Denver’s Radosevic Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Sonja Radosevic was named as The Summit League's Women's Tennis Player of the Week following her performance Feb. 18-24.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sonja Radosevic, Denver
Fr. // Miami, Fla.
Radosevic received her first league honor after going 2-0 in singles play during the week. Against No. 54 Wichita State, she scored a straight-set win over Lucia Kovalova (0 and 3) at No. 3 singles and teamed with Kathryn Hughes for an 8-7 win over WSU's tandem of Blaskova/Kovalova at No. 1 doubles. Playing the No. 4 singles position against Colorado, Radosevic won in straight sets (1 and 2) over Nuria Ormeno Ruiz.
Also nominated: Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; Julie Brockman, IUPUI; Yuliya Sidenko, South Dakota
Previous honorees: 1/28 – Maureen Slattery, Denver; 2/4 – Kathryn Hughes, Denver; 2/11 – Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; 2/18 – Evy Van Genechten, Denver.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State 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 eight NCAA Champions, 62 All-Americans and 50 Academic All-America selections.
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