The Linfield women's tennis team fell just short of winning another set of Northwest Conference regular season and tournament championships, finishing with a 12-3 overall record and a 7-1 NWC mark under first-year interim head coach Tessa Kern, who was a teammate of most of her players a year ago.
 
Four Wildcats stood out among the league's best, landing on the 2023 All-NWC Team, released Tuesday.
 
Taryn Fujimori and Lexie Matsunaga were two of eight players named First Team All-NWC selections. Sarah Forester and Allena Wong represented the Wildcats with Second Team All-NWC honors.
 
A native of Mililani, Hawaii, Fujimori returned for a fifth year of eligibility and captured her third straight First Team nod since transferring to Linfield from the University of Oregon. She went 7-6 in singles, going 6-6 as the Wildcats' primary No. 1 option while winning her lone No. 2 flight of the season. She posted an 8-4 record in No. 2 doubles with teammate Emma Tuttle.
 
The senior Matsunaga secured her third all-conference honor and second on the First Team. The Aiea, Hawaii, product won her lone No. 1 singles match and went 7-3 as Linfield's No. 2. She and Wong finished with a 9-3 record in No. 1 doubles and are ranked No. 13 in the latest ITA West Region Doubles Rankings, released April 28.
 
Forester and Wong are both repeat honorees on the Second Team. A two-time NWC Student-Athlete of the Week in 2023, Forester went 10-3 in singles with seven of those wins coming in the No. 3 spot. The junior from Corvallis teamed up with Alexis Garner to go 11-3 in No. 3 doubles. Another senior from Mililani, Wong went 8-5 in singles, winning five matches as the No. 4 player for the 'Cats.
 
Whitman's Angel Le was named the NWC Player of the Year for the third consecutive season while the Blues' John Hein earned NWC Coach of the Year honors. Susanna Anand of Lewis & Clark was selected as the NWC Rookie of the Year.