accolades
4/23/2021 9:43:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Sara Loncarevic lands a spot on the league's first team, while freshman Sarah Bureau earns second team recognition
Sara Loncarevic and Sarah Bureau of Murray State women's tennis have earned All-Ohio Valley Conference accolades, as announced by the league on Friday. Loncarevic notches All-OVC first team recognition, while Bureau lands a spot on the league's second team.
For Loncarevic, the award is the first all-conference honor of her career. The fifth-year senior garners the recognition after turning in a 4-3 conference mark at No. 1 singles that provided a spark at the top of the Racer lineup. Her straight-set victory over Austin Peay's Fabienne Schmidt in the regular-season finale was also good for career singles win #64 as the Guilherand-Granges, France native moved into the top 25 in program history in singles wins - tying Anne Ress (1975-79) for 25th on Murray State's all-time list. Additionally, she joined the Murray State 100-win club earlier this season and now has 108 career victories in combined singles and doubles action in a Racer uniform.
As for Bureau, the Nieul-sur-Mer, France native lands a spot on the All-OVC second team as a true freshman – doing so after posting a 5-2 OVC record (5-1 at the No. 3) in singles competition. Bureau's 12 overall singles victories (12-5) is a team-best in 2021.
With this year's awards from Loncarevic and Bureau, Racer tennis now has an even 100 All-OVC selections in its history. They also became the ninth and tenth All-OVC honorees in the era of head coach Jorge Caetano.
The Racers return to action on Saturday when they take on Austin Peay in the OVC tournament semifinals in Evansville, Indiana. The match is slated for 2:30 p.m.
All-OVC First Team
Jana Leder, Austin Peay
Somer Henry, Belmont
Rachel Papavasilopoulos, Eastern Illinois
Harriet Hamilton, Jacksonville State
Sara Loncarevic, Murray State
Romana Tarjova, Southeast Missouri
Daniela Hlacikova, Southeast Missouri
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(Seven appear on the first team due to ties)
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All-OVC Second Team
Danielle Morris, Austin Peay
Fabienne Schmidt, Austin Peay
Elizabeta Bukraba-Ulanov, Eastern Illinois
Sarah Bureau, Murray State
Ksenia Shikanova, Southeast Missouri
Jordan Schifano, SIUE
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Women's Player of the Year:Â Romana Tarjova, Southeast Missouri
Women's Co-Freshman of the Year: Jana Leder, Austin Peay; Daniela Hlacikova, Southeast Missouri
Women's Coach of the Year:Â Mary Beth Gunn, Southeast Missouri
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For Loncarevic, the award is the first all-conference honor of her career. The fifth-year senior garners the recognition after turning in a 4-3 conference mark at No. 1 singles that provided a spark at the top of the Racer lineup. Her straight-set victory over Austin Peay's Fabienne Schmidt in the regular-season finale was also good for career singles win #64 as the Guilherand-Granges, France native moved into the top 25 in program history in singles wins - tying Anne Ress (1975-79) for 25th on Murray State's all-time list. Additionally, she joined the Murray State 100-win club earlier this season and now has 108 career victories in combined singles and doubles action in a Racer uniform.
As for Bureau, the Nieul-sur-Mer, France native lands a spot on the All-OVC second team as a true freshman – doing so after posting a 5-2 OVC record (5-1 at the No. 3) in singles competition. Bureau's 12 overall singles victories (12-5) is a team-best in 2021.
With this year's awards from Loncarevic and Bureau, Racer tennis now has an even 100 All-OVC selections in its history. They also became the ninth and tenth All-OVC honorees in the era of head coach Jorge Caetano.
The Racers return to action on Saturday when they take on Austin Peay in the OVC tournament semifinals in Evansville, Indiana. The match is slated for 2:30 p.m.
All-OVC First Team
Jana Leder, Austin Peay
Somer Henry, Belmont
Rachel Papavasilopoulos, Eastern Illinois
Harriet Hamilton, Jacksonville State
Sara Loncarevic, Murray State
Romana Tarjova, Southeast Missouri
Daniela Hlacikova, Southeast Missouri
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(Seven appear on the first team due to ties)
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All-OVC Second Team
Danielle Morris, Austin Peay
Fabienne Schmidt, Austin Peay
Elizabeta Bukraba-Ulanov, Eastern Illinois
Sarah Bureau, Murray State
Ksenia Shikanova, Southeast Missouri
Jordan Schifano, SIUE
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Women's Player of the Year:Â Romana Tarjova, Southeast Missouri
Women's Co-Freshman of the Year: Jana Leder, Austin Peay; Daniela Hlacikova, Southeast Missouri
Women's Coach of the Year:Â Mary Beth Gunn, Southeast Missouri
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