SAN BRUNO, CALIF. –Senior Roman Borvanov was selected to the 2005 WCC all-Conference first-team in singles, while the duo of Matthew Loucks and James Redpath received first-team all-WCC doubles honors. It was Borvanov’s second all-WCC honor of his career, as last season he was an honorable-mention pick. Loucks and Redpath garnered the honor for the first time in their careers.

University of San Diego junior Emma Murphy was named the WCC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, while Pepperdine University junior Scott Doerner became the eighth consecutive Waves’ men’s tennis player to earn WCC Player of the Year honors. Murphy is just the second WCC women’s tennis player to earn back-to-back Player of the Year honors and the first since former USD standout Zuzana Lesenarova captured three straight awards from 1998-2000.

The Pepperdine men swept the yearly conference honors as Jonas Berg was selected as the league’s Freshman of the Year, and the Waves_ Head Coach Adam Steinberg was named Coach of the Year. Berg is just the second Pepperdine player to earn WCC Freshman of the Year honors, joining junior Pedro Rico who took home the honor in 2003. Steinberg is the first Pepperdine coach to earn the league’s top coaching honor since 2002.

On the women’s side, Pepperdine’s Bianca Dulgheru became the sixth Waves’ women’s tennis player to be named Freshman of the Year, while Saint Mary’s Head Coach Lisa Alipaz became the first SMC women’s tennis coach to be named Coach of the Year.

WOMEN’S AWARDS

Player of the Year: Emma Murphy, San Diego; Freshman of the Year: Bianca Dulgheru, Pepperdine; Coach of the Year: Lisa Alipaz, Saint Mary’s

2005 Women’s Singles All-Conference Team

Carla Arguelles, Loyola Marymount; University Bianca Dulgheru, Pepperdine University; Caroline Raba, Pepperdine University; Aude Lambert, Saint Mary’s College; Lauren Kazarian, University of San Diego; Emma Murphy, University of San Diego

Honorable Mention - Singles

Angela Fry, GON; Serena Fermin, LMU; Kimi Kaloi, LMU; Eva Dickes, PEP; Sylvia Kosakowski, PEP; Kelly Leathers, SCU; Camille Pamart, USF

2005 Women’s Doubles All-Conference Team

Sylvia Kosakowski and Caroline Raba, Pepperdine University; Jessica Hoath and Aude Lambert, Saint Mary’s College; Emma Murphy and Lauren Perl, University of San Diego

Honorable Mention - Doubles

Kimi Kaloi/Tamara Tanner, LMU; Eva Dickes/Bianca Dulgheru, PEP; Jenny Brown/Lauren Kazarian, USD

MEN’S AWARDS

Player of the Year: Scott Doerner, Pepperdine; Freshman of the Year: Jonas Berg, Pepperdine; Coach of the Year: Adam Steinberg, Pepperdine

2005 Men’s Singles All-Conference Team

Jonas Berg, Pepperdine University; Nic Beuque, University of San Diego; Roman Borvanov, University of Portland; Scott Doerner, Pepperdine University; Pablo Pires de Almeida, University of San Francisco; Pedro Rico, Pepperdine University; Julien Tizot, Saint Mary’s College; Pierrick Ysern, University of San Diego

Honorable Mention - Singles:

Matthew Loucks, POR; Philip Riise-Hanssen, USF; Nico Terrien, LMU; Mike Wojnarowicz, LMU

2005 Men’s Doubles All-Conference Team

Scott Doerner/Pedro Rico, Pepperdine University; Jonas Berg/Ivor Lovrak, Pepperdine University; Matthew Loucks/James Redpath, University of Portland

Honorable Mention - Doubles:

Kevin Borzenski/Richard Johnson, PEP; Pablo Pires de Almeida/Philip Riise-Hanssen, USF; Nic Beuque/Mirza Koristovic, USD