Dixie State women's tennis sophomore Lacey Hancock was named to the All-Pacific West Conference third team on Tuesday as the league announced its all-conference teams and postseason honors.
Hancock led the Trailblazers to a 9-8 record in the 2016-17 season, marking the team's first winning record since the 2013-14 campaign (12-9). Hancock played 13 of 14 matches at No. 1 singles, finishing the year with a total record of 7-7 at singles play. Early in the spring season, Hancock defeated Nozomi Matsuoka, the No. 12-ranked West Region singles player, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 1 singles, propelling her to a No. 14 Oracle/ITA Division II West Region ranking to mark the highest spring-season ranking in program history for a DSU player.
The All-PacWest honor marks the first postseason conference honor for the program since Karolin Kukaras and Laura Hartle each received All-PacWest nods in the 2014-15 season.
The PacWest tennis awards and teams are based on a combination of coach voting and ITA rankings. The individual player and coach awards are nominated and selected by the PacWest coaches. The All-PacWest teams are based on the ITA West Region rankings released prior to the NCAA Championship (April 19).
Keric Seegmiller is Assistant Coordinator of Media Relations at Dixie State University and the Voice of Trailblazer Athletics. Contact him at keric.seegmiller@dixie.edu.