Brite Moniz-Soares has 22 career wins during her two-year Wildcat career.
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Moniz-Soares Garners All-SoCon Second Team in W. Tennis
4/17/2012 4:01:00 PM | Women's Tennis
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — After having one of the best records in the league at her respective position, Brites Moniz-Soares (Angra Do Heroismo, Portugal) was named to the All-Southern Conference Second Team at No. 2 singles as announced today by the league office with the announcement of the postseason awards.
The sophomore becomes the 10th Wildcat since 1993 to earn a spot on the second team and the first since Michele Fanney in 2009.
Moniz-Soares led the team with a personal-best record of 14-6 in singles action, including a 7-3 mark against the?SoCon. Her 13 wins at the No. 2 position were tied for second-most in the SoCon as was her winning percentage of .813 (13-3).
After she opened the season with defeats to nationally ranked N.C. State and Winthrop, Moniz-Soares got on a roll winning 10 of her next 11 matches. All but one came at the No. 2 spot and during the stretch, she had a team-best seven-match win streak.
The all-second team member closed out the regular season in winning style, earning victories in four of her final five matches as all four wins came against league foes Western Carolina, Samford, Chattanooga and Wofford.
In addition to her strong singles play, Moniz-Soares was a key player in the doubles matches for Davidson. She finished with an 8-9 record, including 6-5 when teaming up with senior Katharine Dicconson (Pacific, Grove, Calif.).
Moniz-Soares was coming off an 8-15 freshman campaign in singles during the 2011 season, while adding another eight wins in doubles action.
UNCG's Niltooli Wilkins was named the SoCon Player of the Year. Kaylene Chadwell of Chattanooga was tabbed the conference's Freshman of the Year, while College of Charleston's Christin Newman earned the Sportsmanship Award. UNCG added another award when head coach Jeff Trivette took home the league's Coach of the Year honor after the Spartans went a perfect 10-0 in SoCon matches.
Davidson will head to Charleston, S.C., for this weekend's SoCon Tournament. The 'Cats, seeded ninth, start their tournament run Thursday, April 19, at 9 a.m. against eighth-seeded Georgia Southern.
DAVIDSON, N.C. — After having one of the best records in the league at her respective position, Brites Moniz-Soares (Angra Do Heroismo, Portugal) was named to the All-Southern Conference Second Team at No. 2 singles as announced today by the league office with the announcement of the postseason awards.
The sophomore becomes the 10th Wildcat since 1993 to earn a spot on the second team and the first since Michele Fanney in 2009.
Moniz-Soares led the team with a personal-best record of 14-6 in singles action, including a 7-3 mark against the?SoCon. Her 13 wins at the No. 2 position were tied for second-most in the SoCon as was her winning percentage of .813 (13-3).
After she opened the season with defeats to nationally ranked N.C. State and Winthrop, Moniz-Soares got on a roll winning 10 of her next 11 matches. All but one came at the No. 2 spot and during the stretch, she had a team-best seven-match win streak.
The all-second team member closed out the regular season in winning style, earning victories in four of her final five matches as all four wins came against league foes Western Carolina, Samford, Chattanooga and Wofford.
In addition to her strong singles play, Moniz-Soares was a key player in the doubles matches for Davidson. She finished with an 8-9 record, including 6-5 when teaming up with senior Katharine Dicconson (Pacific, Grove, Calif.).
Moniz-Soares was coming off an 8-15 freshman campaign in singles during the 2011 season, while adding another eight wins in doubles action.
UNCG's Niltooli Wilkins was named the SoCon Player of the Year. Kaylene Chadwell of Chattanooga was tabbed the conference's Freshman of the Year, while College of Charleston's Christin Newman earned the Sportsmanship Award. UNCG added another award when head coach Jeff Trivette took home the league's Coach of the Year honor after the Spartans went a perfect 10-0 in SoCon matches.
Davidson will head to Charleston, S.C., for this weekend's SoCon Tournament. The 'Cats, seeded ninth, start their tournament run Thursday, April 19, at 9 a.m. against eighth-seeded Georgia Southern.
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