IUPUI’s Swartwood Named #SummitWTN Player of the Week
IUPUI’s Swartwood Named #SummitWTN Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Rachel Swartwood was named Summit League Women's Tennis Player of the Week for her performance Feb. 16-22.
RACHEL SWARTWOOD, IUPUI
Jr. // Evansville, Ind.
- Received her first career Player of the Week award
- Won in straight-sets (3 and 2) over Evansville's Marine Darzyan at No. 2 singles
- Tamed with Valeriia Lavrenchuk for 6-4 doubles win over UE's No. 2 tandem
- Led team to 5-2 victory over the Purple Aces
Also nominated: Morgan Barnhill, Denver; Ellie Burns, South Dakota
Previous recipients: 1/19 – Valentina Gisberg, Oral Roberts; 1/26 – Julia O'Loughlin, Denver; 2/2 – Maureen Slattery, Denver; 2/9 – Bianca Mok, Denver; 2/16 – Hylan Miller, Omaha
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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 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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