Morningside had four players named to the All-GPAC Women’s Tennis Team.

Morningside College placed four players on the 2017 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.

The Mustangs’ All-GPAC selections are Cassie Stanek, Kathryn Jones and Abby Fitzgerald in singles and their doubles team of Natasha Hongsermeier and Fitzgerald.

Stanek, a senior from Sioux City, had an 18-6 record as the Mustangs’ No. 1 singles player to lead the team in victories. Stanek posted a 53-10 singles record during her three-year Morningside career for the most singles triumphs in school history and set a school record with 102 career combined singles and doubles triumphs.

Jones, a senior from Laramie, Wyo., had an 11-4 record at No. 4 singles.

Fitzgerald, a freshman from Fairmont, Minn., had a 15-5 record at No. 5 singles.

Hongsermeier, a senior from Phillips, Neb., and Fitzgerald combined for a 12-4 record at No. 2 doubles.

Hongsermeier and Hanna Schoning, a sophomore from Arnolds Park, Iowa, received honorable mention All-GPAC recognition as singles players. Hongsermeier had a 12-3 record at No. 3 singles and Schoning had a 14-7 record at No. 6 singles. Stanek and Ons Souissi, a sophomore from Ariana, Tunisia, received honorable mention All-GPAC recognition after they combined for a 14-8 record as the Mustangs’ No. 1 doubles tandem.

Morningside posted a 15-4 record during the 2016-17 season to set a school record for victories and finished third in the GPAC standings with a 5-2 league mark. The Mustangs broke their former single-season record of 14 wins in the 2011-12 campaign.

Click here for the complete 2017 All-GPAC Women’s Tennis Team.