BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — After dropping only one singles and one doubles match all season, sophomore Kaede Amano was named the Mid-South Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Year at tonight's banquet. 
 
Amano, who was also named the MSC Freshman of the Year last season, is the second Lady Tiger to be named MSC Women's Tennis Player of the Year as Anita Henestrosa earned the honor in 2010.
 
Amano posted a regular season record of 16-1 in singles -- all at No. 1 -- while recording a 16-1 record in doubles action. In all 16 singles victories this season she won in straight sets. In 11 victories at No. 1 doubles, her closest match was 8-4, while posting five 8-0 victories.
 
The only loss by Amano in both doubles and singles came to a former MSC Player of the Year, Henar Munoz, who transferred to Georgia Gwinnett for this season. 

In addition, she is the highest-ranked conference player in the ITA Rankings as Amano is No. 12 in the country. She's also ranked second in the ITA East Region behind Isidora Petkovic of Union College. 
 
The Lady Tigers are 11-6 on the season and finished tied for second in the Mid-South Conference at 4-2 but slipped to the third seed in the tournament after dropping the head-to-head matchup with University of the Cumberlands.
 
In the regular season, Campbellsville beat University of Pikeville – who is the sixth seed in the conference tournament – in a 9-0 contest. Throughout the nine matches in the dual, the Lady Tigers dropped just nine games throughout the entire team match.
 
The Lady Tigers are primed to face University of Pikeville on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. ET at Kereiakes Park in Bowling Green, Ky. 
 
The winner of the Campbellsville-Pikeville contest will move onto the semifinals of the conference tournament against the winner of the Cumberlands and Shawnee State University match on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET at the Western Kentucky Tennis Complex.
 
Last season, the Lady Tigers suffered a 5-2 loss in the semifinals of the conference tournament to Cumberlands.