COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 26, 2022) – For the second consecutive year, the Cowgirl Tennis trio of Ana Fernandez, Maria Oreshkina and Sophie Zehender received All-Mountain West accolades, as announced by the league office Tuesday.

Oreshkina and Zehender were both named to the All-Mountain West Singles Team while Fernandez and Zehender were named to the All-MW Doubles Team as a tandem. Oreshkina, who was named to the singles team for the third consecutive season, joins Veronica Popovici (2011-14) and Magdalena Stencel (2015-18) as the only Cowgirls to receive all-conference accolades at least three times. Both Popovici and Stencel made the all-singles team four times during their careers.

This season, Oreshkina went 5-2 in Mountain West play, all coming at the No. 1 position. Oreshkina tallied four victories over fellow all-conference honorees and was two points away from earning a fifth victory before that match went unfinished. Oreshkina and Zehender tied for the team lead with 11 dual victories overall this spring.

Zehender, meanwhile, notched her second-straight all-conference honor in both singles and doubles. Zehender led UW with a 6-2 mark in league play this season, at the No. 2 spot. In dual action in 2022, Zehender went 11-4 overall and was 9-3 at the second position.

Fernandez and Zehender were selected to the all-doubles team for the second consecutive season as a duo. As a team, Fernandez and Zehender went 5-3 in league play at the No. 2 doubles spot and overall, went 8-6 in dual play this spring.

With the all-conference selections, Wyoming has now had both a All-Mountain West Singles Team and All-MW Doubles Team honoree in each of Head Coach Dean Clower's 11 seasons in Laramie. The trio and the rest of the Cowgirls begin Mountain West Tournament play April 27 against Utah State.

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