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Pacific's Widjaja Claims Women's Tennis Player of the Year Accolades

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Jenifer Widjaja of Pacific consummated a brilliant 2010 campaign with her selection as the 2010 Big West Women's Tennis Player of the Year to headline the all-conference team today.  UC Irvine's Mike Edles garnered Coach of the Year honors while Long Beach State's Jaklin Alawi was tabbed the Freshman of the Year.
   
Widjaja, a native of Sao Roque, Brazil, finished 18-3 in dual matches at No. 1 singles for the Tigers.  She has been highed as high as No. 73 in the national rankings this season and is currently listed at No. 82.  The junior posted an 8-0 mark against Big West opponents in 2010, defeating fellow first team all-league player Courtney Byron of UC Irvine twice.  In addition, she also beat Cal Poly's Suzie Matzenauer, Long Beach State's Anais Dallara and UC Santa Barbara's Sofia Novak from the All-Big West First Team.  Widjaja completed the season on a 12-match win streak.
   
Edles led the Anteaters to their first Big West Tournament championship last weekend in Indian Wells.  UC Irvine defeated Pacific, UC Santa Barbara and six-time defending champion Long Beach State to hoist the trophy.  This is the fourth time Edles has received the top coaching honor, after winning previously in 2000, 2002 and 2007.  The Anteaters went 13-10 in the regular season and finished in a three-way tie for second place in the Big West at 6-2.  In his 14th season at UCI, Edles will take the Anteater into the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Mississippi.
   
Alawi is the fourth Long Beach State player to capture top freshman honors in the six years the Big West has had the award.  A native of Sofia, Bulgaria, Alawi finished 16-7 in dual matches this season.  She had a 9-5 record at No. 1, 3-1 at No. 2 and 4-1 and No. 3.  She also captured first team all-conference honors in doubles with teammate Rachel Manasse.
   
The following is a complete listing of the 2010 Big West All-Conference Team:

FIRST TEAM - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
Jaklin Alawi Fr. Long Beach State
Brittany Blalock Sr. Cal Poly
Courtney Byron So. UC Irvine
Anais Dallara So. Long Beach State
Suzie Matzenauer Sr. Cal Poly
Sofia Novak So. UC Santa Barbara
Jenifer Widjaja Jr. Pacific
SECOND TEAM - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
April Bisharat Fr. UC Irvine
Brooke Doane Jr. Cal State Northridge
Nina Jaworowski Jr. Cal State Northridge
Christina Goehl Fr. Pacific
Desiree Stone Sr. UC Davis
Dahra Zamudio So. UC Davis
HONORABLE MENTION - SINGLES
Name Yr. School
Deborah Armstrong Jr. Long Beach State
Stephanie Hammel So. UC Irvine
Tova Hausman Jr. UC Santa Barbara
Natalia Lozano So. UC Santa Barbara
Tiffany Mai Fr. Cal State Fullerton
FIRST TEAM - DOUBLES
Name School
Brittany Blalock/Suzie Matzenauer Cal Poly
Brooke Doane/Anna Yang Cal State Northridge
Jaklin Alawi/Rachel Manasse Long Beach State
Jenifer Widjaja/Sasha Fisher Pacific
SECOND TEAM - DOUBLES
Name School
Steffi Wong/Alexa Lee Cal Poly
Anais Dallara/Deborah Armstrong Long Beach State
Courtney Byron/Stephanie Hammel UC Irvine
Tova Hausman/Bryanna Ojeda UC Santa Barbara
HONORABLE MENTION - DOUBLES
Name School
Nina Jaworowski/Whitney Paluch Cal State Northridge
Desiree Stone/Herzyl Legaspi UC Davis
Courtney Byron/Kristina Smith UC Irvine
Jordan Dockendorf/Natalia Lozano UC Santa Barbara
2010 BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jenifer Widjaja, Pacific
2010 BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR
Mike Edles, UC Irvine
2010 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Jaklin Alawi, Long Beach State

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