Women's Tennis' Mihaljevic Earns All-Sun Belt Honors

TROY, Ala. – The Sun Belt Conference announced its yearly postseason award winners Wednesday afternoon and one member of the Troy women's tennis team, Matea Mihaljevic, was represented as Mihaljevic was tabbed with All-Sun Belt Second Team Singles honors.

Mihaljevic, a senior from Osijek, Croatia, earns her first career All-Sun Belt honor in singles after posting a 7-9 overall record between the fall and spring seasons in 2020-21, and a 5-8 record in dual matches. Mihaljevic, who played all 13 of her singles matches on court one, was 2-2 in Sun Belt Conference matches.

Mihaljevic was also excellent in doubles this past season with an overall doubles record of 12-6 and a dual match record of 10-5. Mihaljevic primarily teamed up with Shevita Aulana during the dual season and the duo earned a record of 8-5, including an upset win in the SBC Tournament over previously unbeaten pair of Otoja Aoki and Aina Domingo-Bernabeu of South Alabama.

This is the second All-Sun Belt honor of Mihaljevic's career after she earned All-Sun Belt Second Team Doubles honors in 2019.

2021 SUN BELT WOMEN'S TENNIS POSTSEASON HONORS
Coach of the Year - Sean McCaffrey, Georgia Southern
Player of the Year - Yu Fujioka, South Alabama (Sr. Funabashi, Japan)
Player to Watch - Carla Pons, UT Arlington (Jr. Valencia, Spain)
Newcomer of the Year - Hana Kvapilova, Texas State (Sr. Usti nad Orlici, The Czech Republic)
Freshman of the Year - Otoha Aoki, South Alabama (Fr. Komaki, Japan)

All-Conference First Team Singles
Yu Fujioka, South Alabama (Sr. Funabashi, Japan)
Hana Kvapilova, Texas State (Sr. Usti nad Orlici, The Czech Republic)
Somer Dalla-Bona, Coastal Carolina (Sr. Bokarina, Australia)
Nadja Meier, Georgia Southern (So. Potsdam, Germany)
Momoka Horiguchi, UT Arlington (Jr. Osaka, Japan)
Nikola Kohoutova, South Alabama (Sr. Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic)

All-Conference First Team Doubles
Charlotte Van Diemen (Sr. Berkel and Rodenrijs, Netherlands) and Sophie Wagemaker (Fr.
Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands), Georgia Southern
María José Zacarias (Fr. San Luis Potosi, Mexico) and Ksenia Aleshina (Fr. Moscow Russia), App State
Otoha Aoki (Fr. Komaki, Japan) and Aina Domingo-Bernabeu (Fr. Barcelona, Spain), South Alabama

All-Conference Second Team Singles
Otoha Aoki, South Alabama (Fr. Komaki, Japan)
Carla Pons, UT Arlington (Jr. Valencia Spain)
Victoire De Samucewicz, Coastal Carolina (So. Paris, France)
Matea Mihaljevic, Troy (Sr. Osijek, Croatia)
Floriane Picaut, Louisiana (Jr. Verrieres le Buisson, France)
Andreea Stanescu, Georgia State (Jr. Bucharest, Romania)

All-Conference Second Team Doubles
Somer Dalla-Bona (Sr. Bokarina, Australia) and Jessie Mount (Sr. Melbourne, Australia), Coastal Carolina
Nikola Kohoutova (Sr. Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic) and Yu Fujioka (Sr. Funabashi, Japan) South Alabama
Floriane Picaut (Sr. Verrieres le Buisson France) and Clara Mantaux (Sr. Montbeliard, France), Louisiana

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