Miami's Eichkorn Named ACC Player of the Year
April 21, 2011
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Miami senior Bianca Eichkorn has been selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Year and leads the 2011 All-ACC Team, as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford.
Eichkorn is unbeaten in ACC play this season, with all but one of those victories coming in straight sets. The Tengen, Germany native owns an all-time ACC dual match record of 38-3, including 21 straight victories in a streak that dates to last season.
This season, Eichkorn is 24-2 in her last 26 matches going back to the middle of November and has won 15 of her last 16 in both singles and doubles. She was named the ACC Player of the Week three times this spring (March 15, March 8, Feb. 15) and owns a 14-4 record against nationally-ranked opponents in singles and is 10-3 against nationally-ranked doubles teams. Her 131 career singles wins tie her with former teammate Laura Vallverdu for the most in Miami school history.
Rachel Kahan of Duke was selected as the ACC Freshman of the Year, and North Carolina’s Brian Kalbas received Coach of the Year honors for the second straight season. Individual honors, as well as the 19-member All-ACC team, were determined by a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches.
Duke led all schools with four student-athletes voted to the All-ACC team. North Carolina followed with three selections, while Clemson, Florida State and Miami each placed two players on the squad.
Hurricane junior Ana Bartenstein was also named to the all-conference team. A native of Graz, Austria, Bartenstein is currently the 46th-ranked singles player in the nation and along with Eichkorn ranks fifth in the nation in doubles. She enters the ACC Tournament with a 9-3 singles record against ranked opponents and an overall No. 1 doubles record of 20-2.
2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Team
Josipa Bek, Junior Clemson**
Keri Wong, Junior, Clemson*
Nadine Fahoum, Senior Duke
Rachel Kahan, Freshman, Duke
Ella Nze, Senior, Duke***
Reka Zsilinszka, Senior, Duke***
Katie Rybakova, Senior, Florida State***
Francesca Segarelli, Sophomore, Florida State
Jillian O’Neill, Junior, Georgia Tech
Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar, Junior, Maryland
Anna Bartenstein, Junior, Miami*
Bianca Eichkorn, Senior, Miami**
Zoe De Bruycker, Sophomore, North Carolina
Jelena Durisic, Senior, North Carolina
Shinann Featherston, Junior, North Carolina
Sanaa Bhambri, Senior, NC State
Lindsey Hardenbergh, Junior, Virginia*
Yasmin Hamza, Senior, Virginia Tech
Martina Pavelec, Senior, Wake Forest*
Player of the Year – Bianca Eichkorn, Miami
Freshman of the Year – Rachel Kahan, Duke
Coach of the Year – Brian Kalbas, North Carolina
* – Repeat All-ACC Selection ** – Three-time honoree *** – Four-time honoree
