BENTONVILLE, ARK. – The East Central University women's tennis team earned two All-Great American Conference honors, with junior Julia Municoy earning first team honors and redshirt freshman Anna Garcia second team.

Municoy earned her third-straight All-GAC First Team honor as a part of the Tigers program.  The Sta MaPalautordera, Spain, native finished 2015-16 with a 6-1 record against league opponents in singles play and a 15-8 overall mark, earning a No. 9 ranking in the ITA Central Region singles lists.

Garcia went 3-4 in GAC singles, with a 6-18 overall singles record.  The redshirt freshman played mostly No. 2 singles (6-12) and adds an 11-14 mark in doubles action.

The Tigers (11-13) opened the 2015-16 GAC Tennis Championship Tournament with a victory over Southern Nazarene earlier in the day.

Box Score

ECU started the tournament by earning a 2-1 lead after doubles.  Freshman Becca Richison and sophomore Srijita Ghosh were the first to finish, taking an 8-0 win at No. 3 doubles over Paulina Obreque and Taylor Sullivan.
Garcia and junior Gloria Mayorga then added an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles over Dragana Samardzic and Judit Mas.

Sophomore Veronica Mijares pushed the lead to 3-1 as the first singles set to finish.  Mijares defeated Kylie Lang 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

Ghosh added a point with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles over Mas and sophomore Alex Makashov claimed the victory for the Tigers with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Obreque at No. 3 singles.

ECU will now prepare to face Arkansas Tech in the semifinals, Friday, April 22 at 2 p.m. at Memorial Park.