Women's Tennis

Sunbirds Win Two Awards, Two Other Plaques are Shared

Fresno Pacific's Yume Ueoku is the PacWest Player of the Year, while Hawaii Pacific's Patton and Azusa Pacific's Bohren share Coach of the Year honors.

SURPRISE, Ariz.—Fresno Pacific captured two Pacific West Conference women’s tennis special awards, Menlo and Point Loma shared another, as did Azusa Pacific and Hawaii Pacific.

APU’s Mark Bohren and HPU’s Chelsea Patton were selected by their fellow leaders as Co-Coaches of the Year. Also sharing a plaque are the Newcomers of the Year, Ombeline Robilliart (Menlo) and Perla Conde Vendrell (Point Loma). The Sunbirds were well represented by Player of the Year Yume Ueoku and Freshman of the Year Fabiana Gonzalez.

The announcement was made on the eve of the PacWest Championships, which begin tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Surprise (AZ) Tennis and Raquet Center.

Yume Ueoku had a stellar season as Fresno Pacific’s No. 1 player, going 16-1 in dual matches (18-2 overall record). All of her conference wins were in straight sets this season, her only loss coming against APU’s Stina Larsson. She was also 13-1 in doubles play and the FPU duo of Ueoku and Fabiana Gonzalez has been ranked as high as 31st nationally.

Fabiana Gonzalez is the Freshman of the Year and also earned First Team All-PacWest honors. The Utah native had a 12-3 dual match record (17-4 for the year) in singles, ranked as high as #2 in the Region and #20 Nationally. She reached the finals of the Fall ITA West Region championship. She is 13-1 overall in doubles record with partner Yume Ueoku. 

Sharing the Newcomer of the Year honors are Ombeline Robilliart of Menlo and Point Loma’s Perla Conde Vendrell. Robilliart, a transfer from St. Thomas Aquinas, was 13-1 in singles across her team’s #2-6 positions. She broke the program’s single-season wins record (13), all in straight sets with no tiebreakers. The French woman won her first eight singles matches of the spring including against NCAA DI UC Davis.

Vendrell, a transfer from Emporia State, is 14-4 in singles (1-0 at No. 3, 13-4 at No. 4), 14-1 at No. 2 doubles and is currently riding a 12-match winning streak. The France native reached the Round of 16 in singles at the ITA West Regional. The junior was a Second Team All-MIAA selection last year at Emporia State.

Head Coach Mark Bohren is the Co-Coach of the Year after leading Azusa Pacific to another top seed position coming into the PacWest tournament. The Cougars are 20-2 on the season and come to Arizona on a 14-match win streak. Their only D2 loss was to Hawaii Pacific. Bohren, in his 29th year as head coach at APU, is now 472-192 in his career with the APU women. He was also named the 2026 PacWest Men's Co-Coach of the Year.
 
HPU’s Chelsea Patton is the Co-Coach of the Year in her first campaign as the Sharks leader. Hawaii Pacific and Patton climbed to a high of #11 in the nation and a current #26 national ranking. In her first year as head coach, she stands with a record of 11-2 against PacWest team and a regular season mark of 14-2. Previously an assistant at HPU, Patton has also been a head coach at Whitman College (Wash.).

Ueoku and Gonzalez were also First Team singles selections, along with Azusa Pacific’s Stina Larsson and Karola Suviste, Point Loma’s Alina Kupfer and Hawaii Pacific’s Evi Roobol and Tereza Noah. All First-Team selections were previous honorees, with the exception of the freshman Gonzalez.

Larsson and Suviste, along with Ueoku and Gonzalez, were also First Team doubles selections. Roobol also fits that category with teammate Annika Hakovirta.

The First, Second and Third Team selections are listed below. To follow the PacWest Championships, click here for the tournament page.
 
 2026 ALL-PACWEST WOMEN’S TENNIS AWARDS
 Player of the Year  Yume Ueoku  Fresno Pacific
 Co-Newcomer of the Year  Ombeline Robilliart  Menlo
 Co-Newcomer of the Year  Perla Conde Vendrell  Point Loma
 Freshman of the Year  Fabiana Gonzalez  Fresno Pacific
 Co-Coach of the Year  Mark Bohren  Azusa Pacific
 Co-Coach of the Year  Chelsea Patton  Hawai`i Pacific
 
 2026 ALL-PACWEST WOMEN’S TENNIS SINGLES
 Name  School  Year  Hometown
 FIRST TEAM
 Evi Roobol*  Hawai`i Pacific  So.  Antwerp, Belgium
 Stina Larsson*  Azusa Pacific  So.  Nora, Sweden
 Yume Ueoku*  Fresno Pacific  Jr.  Fukuoka, Japan
 Alina Kupfer*  Point Loma  Sr.  Baldham, Germany
 Fabiana Gonzalez  Fresno Pacific  Fr.  Riverton, Utah
 Karola Suviste*  Azusa Pacific  So.  Tallinn, Estonia
 SECOND TEAM
 Tereza Noah  Hawai`i Pacific  Fr.  Brno, Czechia
 Zofia Dziewiecka  Menlo  Jr.  Warsaw, Poland / Jackson State
 Ombeline Robilliart  Menlo  So.  Annecy, France / St. Thomas Aquinas
 Emely Valencia Andrejeva  Point Loma  Jr.  Chula Vista, Calif.
 Yeo Kyung Kim  Biola  Fr.  Seoul, South Korea
 Perla Conde Vendrell  Point Loma  Jr.  Paris, France / Emporia St.
 THIRD TEAM
 Alessia Radu  Biola  Sr.  Mijas, Spain / Westcliff Univ.
 Ivet Stancheva  Biola  Jr.  Chavdar, Bulgaria / Angelo State
 Deepa Vanaraja  Dominican  Sr. Chennai, India / Holy Names
 Shannele Lopez  Azusa Pacific  Sr.  Glendale Heights, Ill.
 Dafne Andres  Biola  So.  Valencia, Spain
 Gloria Jovic  Menlo  Fr.  Sydney, Australia
 
 2026 ALL-PACWEST WOMEN’S TENNIS DOUBLES
 School  Name  Year  Hometown
 FIRST TEAM
 Hawai`i Pacific  Evi Roobol*
 Annika Hakovirta*
 So,
 Sr.
 Antwerp, Belgium
 Turkr, Finland
 Azusa Pacific  Stina Larsson*
 Karola Suviste*
 So.
 So.
 Nora, Sweden
 Tallinn, Estonia
 Fresno Pacific  Yume Ueoku
 Fabiana Gonzalez
 Jr.
 Fr.
 Fukuoka, Japan
 Riverton, Utah
SECOND TEAM
 Point Loma  Alina Kupfer
 Perla Conde Vendrell
 Sr.
 Jr.
 Baldham, Germany
 Paris, France 
 Hawai`i Pacific  Tereza Noah
 Willow Dymkowski
 Fr.
 Fr.
 Brno, Czechia
 Austin, Texas
 Point Loma  Emely Valencia Andrejeva
 Anna Pallencaoe
 Jr.
 Jr.
 Chula Vista, Calif.
 San Diego, Calif.
 THIRD TEAM
 Biola  Yeo Kyung Kim
 Alexis Romano
 Fr.
 Jr.
 Seoul, South Korea
 Palmdale, Calif.
 Dominican  Kaylee Lopez
 Sofia Acuna
 Fr.
 So.
 Fontana, Calif.
 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 Fresno Pacific  Halle Faherty
 Jessica McLean
 Jr.
 Fr.
 Invercargill, New Zealand 
Widnes, United Kingdom
                                                                                    *Previously named to All-PacWest teams