LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – IUP first-year head coach
Andrew McGlashen was named the 2023-24 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Coach of the Year, one of seven total awards for the IUP women's tennis program as the league released their all-stars on Friday.
McGlashen has helped lead a new-look IUP women's program to another conference title and berth in the NCAA Round of 16. Meanwhile, IUP was well represented in the league's singles and doubles awards in the PSAC West.
Ming Deewajee,
Katy Graydon and
Lydia Vlachou were named first team All-PSAC West honorees in singles. The nationally-ranked doubles duo of Deewajee and
Dani Ramos picked up first team doubles honors.
Ramos added all-league laurels in singles play as a second team selection. Graydon and Vlachou rounded out the IUP honorees as All-PSAC West selections in doubles (second team). The three first-team singles selections led the conference.
IUP won a fourth consecutive PSAC crown in 2023-24, knocking off Slippery Rock in the NCAA Round of 32 to advance to the national championships in Florida. IUP is 16-8 overall, going undefeated in PSAC play and winning 12 consecutive matches heading into nationals.
McGlashen took over the program in early July 2023 and has continued the winning ways associated with the program. Graydon earns her sixth combined all-conference award, now a four-time all-league honoree in doubles and a two-time selection in singles.
Graydon and Vlachou were the two returners to the program in 2023-24 and have provided veteran leadership throughout the season. Vlachou picks up her second and third All-PSAC recognition this season, now a two-time all-league doubles selection.
Deewajee and Ramos earn their first career All-PSAC recognition as newcomers to the program in 2023-24.
IUP faces number two seed Nova Southeastern in the 2024 NCAA DII National Championships on Monday, May 20 at 1 p.m.
PSAC WEST WOMEN'S ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
Singles
Doubles
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Names
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University
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Amaia Balaguer Brau / Nicole Kempton
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Slippery Rock
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Kayla Dean / Roisin Murphy
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Mercyhurst
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Ming Deewajee / Dani Ramos
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IUP
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PSAC WEST WOMEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
Singles
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Name
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University
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Nicole Kempton
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Slippery Rock
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Dani Ramos
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IUP
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Daria Rogova
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Mercyhurst
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Doubles
* Previous PSAC First Team Selection
^ Previous PSAC Second Team Selection
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