Northwood`s Deridzard Named 2004 GLIAC Women`s Tennis

Jeff Ligney
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October 26, 2004
For immediate release
Northwood’s Deridzard Named 2004 GLIAC
Women’s Tennis “Player of the Year”
Northwood’s Goncalves Earns “Freshman of the Year” Honors, NU’s Colestock Tabbed “Coach of the Year”
BAY CITY, Mich. -- Northwood University junior Aurelie Deridzard was named the 2004 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) women’s tennis “Player of the Year” by the league’s head coaches in all-conference
balloting.
The coaches named Northwood University rookie Julia Goncalves the conference’s “Freshman of the Year,”
while Zane Colestock, head coach of the Timberwolves’ women’s tennis team, was tabbed the “Coach of the Year.”
A two-time first-team All-GLIAC honoree, Deridzard went 10-0 overall in singles and 14-2 in doubles this
season to lead Northwood to its second straight GLIAC Championship. Deridzard did not drop a set in at the No. 3
singles position and teamed with Goncalves to go 10-0 in the regular season at No. 1 doubles. In the past two seasons,
Deridzard has sported a combined record of 69-10 (35-1 singles, 34-9 doubles).
Goncalves went 25-5 in her first season at Northwood, going 11-3 in singles and 14-2 in doubles. Her record
included an 18-1 mark in GLIAC play (8-1 singles, 10-0 doubles). Goncalves also advanced to the fourth round of the
ITA Regional Tournament, defeating No. 1 seed Charity Siegmund of Mercyhurst College along the way.
Colestock guided Northwood to a perfect 13-0 record and its second straight GLIAC Championship this fall,
earning him his second Women’s Coach of the Year award. His career record as Northwood’s women’s coach now
stands at 103-32 (.844). Colestock has also won the GLIAC Men’s Coach of the Year award eight times.
Joining Deridzard and Goncalves on the 2004 All-GLIAC first team are: sophomore Molly Basha of Ferris
State University; junior Kristina Bogdanovic and sophomore Sue Rossano of Northwood; senior Aijana
Otunchieva and sophomore Monika Malinska of Michigan Tech University; senior Natalya Natyshak of Wayne
State University; and freshman Charity Siegmund of Mercyhurst.
The 2004 All-GLIAC second team includes: senior Marie Cameron and junior Alison Koopsen of Grand
Valley State University; freshman Celina Grondin of Lake Superior State University; sophomore Marissa Muchow
and freshman Leila Salek of Ferris State; freshman Amy Palmgren of Michigan Tech; junior Natalie Paparella of
Mercyhurst; senior Nikki Schwarz of Saginaw Valley State University; and junior Haleema Syed of Wayne State.
A complete list of the 2004 All-GLIAC women’s tennis teams are on the following page.
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ALL-GLIAC Women’s Tennis Release, 10-26-04
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2004 GLIAC Women’s Tennis Postseason Awards
Player of the Year: Aurelie Deridzard - Northwood University
Freshman of the Year: Julia Goncalves - Northwood University
Coach of the Year: Zane Colestock - Northwood University
2004 GLIAC All-Conference Women’s Tennis Teams
First-Team
Name
Molly Basha
Kristina Bogdanovic
Aurelie Deridzard
Julia Goncalves
Monika Malinska
Natalya Natyshak
Aijana Otunchieva
Sue Rossano
Charity Siegmund
School
Ferris State
Northwood
Northwood
Northwood
Michigan Tech
Wayne State
Michigan Tech
Northwood
Mercyhurst
Yr.
So.
Jr.
Jr.
Fr.
So.
Sr.
Sr.
So.
Fr.
Hometown/High School
Eau Claire, Wis./Regis
Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Pontpoint, France
Curitiba, Brazil
Prague, Czech Republic/Business Academy
Windsor, Ont./Vincent Massey
Bishkek, Krygyzstan/#6
Toluca, Mexico
Aiken, S.C.
Second-Team
Name
Marie Cameron
Celina Grondin
Alison Koopsen
Marissa Muchow
Amy Palmgren
Natalie Paparella
Leila Salek
Nikki Schwarz
Haleema Syed
School
Grand Valley State
Lake Superior State
Grand Valley State
Ferris State
Michigan Tech
Mercyhurst
Ferris State
Saginaw Valley State
Wayne State
Yr.
Sr.
Fr.
Jr.
So.
Fr.
Jr.
Fr.
Sr.
Jr.
Hometown/High School
Battle Creek, Mich./Harper Creek
Fleurimont, Quebec
Kalamazoo, Mich./Hackett
Green Bay, Wis./Ashwaubenon
Holly, Mich.
McKees Rocks, Pa./Montour
Croydon Surrey, U.K./Riddlesdown
Battle Creek, Mich./Harper Creek
Lahore, Pakistan/Southgate (Mich.)
Honorable Mention
Name
Arcelia Gomez
Allison Halbert
Kelli Hammond
Jenna Killips
Jessie Miller
Cristina Oliveira
Joanna Olmstead
Amanda Pressotto
School
Grand Valley State
Ferris State
Lake Superior State
Grand Valley State
Hillsdale
Northwood
Mercyhurst
Wayne State
Yr.
Fr.
So.
Sr.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
Sr.
So.
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Hometown/High School
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Battle Creek, Mich./Pennfield
Alma, Mich.
Ludington, Mich.
Harbor Springs, Mich.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Port Huron, Mich./Northern
Trenton, Mich.