SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota’s Edmond Aynedjian and Denver’s Camille Verden-Anderson collected this week’s TicketSmarter Summit League Men’s and Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week honors, league officials released Tuesday.
 
Aynedjian and the Fighting Hawks finished the weekend undefeated after beating Marquette (6-1) and Eastern Illinois (7-0) on the road. Aynedjian teamed up with Cian McDonnell on the No. 2 doubles court and defeated Marquette’s duo of Tin Krstulovic and Stefan Dragovic 6-2 to seal the 1-0 advantage for the Fighting Hawks,
 
At the No. 2 singles court, after a first set loss, Aynedjian bounced back to claim the match victory with a 6-4 win in the second set and the tiebreak.
 
Against Eastern Illinois, Aynedjian and McDonnell once against secured the doubles point with a 6-1 victory on the No. 2 doubles court. At the No. 2 singles court, he capped off a perfect weekend defeating EIU’s Christos Kyrillou (7-6, 6-1).
 
In the season-opening 4-3 loss to the Pac-12’s Washington, Verden-Anderson partnered with Britt Pursell to take a 6-1 victory against the Huskies at the No. 1 doubles court. On the No. 5 singles court, she got the first point on the board for the Pioneers with a straight-set (7-5, 7-5) victory over Zoey Weil.
 
In Denver’s 4-2 win over Cal Poly, Verden-Anderson gave the Pioneers a 3-1 advantage en route to the victory after winning a pair of tiebreakers (7-6, 7-6) in her straight-sets on the No. 5 singles court.
 
Edmond Aynedjian, North Dakota
Sr | Nicosia Cyprus

• Earned his second career athlete of the week accolade
• Finished the weekend 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles action

 
Camille Verden-Anderson, Denver
Gr | Epsom, England

• Earned her second career athlete of the week honor
• Was the only Pioneer to win her singles match in straight sets against the Pac-12’s Washington
• Finished the weekend with a 2-0 singles record

Also nominated: Lucia Rizza, North Dakota; Rachel Osborn, Omaha
 
2022 Tennis Athletes of the Week
January 18
M: Daniel Krulig, Denver
 
January 25
W: Estella Jaeger, South Dakota
 
February 1
M: Edmond Aynedjian, North Dakota
W: Camille Verden-Anderson, Denver