DALLAS – Old Dominion’s Yuliia Starodubtseva was named the 2022 Conference USA Women’s Tennis Player of the Year for the second-straight year and after leading the No. 31 Monarchs to their second-straight Conference USA Title. The senior is currently ranked No. 20 and No. 8 in doubles along with Tatsiana Sasnouskaya. The pair was also voted the Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship.
 
Lucia Quiterio of Charlotte was named Newcomer of the Year. The junior recorded a 17-5 spring record playing at the third and fourth spots primarily. Quiterio, put together a seven-match win streak including a No. 2 position victory over Coastal Carolina, mid-season. She finished the season by winning all four conference tournament matches in two sets.
 
Charlotte coach Anthony Davison earned Coach of the Year award after leading the No. 52 49ers to this year’s conference championship match and a 19-7 overall record. The 19-win season is tied for the fourth-most in a single season in program history.
 
Rounding out the superlative awards is Freshman of the Year, which is going to Yasmine Kabbaj of FIU. The freshman posted an overall record of 19-5 in singles play, including a 13-1 mark while playing in the No. 1 singles position.  Kabbaj won each of her final 13 singles matches and 10 of those 13 victories came in straight sets.  She defeated University of Florida’s Marlee Zein, currently ranked No. 80, in straight sets and No. 124, UCF’s Evgeniya Levashova, also in straight sets.

Old Dominion and Charlotte led C-USA with six all-conference selections, with nine schools being represented overall. All awards are voted on by the league’s 14 head coaches.
 
2022 Conference USA Women’s Tennis Superlative Awards
Player of the Year- Yuliia Starodubtseva, Old Dominion
Freshman of the Year-Yasmine Kabbaj, FIU
Newcomer of the Year- Lucia Quiterio, Charlotte
Outstanding Singles Player of the Championship- Yuliia Starodubsteva, Old Dominion
Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship- Yuliia Starodubtseva/Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Old Dominion
Coach of the Year- Anthony Davison, Charlotte

All Conference Singles- 1^st Team
Rocio Safont, Charlotte
Ruxi Schech, Charlotte
Matrina Kudelova, Florida Atlantic
Katerina Filip, Florida Atlantic
Yuliia Starodubtseva, Old Dominion
Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Old Dominion
Alexandra Vicktorovich, Old Dominion
Anna Bowtell, Rice
 
All Conference Singles- 2^nd Team
Lucia Quiterio, Charlotte
Yasmine Kabbaj, FIU
Kamila Umarova, FIU
Lucie Devier, North Texas
Jasmine Adams, North Texas
Sofia Johnson, Old Dominion
Ebru Zeynep Yazgan, Southern Miss
Sydney Clarke, UAB
 
All Conference Doubles- 1^st Team
Margaux Maquet/Lucia Quiterio, Charlotte
Andela Skrobonja/Kamila Umarova, FIU
Yuliia Staroduvsteva/Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Old Dominion
Maria Budin/Diae El Jardi, Rice
 
All Conference Doubles- 2^nd Team
Ruxie Schech/Kaavya Sawhney, Charlotte & Matrina Kudelova/Katerina Filip, FAU*
Lucie Devier/Mariya Ponomareva, North Texas
Alexandra Viktorovich/Sofia Johnson, Old Dominion
Anastasia Smirnova/Allison Zipoli, Rice
 
All Freshman
Lucie Petruzelova, Charlotte & Jasmine Adams, North Texas*
Lexie Silna, Florida Atlantic  
Yasmine Kabbaj, FIU
Emma Vanderheyden, Marshall
Sofia Johnson, Old Dominion
Allison Zipoli, Rice
 
*Tied for number of votes