IRVINE, Calif.--University of Hawai'i women's tennis players Katarina Poljakova and Xenia Suworowa both earned Big West First Team honors in singles and the two were also voted to the first team in doubles by the league's coaches on Tuesday. 

Poljakova, a senior from Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia, was named to the Big West first team after being selected to the Western Athletic Conference's first team the previous two seasons. In singles, she posted a 9-7 record—5-4 at the No.1 position and 4-3 as the No. 2. Poljakova won five straight matches at No. 1 in February with two wins coming over ranked teams (No. 65 Long Beach State and No. 42 San Diego). She finished her stellar career ranked No. 14 in UH singles history with a 57-43 overall record. Poljakova also has excelled in the classroom throughout her career at Hawai'i, earning WAC All-Academic honors her first three years. Poljakova was one of three Slovakians selected to the singles first team. 

For Suworowa, a junior from Berlin, Germany, it is the first time that she has earned conference honors in singles or doubles. Suworowa started the season playin three matches at the No. 3 slot. She then played six as the No. 2 before rising to UH's No. 1 singles position for the final nine matches of the season. Overall, she posted a 6-11 record while going 4-5 at No. 1. 

In doubles, the duo of Poljakova and Suwarowa played 13 times as a tandem and went 7-5 (with one match unfinished) overall and an impressive 6-2 record in conference play--including winning four of their last five in Big West action. Poljakova completed her UH career ranked No. 13 in doubles with a 50-47 overall mark. It is the third time that Poljakova has earned first team conference doubles honors. In 2010 as a freshman, she and partner Sophie Kobuch were selected to the WAC's first team and in 2011 the pair of Poljakova and Barbara Pinterova were also voted to the first team in the WAC. 

2013 BIG WEST WOMEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
FIRST TEAM - SINGLES
Ebba Unden - Long Beach State,  Fr.,  Stockholm, Sweden
Klaudia Malenovska - Long Beach State,  Sr.,  Bratislava, Slovakia
Iveta Masarova - Pacific,  So.,  Trencin, Slovakia
Katarina Poljakova - Hawai'i,  Sr.,  Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia
April Scatliffe - UC Santa Barbara,  So.,  Redlands, Calif.
Kristina Smith - UC Irvine,  Sr, . Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Xenia Suworowa - Hawai'i,  Jr.,  Berlin, Germany

SECOND TEAM - SINGLES
Megan Heneghan - UC Davis,  Jr.,  Tustin, Calif.
Tiffany Mai - Cal State Fullerton,  Sr.,  Westminster, Calif.
Marivick Mamiit - UC Irvine,  Jr.,  Los Angeles, Calif.
Louise Oxnevad - Cal Poly,  Fr.,  Queenstown, New Zealand
Maria Pistalu - Cal State Northridge,  Sr.,  Munich, Germany
Hana Ritterova - Pacific,  So.,  Ricany, Czech Republic

HONORABLE MENTION - SINGLES
Sarah Cantlay - Long Beach State,  Sr.,  Sevenoaks, England
Franziska Goettsching - UC Irvine,  Fr.,  Heitersheim, Germany
Kiersten Meehan - UC Santa Barbara,  Jr.,  Los Gatos, Calif.
Layla Sanders - UC Davis,  So.,  El Cerrito, Calif.

FIRST TEAM - DOUBLES
Anna Yang/Sabrina Man-Son-Hing Cal State Northridge Sr./Sr. San Diego, Calif./Calabasas, Calif.
Ebba Unden/Karolina Rozenberg Long Beach State Fr./So. Stockholm, Sweden/St. Petersburg, Russia
Franziska Goettsching/Kristina Smith UC Irvine Jr./Sr. Heitersheim, Germany/Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Xenia Suworowa/Katarina Poljakova Hawai'i Jr./Sr. Berlin, Germany/Vysoke Tatry, Slovakia

SECOND TEAM - DOUBLES
Morgan McIntosh/Kalika Slevcove Cal State Fullerton Jr./So. Rancho Mirage, Calif./Newport Beach, Calif.
Klaudia Malenovska/Sarah Cantlay Long Beach State Sr./Sr. Bratislava, Slovakia/Sevenoaks, England
Kiersten Meehan/April Scatliffe UC Santa Barbara Jr./So. Los Gatos, Calif./Redlands, Calif.
Iveta Masarova/Hana Ritterova Pacific So./So. Trencin, Slovakia/Ricany, Czech Republic

HONORABLE MENTION - DOUBLES
Maria Pistalu/Lorraine Cheung Cal State Northridge Sr./Jr. Munich, Germany/Hong Kong
Nicole Koehly/Layla Sanders UC Davis Jr./So. Santa Ana, Calif./El Cerrito, Calif.
Marivick Mamiit/Sarah Stadfelt UC Irvine Jr./Fr. Los Angeles, Calif./Huntington Beach, Calif.
Ali Facey/Brooke Schweyer UC Irvine So./Jr. Cameron Park, Calif./Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.

2013 BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kristina Smith, UC Irvine
2013 BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Ebba Unden, Long Beach State
2013 BIG WEST CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR: Mike Edles, UC Irvine and Bill Reynolds, Cal State Fullerton