ST. LOUIS, Mo. – This morning the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced the SLIAC Women's Tennis All-Conference teams as well as the superlative awards for the 2021-22 season. For their efforts on the court this season, Maddie Mena was named First Team All-SLIAC for #5 singles, Erin Brezovar and Bailey Higgins were named First Team All-SLIAC for #1 doubles, Maddie Mena and Emily Casey were named First Team All-SLIAC for #3 doubles, Erin Brezovar was named Second Team All-SLIAC for #1 singles, and Emily Casey was named Second Team All-SLIAC for #6 singles. In addition, Head Coach John Black was named the SLIAC Coach of the Year for the second straight season and Bailey Higgins was named to the SLIAC All-Sportsmanship Team.

John Black – SLIAC Coach of the Year
Black led his team to a 14-11 overall record on the year and a 2-1 mark in conference play. They finished third in the SLIAC Women's Tennis Championship and qualified for the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis National Championships for just the fifth time in school history and the first time since 2018. This is his second straight SLIAC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year award making him the third coach in Webster University women's tennis history to be named Coach of the Year twice. In three seasons with the Gorloks, Black has led his team to a 28-20 overall record.

Maddie Mena – First Team All-SLIAC Singles #5
Mena, a freshman out of Belleville, Illinois, had a great first season with the Gorloks. Leading into the national tournament, Mena has an overall record of 20-4 in singles play on the season. Her 20 wins are the second most in a single season in Gorlok history with the record of 21 being set in 2015. She went 2-1 in SLIAC play including going 1-1 in singles #5. Her lone win in SLIAC singles #5 came against Caroline Carlson from Principia (Ill.) College who she defeated by final scores of 6-0 and 6-1. Her other win in singles came in singles #4 against Isabelle Smith who she defeated by final scores of 6-0 and 6-0. In addition, Mena was named the SLIAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week once this season. This is her first career First Team All-SLIAC selection in singles.

Erin Brezovar/Bailey Higgins – First Team All-SLIAC Doubles #1
Brezovar, a junior out of Muskego, Illinois, and Higgins a sophomore out of Jefferson City, Missouri, held down the #1 doubles spot for the Gorloks all season long. As a pair, the two went 19-8 on the season and 3-0 in SLIAC #1 doubles. Their 19 wins in doubles is the most in program history breaking a record that has stood since 2012. In conference play, Brezovar and Higgins defeated Mireia Birosta and Addison Brannon of Greenville (Ill.) by a final score of 8-7 (7-4), Camila Gomez and Veronica Volkart of Principia (Ill.) by a final score of 8-5, and Erika Watanabe and Rebecca Zile of Westminster (Mo.) by a final score of 8-3. This is the second straight season that Higgins has earned First Team All-SLIAC in doubles as she was named First Team All-SLIAC in #3 doubles last season. This is Brezovar's second career All-SLIAC selection in in doubles but her first on the first team.

Maddie Mena/Emily Casey – First Team All-SLIAC Doubles #3
Casey, a junior out of Duluth, Minnesota, along with Maddie Mena had a great season together in #3 doubles. They went undefeated as a pair as they currently have a 9-0 record heading into the National Championships. They went 2-0 as partners in the SLIAC in #3 doubles including an 8-6 win over Emily Buratovich and Callie Adkins from Greenville (Ill.) and an 8-4 victory over Ruth Hummell and Caroline Carlson from Principia (Ill.). This is the first career All-SLIAC selection in doubles for both Casey and Mena.

Erin Brezovar – Second Team All-SLIAC Singles #1
Brezovar, last seasons SLIAC Player of the Year, was in the #1 singles spot for Webster throughout the entire season. She went 14-12 overall on the season while finishing with a conference record of 2-1 through three matches. She defeated Mireia Birosta from Greenville (Ill.) University by final scores of 3-6, 6-3, and 7-6 (7-5) while also defeating Erika Watanabe from Westminster (Mo.) by final scores of 6-0 and 6-0. This is the second straight season that Brezovar has been named All-SLIAC for #1 singles and the first on the second team.

Emily Casey – Second Team All-SLIAC Singles #6
After returning at the semester break, Casey went 10-8 on the season in singles play including going 4-3 in singles #6. In conference play, Casey went 2-1 in singles #6 as she defeated Ruth Hummel from Principia (Ill.) by final scores of 6-4 and 6-3 and won against Westminster (Mo.) due to forfeit. This is the second straight season that Casey has been named Second Team All-SLIAC for singles #6.