Kansas City’s Dalvai Named Women's Player of the Week
Kansas City’s Dalvai Named Women's Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Kansas City's Eva Dalvai was named as The Summit League's women's tennis player of the week for her performance Jan. 29-Feb. 4.
Eva Dalvai, Kansas City
Sr., Strasbourg, France
Dalvai earns her second career award and first of the season after notching singles and doubles victories as Kansas City defeated Drake for the first time in school history. Playing the No. 2 doubles position with teammate Gabby Pintos, the tandem clinched the doubles point for the 'Roos with an 8-6 win over Drake's team of Boyd/Van Genechten. Competing at No. 2 singles, Dalvai scored a straight-set (7-5, 6-1) win, her first of the season, over Lea Kozulic to put UMKC in control of the match at 3-1.
Also nominated: Theresa Neumeyr, Fort Wayne; Bobbi Modesto, IUPUI; Karine Celis, Oakland; Ffion Davies, South Dakota State.
Previous recipient: 1/28 – Ffion Davies, South Dakota State.
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Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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