USD’s Burns Named #SummitWTN Player of the Week
USD’s Burns Named #SummitWTN Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota's Ellie Burns was named Summit League Women's Tennis Player of the Week for her performance April 12-18.
ELLIE BURNS, SOUTH DAKOTA
Fr. // Edinburgh, Scotland
- Earned first career Player of the Week honor
- Went 3-0, including a pair of straight-set victories, against a trio of league foes at No. 1 singles
- Rallied to defeat Omaha's Michelle Lo (5-7, 6-3, 6-1)
- Scored straight-set wins over IUPUI's Valeriia Lavrenchuk (1 and 3) and South Dakota State's Iasmin Rosa (4 and 3) to help Coyotes to league victories
Also nominated: Bianca Mok, Denver; Sara Sherif, IUPUI; Molly Matricardi, Omaha; Courtney Lubbers, Western Illinois
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; 2/23 – Rachel Swartwood, IUPUI; 3/1 Ceijenia, Cornelius, Oral Roberts; 3/8 – Courtney Lubbers, Western Illinois; 3/15 – Ffion Davies, South Dakota State; 3/22 – Maureen Slattery, Denver; 3/29 – Julia O'Loughlin, Denver; 4/5 – Brigitte Swartwood, IUPUI; 4/12 – Iasmin Rosa, South Dakota State
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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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