LSU women’s tennis player Keri Frankenberger has already made a name for herself as a freshman.
Frankenberger was named Wednesday to both the All-Southeastern Conference Second Team and All-Freshman team. The Gainesville, Fla., native compiled a 19-12 overall record with an 11-5 record in the No. 4 spot.
Frankenberger led the team by clinching four matches this season for the Lady Tigers. She clinched matches against Mississippi State, Tulane, Kentucky and Alabama.
Frankenberger also won 10 matches with sophomore Whitney Wolf in the No. 1 doubles spot this season.
“I’m really proud of Keri. It’s a great accomplishment not only to be on the Freshman Team but the All-SEC Second Team as well,” LSU coach Tony Minnis said in a news release. “She’s had a tremendous year, and I look forward to seeing her progress in the future.”
Frankenberger was the only LSU women’s tennis player to earn any conference accolades this season. Megan Falcon, a senior on last season’s LSU squad, made the 2009 All-SEC First Team.
Current senior Hannah Robinson earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a sophomore in 2008.
Frankenberger won 10 of her last 13 matches, with a five-match winning streak going into that stretch. She played in several positions in LSU’s lineup, including the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 spots.
Frankenberger won seven SEC regular season matches in the spring season. Six of those wins came in straight sets.
Her last match against Florida’s Anastasia Revzina in the SEC tournament went unfinished because LSU had already lost to Florida before the match could be completed.
Florida eventually won the SEC women’s tournament with a 4-1 victory against Tennessee. The Gators finished 11-0 in regular season SEC play, and the tournament title was their 16th in 21 SEC tournament finals appearances.
LSU finished 9-14 on the season with a 4-7 record in SEC regular season play.The Lady Tigers finished third in the SEC West behind Ole Miss and Arkansas.
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