CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs women's tennis team saw Jessie Young, Rozalie Dohnalova, Lucia Garrigues-Melendez and Caroline Gibbens earn postseason All-SoCon laurels between singles and doubles action ahead of this weekend's Southern Conference Tournament held at Champions Club in Chattanooga Thursday through Saturday.
 
Young and Dohnalova were tabbed to the All-SoCon Second Team in singles at the No. 1 and No. 4 positions, respectively. The Young and Gibbens duo were selected to the All-SoCon Doubles Second Team at No. 1 while Melendez-Garrigues and Dohnalova were the No. 2 tandem on the same squad.
 
"It has been a great season for the program and these ladies really deserve these awards," said head coach Chad Camper.
 
"Our doubles teams have done a great job all season. Jessie [Young] has had an amazing career and I am sure she is excited to continue to lead the team this weekend at the SoCon Tournament."
 
2023 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Thursday, April 20 – Saturday, April 22
Champions Club (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Tournament Information ∙ Bracket
 
Quarterfinal ∙ #4 MER vs. #5 UTC ∙ Thurs., April 20 ∙ 1PM ET
Chattanooga (14-7) enters play this weekend as the No. 5 seed after finishing the 2023 campaign with a 3-4 record inside SoCon play. The Mocs will face No. 4 Mercer (12-9) in the Quarterfinal round on Thursday after the Bears concluded league action with a 4-3 tally.
 
Mercer claimed a 5-2 victory in the matchup during the regular season back on March 18 in Macon, Ga. The win for the Bears marked its first over the Mocs since 2006. UTC appeared in the SoCon semifinal round for the first time since 2018 in last season's tournament, also held at Champions Club in town.
 
Match coverage links will be available on the schedule page at GoMocs.com leading up to first serve.­
 
2023 Southern Conference Player of the Year
Laylo Bakhodirova, Sr., ETSU
 
2023 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
Isabella Sambola, Western Carolina
 
2023 Southern Conference Coach of the Year
Ricky Rojas, ETSU
 
2023 Southern Conference Sportsmanship Award
Breda Brennan, So., Wofford
 
2023 All-Southern Conference Women's Tennis
First team
Singles
Laylo Bakhodirova, ETSU
Fernanda Carvajal, ETSU
Ellie Schulson, Furman
Teodora Ristic, Mercer
Mary Weston Courville, Mercer
Alexis Lopez, Samford
Doubles
Laylo Bakhodirova/Mariya Shumeika, ETSU
Fernanda Carvajal/Daniela Rivera, ETSU
Jess Dawson/Sara Snyder, Furman
Mary Weston Courville/Teodora Ristic, Mercer
 
Second team
Singles (by position)
No. 1 – Jessie Young, Chattanooga
No. 2 – Breda Brennan, Wofford
No. 3 – Brianna Wilbur, Wofford
No. 4 – Rozalie Dohnalova, Chattanooga
No. 5 – Daniela Rivera, ETSU
No. 6 – Luca Victoria Vocke, Furman
Doubles
No. 1 – Caroline Gibbens/Jessie Young, Chattanooga
No. 2 – Rozalie Dohnalova/Lucia Melendez, Chattanooga
No. 3 – Jade Groen/Andrea Redondo, Western Carolina
 
All-Freshman
Luca Victoria Vocke, Furman
Marina de Diego Quinones, Mercer
Cameron Rogin, Samford
Jade Groen, Western Carolina
Leilany Ipunesso, Western Carolina
Isabella Sambola, Western Carolina

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