IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending February 7.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Noel Saidenova • Fr. • UCF • Saint Petersburg, Russia
Saidenova was a combined 4-0 in two matches last week as she went unbeaten in both singles and doubles. She provided one of the Knights’ two team points in a 5-2 setback to No. 7 Virginia as she held a 6-4, 4-6, 4-3 lead at No. 3 singles before her opponent retired, while she followed with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 3 in a 7-0 win against 2021 Sun Belt champion Georgia Southern. She added a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles against the Cavaliers and a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles against the Eagles.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the Oracle/ITA Rankings
Women’s Team (Feb. 1 ranking)
Women’s Singles (Dec. 8 ranking)
| |
37 |
Evgeniya Levashova |
UCF |
| |
64 |
Valeriya Zeleva |
UCF |
| |
91 |
Laia Conde Monfort |
Tulsa |
| |
95 |
Camila Romero |
Memphis |
| |
102 |
Marrie Mattel |
UCF |
| |
121 |
Elizabeth Pendergast |
Cincinnati |
Women’s Doubles (Dec. 8 ranking)
| |
50 |
Evgeniya Levashova/Valeriya Zeleva |
UCF |
| |
55 |
Marie Mattel/Nandini Sharma |
UCF |
This Week In The American
| Friday, February 11 |
Florida Atlantic at Wichita State |
9 a.m. |
| |
UNC Greensboro at East Carolina |
1 p.m. |
| |
Memphis at Kansas State |
2 p.m. |
| |
Tulane at Tulsa |
4 p.m. |
| |
Houston at Alabama |
6 p.m. |
| |
|
|
| Saturday, February 12 |
Memphis at South Dakota |
Noon |
| |
|
|
| Sunday, February 13 |
Tulane at Wichita State |
11 a.m. |
| |
Memphis at Nebraska |
11 a.m. |
| |
SMU at South Florida |
Noon |
| |
Prairie View A&M at Houston |
2 p.m. |
all times Eastern
Last Week’s Results
| WOMEN |
|
| Tuesday, February 1 |
TCU 4, Houston 0 |
| |
|
| Friday, February 4 |
Virginia 5, UCF 2 |
| |
North Florida 5, South Florida 2 |
| |
|
| Saturday, February 5 |
East Carolina 4, Appalachian State 1 |
| |
Alabama 4, Tulane 3 |
| |
Wichita State 5, Creighton 2 |
| |
Temple 7, St. Francis (N.Y.) 0 |
| |
|
| Sunday, February 6 |
UCF 7, Georgia Southern 0 |
| |
Nebraska 6, Wichita State 1 |
| |
Texas A&M 6, SMU 1 |
| |
NC State 4, East Carolina 0 |