2024 Women’s Tennis GPAC All-Conference Teams
SEWARD, Neb. – A group of five Bulldogs from the 2023-24 Concordia University Women’s Tennis team landed on the list of GPAC All-Conference award winners released on Tuesday (May 7) by the league office. In highlighting the selections, freshman Chakira Derman and sophomores Alana Lopez Pagan and Mariana Molano earned recognition for both singles and doubles (complete list below). In addition, freshman Alexa Richert (singles) and junior Tessa Blough (doubles) were also honored. Blough, Lopez Pagan and Molano are repeat award winners from last season.
2024 All-GPAC
· Tessa Blough (Cody, Wyo.): HM Doubles
o 2024 GPAC records: 2-4 singles | 4-2 doubles.
· Chakira Derman (Lome, Togo): Singles / HM Doubles
o 2024 GPAC records: 5-1 singles | 5-2 doubles.
· Alana Lopez Pagan (Forney, Texas); HM Singles / HM Doubles
o 2024 GPAC records: 3-4 singles | 5-2 doubles.
· Mariana Molano (Bogota, Colombia): Singles / HM Doubles
o 2024 GPAC records: 3-3 singles | 5-2 doubles.
· Alexa Richert (Gillette, Wyo.): Singles
o 2024 GPAC records: 6-0 singles | 4-2 doubles.
Molano and Derman headed the lineup as steady performers throughout the 2023-24 season. Molano paced the team with 11 overall singles wins (3-3 GPAC) while Derman was near perfect (5-1) versus GPAC competition (9-9 overall). Meanwhile, Richert went a spotless 6-0 in GPAC singles matches while Lopez Pagan posted a 3-4 conference singles mark. Richert ranked second on the team in overall singles wins with 10.
In doubles, Derman teamed up with Blough for a 4-2 conference record while Lopez Pagan and Molano combined to go 5-2 against GPAC competitors. Additionally, Lopez Pagan and Molano paired up for a 10-5 overall record as the team’s winningest doubles duo this past season.
Head Coach Lisa Hart’s squad finished the 2023-24 season at 11-8 overall (5-2 GPAC). The Bulldogs advanced to the GPAC semifinals before being eliminated from the postseason.