HAMMOND, La. – Paige Duncan, Taisia Bolsova and Aitana Darder represented the Southeastern Louisiana University women's tennis team on the 2026 All-Southland Conference Women's Tennis teams, announced by the league office Friday.
 
Duncan was named the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year, while Bolsova and Darder earned a second team selection at the No. 2 doubles position.
 
Duncan, a Denham Springs, La. native in her first season in Hammond out of UL Lafayette, finished the regular season with a 15-4 singles record, including a team-best 7-2 mark on the No. 5 singles court.
 
Duncan also paired with Bente Bierma for a 9-7 overall record on the feature doubles court. The pair earned four of their wins in Southland Conference play. Duncan is just the second Lion to be named SLC Newcomer of the Year, joining Valya Rusakova, who claimed the honor in 2013.
 
Darder and Bolsova, both natives of Spain, led Southeastern in doubles play with a 12-8 overall record on the No. 2 court. The pair finished the spring with a 5-3 mark in conference matches.
 
UIW's Estefania Gonzalez was named Player of the Year, while NSU's Martina Acebedo Bonocore was selected the SLC Freshman of the Year. Sonia Carlson was tabbed Coach of the Year after leading McNeese to the regular season championship. The All-Southland Conference teams and individual superlative winners were selected by the league's head coaches and media relations contacts.
 
Southeastern (14-8) will be the No. 6 seed in the Southland Conference Championships, scheduled for Sunday through Tuesday in Beaumont, Texas. The Lions will face third-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the first round Sunday at 10 a.m.
 
2026 All-Southland Conference Women's Tennis
Player of the Year: Estefania Gonzalez, UIW
Newcomer of the Year: Paige Duncan, Southeastern
Freshman of the Year: Martina Acebedo Bonocore, Northwestern State
Coach of the Year: Sonia Carlson, McNeese
 
First Team
No. 1 Singles: Estefania Gonzalez, UIW
No. 2 Singles: Yana Mykytyn, A&M-Corpus Christi
No. 3 Singles: Kseniya Ramanouskaya, A&M-Corpus Christi
No. 4 Singles: Ana Hollweg, McNeese
No. 5 Singles: Erica Hagi, McNeese
No. 6 Singles: Elena Morales, McNeese
 
No. 1 Doubles: Estefania Gonzalez/Ine Lamprecht, UIW
No. 2 Doubles: Salome Fluri/Erica Hagi, McNeese
No. 3 Doubles: Ana Hollweg/Naomi Hagi, McNeese
 
Second Team
No. 1 Singles: Fleur Sprengers, New Orleans
No. 2 Singles: Kateryna Kalistratova, New Orleans
No. 3 Singles: Ksenia Mamontova, SFA
No. 4 Singles: Martina Acebedo Bonocore, Northwestern State
No. 5 Singles: Sofi Garcia, Northwestern State
No. 6 Singles: Alexandra Mille, UIW
 
No. 1 Doubles: Sofi Garcia/Honoka Umeda, Northwestern State
No. 2 Doubles: Taisia Bolsova/Aitana Darder, Southeastern
No. 3 Doubles: Martina Acebedo Bonocore/Athina Grigoriadou, Northwestern State
 
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