Texas A&M seniors Domenica Gonzalez and Macarena Olivares were both named to the All-SEC Second Team for women’s tennis, the Southeastern Conference announced today.
Gonzalez has played No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles in all of the Aggies’ dual matches this year. The Ecuador native, who has been as high as No. 87 in the nation in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) spring rankings, began dual match play by winning her first 11 decisions. She is currently 15-5 in dual matches only, as well as 17-6 overall.
In doubles, Gonzalez and partner Eva Paalma have been ranked as high as No. 52 this spring. The pair leads A&M in doubles victories with a 20-11 overall mark, including a team-best 11-8 ledger in dual matches, as well as a 7-4 record in SEC matches only.
Olivares, from Santiago, Chile, leads A&M in singles wins at 27-10 overall, 17-5 in dual matches and 7-4 in SEC matches only, all at the No. 2 line. She also leads the Aggies with five ranked wins, including the highest ranked win of her career, a 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 47 Jaeda Daniel of Auburn on April 13. Olivares, who was named SEC Player of the Week on April 4, has won seven of her last nine decisions—including four wins against ranked opponents—and this week she is listed a career-high No. 74 in the ITA national singles rankings.
Texas A&M, which went 5-8 and tied LSU for ninth place in the SEC standings, is 16-10 after advancing to the quarterfinals of the SEC Women’s Tennis Tournament. The Aggies, who were eliminated by SEC regular-season and eventual SEC tournament-champion Vanderbilt, currently the No. 1 team in the nation, now await the NCAA Championship Selection Show, which will reveal the 64-team field on May 1 at 4 p.m. on NCAA.com. Texas A&M is expecting to make a 19th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
A complete list of the 2018 SEC awards is below. Ties were not broken, leading to a 16-member All-SEC First Team and a 19-member All-SEC Second Team.
First Team All-SEC
Andie Daniell, Alabama
Giulia Pairone, Arkansas
Jaeda Daniel, Auburn
Anna Danilina, Florida
McCartney Kessler, Florida
Josie Kuhlman, Florida
Katarina Jokic, Georgia
Mami Adachi, Kentucky
Eden Richardson, LSU
Alexa Bortles, Ole Miss
Arianne Hartono, Ole Miss
Hadley Berg, South Carolina
Ingrid Martins, South Carolina
Fernanda Contreras, Vanderbilt
Christina Rosca, Vanderbilt
Astra Sharma, Vanderbilt
Second Team All-SEC
Ana Oparenovic, Arkansas
Alizee Michaud, Auburn
Elena Christofi, Georgia
Morgan Coppoc, Georgia
Marta Gonzalez, Georgia
Mariana Gould, Georgia
Kennedy Shaffer, Georgia
Emily Fanning, Kentucky
Ryann Foster, LSU
Tea Jandric, Ole Miss
Anna Vrbenska, Ole Miss
Madison Harrison, Mississippi State
Sabina Machalova, Ole Miss
Anastasia Rentouli, Mississippi State
Mia Horvit, South Carolina
Domenica Gonzalez, Texas A&M
Macarena Olivares, Texas A&M
Summer Dvorak, Vanderbilt
Amanda Meyer, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman
Jaeda Daniel, Auburn
McCartney Kessler, Florida
Katarina Jokic, Georgia
Eden Richardson, LSU
Sabina Machalova, Ole Miss
Amanda Meyer, Vanderbilt
Player of the Year
Arianne Hartono, Ole Miss
Freshmen of the Year
Katarina Jokic, Georgia
Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Josie Kuhlman, Florida
Coach of the Year
Geoff Macdonald, Vanderbilt
