May 7, 2004

Providence, R.I. - The 2004 BIG EAST Men's and Women's Tennis awards have been announced. Virginia Tech's Andreas Laulund and Miami's Megan Bradley were named Most Outstanding Tournament Players and Notre Dame's Bobby Bayliss and Miami's Paige Yuroshuk-Tews were named Coaches of the Year. The All-Tournament Teams for singles and doubles were also named. Voting was conducted among the 10 men's coaches and 14 women's coaches who were not permitted to vote for themselves.

Laulund was named the Men's Most Outstanding Tournament Player after helping Virginia Tech earn the top seed at the BIG EAST Championship and winning his only finished match. The senior is currently ranked 41^st in the nation in singles and has a season record of 20-11.

Bradley earned Most Outstanding Player accolades for the second consecutive year by leading the Hurricanes to their second BIG EAST title in three years. The junior won both of her matches at No. 1 singles, surrendering just two opponent points and is ranked fourth nationally. Bradley and Melissa Applebaum were also named to the All-Tournament team in doubles after winning both of their matches.

Bayliss guided the Irish to a 15-8 record and their fourth BIG EAST crown. The Irish have been ranked the entire season and are currently No. 36 in the ITA rankings. During his 17 seasons at ND, Bayliss has led the Irish to 13 NCAA Championship berths.

Yuroshuk-Tews mentored Miami to a 17-3 overall record and its eighth BIG EAST title. The Hurricanes earned the No. 2 seed at the BIG EAST Championship and are ranked 26^th nationally. In her three years at UM, Yuroshuk-Tews has led the 'Canes to three straight NCAA tournament appearances and a 48-17 record.

2004 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS AWARDS
Men
Coach of the Year: Bobby Bayliss, Notre Dame
Most Outstanding Tournament Player:
Andreas Laulund, Virginia Tech

All-Tournament Team - Singles
Andreas Laulund, Virginia Tech
Stephen Bass, Notre Dame
Luis Haddock, Notre Dame
Josh Cohen, Miami
Matthew Scott, Notre Dame
Louis Desmarteaux, St. John's

All-Tournament Team - Doubles
Luis Haddock/Matthew Scott, Notre Dame
Eric Hechtman/Colin Purcell, Notre Dame
Stephane Rod/Soren Spanner, Virginia Tech

Women
Coach of the Year: Paige Yuroshuk-Tews, Miami
Most Outstanding Tournament Player: Megan Bradley, Miami

All-Tournament Team - Singles

Megan Bradley, Miami
Szilvia Szegeti, Boston College
Anat Elazari, Virginia Tech
Alicia Salas, Notre Dame
Mari Toro, Miami
*Melissa Applebaum, Miami
*Christian Thompson, Notre Dame

All-Tournament Team - Doubles
Megan Bradley/Melissa Applebaum, Miami
Emily Hellberg/Nida Waseem, Boston College
Christian Thompson/Catrina Thompson, Notre Dame

* - Due to a tie in voting, two players were named to the sixth position of the singles team.