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MEAC ANNOUNCES TENNIS WEEKLY HONORS

South Carolina State's Dymtro Kovalevych and Suhalia Jad were named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men's and Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week the conference announced today. South Carolina State's Victoria Khatchel earned the Women's Rookie of the Week honor and Bethune-Cookman’s Moritz Pronath was named the Men’s Rookie of the Week.

Kovalevych (Sr., Ukraine) defeated Georgia Southern’s Alain Garrido 6-2, 6-3 to improve to 3-1 in singles action this season. In doubles, he teamed with Anton Protsenko at the number two spot to capture the point 8-6. 

Jad (Sr., Madrid, Spain) was 3-0 in singles action last week for the Lady Bulldogs. Against Georgia Southern, she defeated Paola Garrido, who was previously undefeated on the season, (4-6,6-3,10-4) in the number one singles spot.

Khatchel (Fr., Bulgaria) won in singles action against Savannah State’s Ge'Anne Hilton in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. She followed with a three set win over Stetson’s Lindsey Cable (6-1,4-6,6-4). Khatchel improved to 4-0 in singles matches and 1-0 in doubles play.

Pronath (Fr., Heilsbronn, Germany) defeated Hampton’s Kenneth Greene in non-conference action 6-0,6-1 and registered the lone B-CU point in the Wildcats 6-1 loss to Jacksonville.

Other Top Performances:

Kia Batiste (NSU) defeated North Carolina A&T’s Victorea Austin (4-6,6-3,6-1) and Winston-Salem State’s Dominique Lindsay 6-3,6-4.

Igor Braga (NSU) won the singles and doubles point against Winston-Salem State.

Naeemah Brooks (NSU) captured two singles victories last week in matches against North Carolina A&T and Winston-Salem State. 

Kenya Colbert (NCAT) aided her team to two points with wins in singles and doubles play against Fayetteville State.

Arsenio Culver (NSU) defeated Winston-Salem’s Drew Dunzweiler in straight sets 6-1,6-0.

Chinatsu Kajiwara (B-CU) improved to 5-1 this season in singles play with a win at the #3 spot against Hampton.

Solana McMillian (UMES) won the number one singles point with a 6-4, 6-2 victory against St. Francis (Pa.)

Kimberly Stalling (NCAT) shut out two opponents 6-0,6-0 at the number four position in matches against Fayetteville State and Norfolk State.

Katarina Szaboova (B-CU) captured the number one singles and number two doubles point in a non-conference match against Hampton.