Pacelli Sweeps Player of the Year Awards on 2026 GNC Girls Tennis All-Conference Teams

By Steven Okonek | Sports OnFocus | October 27, 2026

STEVENS POINT – Pacelli’s Morgan Matowitz was named Great Northern Conference Singles Player of the Year, and teammates Vivian Berna and Maddy Pionek were named Doubles Players of the Year on the 2026 GNC girls tennis all-conference teams.

Rhinelander’s Matt Nichols was named Coach of the Year after the Hodags placed 10 players on the teams, the most of any school.

Pacelli swept the top of the first team. Matowitz earned first-team honors at No. 1 singles, Reese Abel at No. 2 singles, and Berna and Pionek at No. 1 doubles.

Hailey Zvara added a second-team spot at No. 4 singles, and Abby Johnson was an honorable mention at No. 3 singles. Pacelli finished with six players honored.

All three Medford doubles teams earned all-conference recognition. Kady Weix and Averie Werner made the first team at No. 2 doubles, and Elle Strasburg and Raylyn Liske made the first team at No. 3 doubles.

Ellie Eckert and Raylin Rothmeier earned second-team honors at No. 1 doubles, giving Medford six players on the teams.

Taylor McKinney and Lucy Evers made the first team at No. 3 and No. 4 singles for Rhinelander. Jordan Manske was a second-team pick at No. 2 singles.

The Hodags also took six of the 10 honorable mention spots, with Annie Vander Galien at No. 1 singles and all three doubles teams: Sam Aschenbrenner and Addy Currie, Alexia Corey-Luse and Addy Strobel, and Mya Gillen and Paige Wanta.

Lakeland placed six players, led by second-teamers Bella Peterson at No. 3 singles and the doubles pairs of Katy Janowiec and McKenna Byram and Nora DeVries and Carman Istudor. Olive Stockinger was an honorable mention at No. 4 singles.

Newman Catholic’s Evelyn Herdrich earned second-team honors at No. 1 singles, and Merrill’s Greta Peterson was an honorable mention at No. 2 singles.

Doubles partners are counted individually.

From the source Source: Great Northern Conference 2026 girls tennis all-conference release.

Steven Okonek is the Sports Editor at Sports OnFocus, covering prep athletics and adult league sports across Wisconsin. From sideline photography to live play-by-play calls at WIAA state championships, Okonek brings full-service sports journalism to Central Wisconsin communities. Follow his work at onfocus.news.