Savannah Webster and Jessica Popiol Named All-MVC First Team

ST. LOUIS – Belmont University women's tennis' top doubles team of redshirt freshman Savannah Webster and sophomore Jessica Popiol has been selected to the No. 1 tandem in the Missouri Valley Conference. Webster, a native of El Segundo, California, and Popiol, from Chicago, have been tabbed All-MVC First Team after going 6-1 against the Valley this spring.
 
The two newcomers own a 9-6 record at the No. 1 doubles spot this season and lead the Bruins with a 14-11 overall doubles record on the year, including fall tournament play.
 
Webster and Popiol enter the 2026 MVC Championship having won each of their last three doubles matches. The duo dropped just one set, a 6-4 road battle against Bradley's Valeriia Ivanovskaia and Ann Hsieh, in MVC action.
 
In the fall, Webster and Popiol were doubles finalists at Illinois State's Redbird Invitational where they came within two points of the title in the top draw.
 
In their first year at Belmont, Webster and Popiol have made an immediate impact and helped the Bruins clinch a spot in this weekend's MVC Championship.
 
Belmont is the No. 6 seed for the MVC Championship, hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago in the Windy City, and will take on third-seeded Murray State in the first round Friday afternoon. First serve from the Flames Outdoor Tennis Courts in Chicago is slated for 2 p.m.

2026 MVC Tennis Co-Players of the Year: Maja Dodik (Drake), Valeria Chaikovskaia (Murray State)
2026 MVC Tennis Freshman of the Year: Vittoria Benedetti (Illinois State)
2026 MVC Tennis Newcomer of the Year: Maja Dodik (Drake)
2026 MVC Tennis Coach of the Year: Elizabeth Lumpkin Robinson (UIC)
 

2026 All-MVC First Team
Position	Name	School	Year
No. 1 Singles	Maja Dodik	Drake	Gr.
No. 1 Singles	Valeria Chaikovskaia	Murray State	Jr.
No. 2 Singles	Ruby Tseng	Bradley	So.
No. 3 Singles	Vittoria Benedetti	Illinois State	Fr.
No. 4 Singles	Jordane Dookie	Drake	So.
No. 5 Singles	Nuria Sanz	Illinois State	Sr.
No. 6 Singles	Rebecca Widan	Murray State	So.
No. 1 Doubles	Savannah Webster / Jessica Popiol	Belmont	R-Fr. / So.
No. 2 Doubles	Nicole Iosio / Nuria Sanz	Illinois State	So. / Sr.
No. 3 Doubles	Madi Rogers / Andrea Delgado	Valparaiso	Sr. / So.
2026 All-MVC Second Team
Position	Name	School	Year
No. 2 Singles	Silvia Pomarolli	Illinois State	Sr.
No. 3 Singles	Anais Brion	UIC	Sr.
No. 4 Singles	Nicole Iosio	Illinois State	So.
No. 5 Singles	Andrea Delgado	Valparaiso	So.
No. 6 Singles	Paula Rodriguez Gregoris	UIC	Sr.

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