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Duke's Katie Blaszak Named All-ACC In Women's Tennis
4/20/2005 1:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 20, 2005
CARY, N.C. - At the annual women's tennis banquet prior to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship on Wednesday evening, Duke University senior Katie Blaszak was named one of 18 members of the 2005 All-ACC tennis team.
Blaszak, a native of Fairfax, Va., earned the honor for the first time in her career after collecting a 16-10 singles and 12-12 doubles ledger in her final year with the 15th-ranked Blue Devils.
After transferring from Vanderbilt prior to her sophomore campaign, Blaszak has been saddled with injuries during her three-year stint at Duke. She has registered a 35-16 overall singles record and has been ranked as high as 35th in the nation with the Blue Devils.
During the middle of the 2005 spring season, Blaszak was playing the best tennis of her collegiate career as she won eight straight matches and 10 of 11 prior to getting injured once again. Since the injuries began in the middle of March, she finished the season losing six of her last eight contests. During her winning streak, she knocked off four players ranked in the top 91 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings, had a 14-4 singles record and the Blue Devils went 7-3.
Blaszak was named Co-ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 24 after leading then eight-ranked Duke to a 4-3 victory over 18th-ranked Tennessee. In the match versus the Lady Vols, Blaszak picked up a 7-6, 6-4 victory over the Bryce Marable at the No. 2 singles position to clinch a 4-3 win for the Blue Devils in their first match of the 2005 campaign. She won a very tough first set which ended up being one of the key turning points of the match. In doubles action, Blaszak teamed with Jackie Carleton and posted an 8-2 win at the No. 1 doubles flight over Sabita Maharaj/Ashley Robards, ranked No. 50 in the latest ITA rankings.
Due to a back injury, Blaszak's collegiate tennis career is over as she will not see action in the ACC or NCAA Championships.
Along with the All-ACC team, Miami's Megan Bradley was named ACC Player of the Year, Georgia Tech's Kristi Miller was tabbed ACC Freshman of the Year and Georgia Tech's Bryan Shelton was named ACC Coach of the Year.
Duke, seeded second, will take on 10th-seeded N.C. State on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. in the first round of the ACC Championship at the Cary Tennis Center in Cary, N.C.
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2005 ACC All-Conference Team
Audrey Banada....................................... Miami
Katie Blaszak........................................... Duke
Megan Bradley....................................... Miami
Maria Brito......................................... Clemson
Ramona But...................................... Maryland
Kendall Cline............................. North Carolina
Karin Coetzee................................ Wake Forest
Julie Coin............................................ Clemson
Ashlee Davis................................. Wake Forest
Anat Elazari................................. Virginia Tech
Romy Farah........................................ Clemson
Jenna Long................................ North Carolina
Kristi Miller.................................. Georgia Tech
Aniela Mojzis............................. North Carolina
Mihaela Moldovan......................... Florida State
Dasha Potapova............................ Georgia Tech
Alison Silverio.............................. Georgia Tech
Patricia Starzyk...................................... Miami
Player of the Year
Megan Bradley....................................... Miami
Freshman of the Year
Kristi Miller.................................. Georgia Tech
Coach of the Year
Bryan Shelton............................... Georgia Tech
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