BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Cumberlands' (Ky.) Marina Nagai leads the Mid-South Conference Women's Tennis Year-End Awards, conference officials announced on Friday.

Nagai is the MSC Women's Tennis Player of the Year as selected by the conference coaches. Lindsey Wilson's (Ky.) Javiera Verdugo was voted as the MSC Women's Tennis Freshman of the Year, while Lindsey Wilson's Eric Bernabeu is the MSC Women's Tennis Head Coach of the Year, and Lindsey Wilson's Aina Bernabeu is the women's tennis assistant coach of the year.

Nagai is 9-3 this season in singles, including a perfect 6-0 in Mid-South competition. She enters the MSC Tournament with a 12-3 mark in doubles action. Verdugo posted a 12-0 singles record and a 13-1 doubles mark for the Blue Raiders during the regular season.

Eric Bernabeu and Aina Bernabeu led the Blue Raiders to a 14-1 record, a No. 2 national ranking, and the MSC regular-season title in 2026. The coach-of-the-year honors are the first women's tennis awards for both Lindsey Wilson coaches.

The seven-woman MSC First Team and Second Team All-Conference are selected by the conference coaches. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players.

 

First Team All-Conference (Listed in Alphabetical Order)

Name	School
Sofia Canto Hurtado	Bethel (Tenn.)
Martina Cortal	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Mayra Gisone	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Mariangeles Mateu	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Marina Nagai	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Elina Sungatullina	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Javiera Verdugo	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

 

Second Team All-Conference (Listed in Alphabetical Order)

Name	School
Maria Arbelaez	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Mahiro Hara	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Haruna Kojima	Cumberlands (Ky.)
YuFang Liu	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Jimena Palomo	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Blanca Trillo	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
Victoria Zarate	Cumberlands (Ky.)