June 8, 2007

SKILLMAN, N.J. --- North Carolina's Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long and Georgia's Luis Flores and John Isner have been named the 2007 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Doubles Teams of the Year, while Miami's Audra Cohen and Virginia's Somdev Devvarman are the ITA National Players of the Year.

UNC's Anundsen and Long captured the NCAA doubles title last month and finished at No. 1 in the Fila rankings. They went 29-6 this season and reached the quarterfinals at the two other national championships in the fall, the Riviera/ITA All-American and ITA National Indoor. Both seniors, Long is from Fremont, Calif., and Anundsen is from Littleton, Colo. They are just the second duo not from a Pac-10 school to receive this award and first since 2001. ITA All-Americans in doubles each of the past two seasons, they are the first duo from UNC to capture an NCAA women's tennis crown.

Miami's Cohen is the fifth player to repeat as ITA National Women's Player of the Year, joining Trinity's Gretchen Rush (1984-85), Florida's Lisa Raymond (1992-93), Stanford's Laura Granville (2000-01) and Stanford's Amber Liu (2003-04). Miami has now had the last three National POYs with Megan Bradley also receiving the award in 2005, equaling the longest streak by a school since Stanford had three straight winners from 1989-91. Cohen, a junior from Plantation, Fla., who is forgoing her senior season for the professional tour, captured the NCAA singles title last week, completing a 42-2 season that also saw her win the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor singles title in November. A three-time ITA All-American, she completed her collegiate career with a 127-11 record.

Virginia's Devvarman, a junior from Chennai, India, reached the NCAA men's singles final for the second straight year, beating Georgia's Isner for the title. He went 44-5 in 2006-07 and finished the season with a 16-match win streak. Devvarman, the first player from an Atlantic Coast Conference school to receive this award, finished the season at No. 1 in the Fila national singles rankings and also garnered a No. 2 ranking in doubles and helped UVA to a No. 2 final team ranking. Next season he will try to become the first men's player since Northwestern's Marty Riessen (1962-64) to reach three straight NCAA singles finals.

Georgia's Flores and Isner turned in a 38-3 record this season while capturing two national titles - the Polo Ralph Lauren All-American and ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor. Despite a quarterfinal loss in the NCAAs the Bulldog duo finished No. 1 in the Fila national doubles rankings. Isner was also part of the 2005 ITA National Doubles Team of the Year with Antonio Ruiz. Isner is a senior from Greensboro, N.C., and Flores is a junior from Xalapa, Mexico. They were just the fourth duo to win the ITA All-American and National Indoor doubles titles in the same season and also helped UGA capture the NCAA team championship on May 22.