IUPUI’s Lavrenchuk Tabbed #SummitWTN Player of the Week
IUPUI’s Lavrenchuk Tabbed #SummitWTN Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Valeriia Lavrenchuk was named The Summit League's Women's Tennis Player of the Week following her performance Feb. 10-16.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Valeriia Lavrenchuk, IUPUI
Fr. // Sevastopol, Ukraine
Lavrenchuk received her first career Player of the Week honor after going undefeated in singles play and helping her squad to a pair of match victories. In The Summit League opener against Omaha, Lavrenchuk scored a straight-set victory (1 and 2) over Michelle Lo at No. 1 singles. She also teamed with Samantha Mayer for an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles in the Jaguars' 6-1 league victory. In non-league action against intrastate foe Valparaiso, Lavrenchuk rolled to a straight-set (1 and 0) victory over Kaitlyn Hamel at No. 1 singles as IUPUI scored a 4-3 dual match win.
Also nominated: Sonja Radosevic, Denver; Kenzie Hill, Omaha; Petya Simeonova, Oral Roberts; Dragana Brankovic, South Dakota.
Previous recipients: Jan. 27 – Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; Feb. 3 – Gracia Mboko, Denver; Feb. 10 – Sara Sherif, Fort Wayne.
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 nine institutions, including four 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), Oral Roberts University, 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 along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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