Gabriela Knutson earns 1st team All-ACC honors, Miranda Ramirez named to 3rd team
For the second consecutive season, No. 13 Gabriela Knutson was named first-team All-ACC. The senior has gone 16-8 in singles and 13-10 in doubles for the Orange this season, and moved into second place for all-time SU career wins after a straight-set singles win against Harvard on Feb. 17. Knutson is the first SU player to make the All-ACC first team twice since the Orange switched from the Big East to ACC in 2014.
Additionally, junior Miranda Ramirez earned third-team All-ACC honors. She’s currently ranked No. 97 with a 17-7 singles record — primarily at second singles — and a 13-10 doubles record with Knutson. Last season, Ramirez received second-team honor after she went 11-12 in singles and climbed to No. 8 in the doubles rankings with Knutson.
Miami junior Estela Perez-Somarriba was named ACC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season behind a 22-1 singles record that propelled her to No. 2 in the most recent ITA rankings. Knutson lost to Perez-Somarriba 7-6, 7-6 in the Orange’s 5-2 loss to the Hurricanes on April 7.
No. 31 Syracuse (13-12, 5-9 Atlantic Coast) will find out its opponent for the NCAA tournament during next Monday’s selection show at 6:30 p.m. The Orange dropped their last match 4-0 to UNC in the ACC tournament quarterfinals.
