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Kanapatskaya Earns All-America Honors
6/21/2021 6:25:00 PM | Tennis
Kanapatskaya, Limam Named Region Award Winners
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Freshman Viktoriya Kanapatskaya is the fifth All-American in Syracuse women's tennis history after earning a top 16 seed at the 2021 NCAA Championship. The Minsk, Belarus native is also the ITA Northeast Region Rookie of the Year.
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Head coach Younes Limam is the Wilson ITA Coach of the Year for the Northeast Region. He guided the Orange to an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in program history. Syracuse finished the season ranked No. 44.
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Kanapatskaya made an immediate impact on the Orange in her rookie campaign. She posted a 12-6 singles record, playing predominantly at the No. 1 position, and ended the year ranked No. 20. Kanapatskaya earned All-ACC First Team honors and was named Syracuse Female Rookie of the Year.
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The freshman joined an exclusive list of Orange tennis All-Americans, which includes Jana Strnadava (1994), Erica O'Neill (1995), Miranda Ramirez (2018) and Gabriela Knutson (2018, 2019).
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Head coach Younes Limam is the Wilson ITA Coach of the Year for the Northeast Region. He guided the Orange to an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in program history. Syracuse finished the season ranked No. 44.
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Kanapatskaya made an immediate impact on the Orange in her rookie campaign. She posted a 12-6 singles record, playing predominantly at the No. 1 position, and ended the year ranked No. 20. Kanapatskaya earned All-ACC First Team honors and was named Syracuse Female Rookie of the Year.
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The freshman joined an exclusive list of Orange tennis All-Americans, which includes Jana Strnadava (1994), Erica O'Neill (1995), Miranda Ramirez (2018) and Gabriela Knutson (2018, 2019).
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