Coyotes' Joy earns fourth all-conference honor

            Joy, a Palm Desert High School graduate, was an at-large selection on the nine-member first team picked by the CCAA coaches. She also earned first-team honors in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and was the conference MVP in 2006 and its freshman of the year in 2005.

            She posted a 5-3 record in CCAA play at No. 1 singles play in 2008. She split her meetings with Ioana Comsa of Cal State L.A., who was voted the conference MVP, and with Jenny Tsai of Cal Poly Pomona, another first team pick who played No. 1 singles.

            Joy was 11-4 overall in singles play, reaching the quarterfinals of the 108th Ojai Invitational at the end of the season. In doubles, Joy was 6-8 with her partners Leslie Horn and Dottie Elwell.

            She set the all-time tennis program record for singles victories in a career with a 54-12 record and was 26-8 at No. 1 singles in four seasons of CCAA conference play, another career record. Joy and her partners were 30-32 in doubles play in her career at CSUSB.

            Joy is one of only two female athletes to earn first-team all-CCAA honors in all four years at the university, according to athletic records. The other was volleyball middle blocker Kim Morohunfola, a four-time all-American as well from 2000 to 2003.

            The team produced a 5-7 record in 2008 under Head Coach Heather Langley and Assistant Coach John Smeby. CSUSB was 1-7 in conference play but that win was a first-ever 5-4 decision over perennial NCAA power Cal Poly Pomona.

            Comsa also was voted the CCAA's freshman of the year. Newcomer of the year honors went to Kimmie Dao of CCAA champion UC San Diego. Liz LaPlante of UCSD was voted coach of the year. The Tritons have won 48 straight CCAA dual matches.

            ALL-CCAA FIRST TEAM -- Iona Comsa, Fr., (CSULA); Krishana DeSilva, Sr., (CSULA); Kimmi Dao, Fr., (UCSD); Justine Fonte, Sr., (UCSD); Molly Sullens, Sr. (UCSD); Jennifer Avila, Sr., (CSULA); Jennifer Joy, Sr., (CSUSB); Jenny Tsai, Sr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Natalie Varnay, Fr., (UCSD).

            SECOND TEAM -- Dalya Perelman, Fr., (UCSD); Mallory Brady, So., (Cal Poly Pomona); Jennifer Chow, Fr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Kaitlin Wooldridge, Fr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Casey O'Connor, So., (Sonoma St.); Jessica Winkler, Jr., (Cal Poly Pomona).

            MVP -- Ioana Comsa; Freshman of Year -- Comsa; Newcomer of Year -- Kimmie Dao; Coach of Year -- Liz LaPlante.