5:15pm | Long Beach State Junior Anais Dallara has been named First-Team All-Big West in both singles and doubles for women’s tennis, highlighting five 49ers that earned first or second-team honors as voted on by the coaches and announced by the Big West.
The conference champion 49ers led the league with three singles selections on the first or second team.
Dallara was selected as a first-team selection in singles for the second year in a row after leading the 49ers with a 16-7 record in dual matches, playing all 23 at No. 1 for the 49ers. Dallara has now been a Big West singles selection during all three years that she has played at Long Beach State.
She was joined by two 49ers who earned second-team All-Big West honors. Sophomore Klaudia Malenovska, despite competing in just 13 matches from March 12 on, merited selection based on an outstanding 11-2 record in dual match play, with one loss coming against a ranked opponent from Notre Dame and the other coming due to a default following an injury.
The pair was joined by senior Deborah Armstrong. Armstrong was named to the All-Big West team for the fourth time in her career, earning her second Second-Team All-Big West selection to go along with an Honorable Mention nod in 2008 and 2010, respectively.
With three singles in the top two teams, Long Beach State led all schools in the conference.
In doubles, the 49ers had two teams picked, again having both selected among the first and second-teams. Dallara and Malenovska completed a double selection, earning First-Team All-Big West Doubles honors to go along with their singles consideration. The pair posted an 8-4 record in dual doubles competition and took only a single loss in Big West play.
The pair was joined by Rachel Manasse and Jaklin Alawi, who were both named All-Big West for the second time. Alawi and Manasse earned Second-Team All-Big West honors after going undefeated in Big West play, including a pair of wins in the Big West Tournament to help bring the program to its eighth NCAA Tournament appearance.
The 49ers play No. 27 Pepperdine in the first round of the tournament, which begins May 13, at Stanford.