IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending March 7.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophia Biolay • Fr. • UCF • Reims, France
Biolay went 2-0 in singles play and 2-1 in doubles to lead UCF to two wins in three matches last week. She scored a 6-1, 6-2 singles victory in the Knights’ 4-0 win against Eastern Michigan and came through with a three-set victory (1-6, 6-4, 6-4) to clinch a 4-2 win against No. 17 Michigan. Biolay joined Nandini Sharma for doubles wins against Eastern Michigan and Michigan as well before the tandem’s four-match winning streak was snapped against No. 5 Texas.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings
Women’s Team (March 2 ranking)
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31 |
Tulsa |
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32 |
UCF |
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48 |
Memphis |
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55 |
SMU |
Women’s Singles (Feb. 23 ranking)
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61 |
Evgeniya Levashova |
UCF |
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98 |
Valeriya Zeleva |
UCF |
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100 |
Laia Conde Monfort |
Tulsa |
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114 |
Marie Mattel |
UCF |
This Week In The American
| WOMEN |
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| Tuesday, March 8 |
East Carolina at George Washington |
Noon |
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| Wednesday, March 9 |
VCU at South Florida |
11 a.m. |
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Fairleigh Dickinson at Temple |
11:30 a.m. |
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East Carolina at Maryland |
Noon |
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Middle Tennessee at Tulane |
3 p.m. |
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| Friday, March 11 |
South Florida at Middle Tennessee |
Noon |
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Penn State at East Carolina |
1 p.m. |
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Memphis at Iowa |
5 p.m. |
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Temple at Navy |
5 p.m. |
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| Saturday, March 12 |
SMU at Tulsa |
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South Florida at Tulane |
1 p.m. |
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Bellarmine at Cincinnati |
1 p.m. |
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Holy Cross College at Cincinnati |
6 p.m. |
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| Sunday, March 13 |
Houston at Florida Atlantic |
11:30 a.m. |
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Memphis at Iowa State |
Noon |
all times Eastern
Last Week’s Results
| WOMEN |
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| Thursday, March 3 |
Temple 7, Monmouth 0 |
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UCF 6, Eastern Michigan 1 |
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Tulane 4, Louisiana 0 |
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Tulsa 7, North Dakota 0 |
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| Friday, March 4 |
Memphis 4, Miami (Ohio) 2 |
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SMU 4, Houston 0 |
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Memphis 6, Lipscomb 1 |
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| Saturday, March 5 |
Florida Atlantic 4, Temple 0 |
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South Alabama 5, South Florida 2 |
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Cincinnati 4, Indiana 3 |
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Tulsa 6, Purdue 1 |
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UCF 4, Michigan 3 |
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Abilene Christian 4, Wichita State 3 |
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UT Arlington 4, Houston 3 |
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| Sunday, March 6 |
Temple 5, Keiser 2 |
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Texas 4, UCF 0 |
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Texas Tech 4, SMU 2 |
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UT Arlington 4, Wichita State 0 |
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Cincinnati 5, Murray State 2 |
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| Monday March 7 |
Georgetown 4, East Carolina 3 |