2011 All PacWest Women's Tennis Team
San Francisco, CA – In an announcement made by the Pacific West Conference on Tuesday afternoon, the Academy of Art University's women's tennis team had two players named to the 2011 All Pacific West Conference Second Team. After a successful season where the Urban Knights finished 5th in the PacWest Conference, the team received some recognition for their hard work and accomplishments over the year. Newcomer Kunkanda "Cartoon" Phukchampa, and senior Laone "Lala" Botshoma were the two Urban Knights players to receive the All PacWest Honors.
Phukchampa, a junior from Lampang, Thailand, was recognized by receiving second team honors in both singles and doubles play. In singles play, Cartoon finished the season with a 12-4 overall record, and an 11-1 record competing in the No.1 singles spot for the team. In the final 10 games of the season, Phukchampa went 7-3 and had a 10 match winning streak from February 10th through March 18th. On February 12th, Kunkanda defeated the No.33 ranked player in the nation at Grand Canyon University.
Cartoon's doubles play was just as impressive as her singles. She finished the season with a 12-4 doubles record and competed solely in the No. 1 doubles slot.
Botshoma, a senior from Botswana, Africa, received the All PacWest honors for her play in doubles competition. Laone finished the season with a 14-3 overall doubles record including a 9-2 record in the No.1 spot, and a 5-1 record in the No. 2 doubles slot. Botshoma came up with big doubles wins in the Knights' matches against Dominican University and Hawaii Hilo in the PacWest Championships.
When Laone was paired with Kunkanda as a doubles team, the duo was unstoppable. Together they finished with an 8-2 doubles record while competing in the No. 1 doubles spot, and concluded the regular season on a two game winning streak.
