CAA Men's and Women's Tennis Weekly Awards - Feb. 1
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (February 1, 2023) – The CAA announced its weekly award winners in men’s and women’s tennis. Recognized on the men’s side were UNCW sophomore
Harold Huens and the Drexel duo of junior
Alex De Sousa and sophomore
Alan Jesudason. Honored on the women’s side were Elon senior
Sibel Tanik and the Delaware tandem of graduate student
Adel-Byanu Abidullina and senior
Eliza Askarova.
CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
Harold Huens, So., UNCW (Waterloo, Belgium)
Huens won a three-set thriller at No. 2 singles to help UNCW edge Big South preseason favorite Presbyterian, 4-3, last Sunday. With the match tied at 3-3, the reigning CAA Rookie of the Year pulled out a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Max Benson to give the Seahawks the team win in their home opener.
CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Alex De Sousa, Jr., Drexel (Canterbury, UK)
Alan Jesudason, So., Drexel (Berwyn, Pa.)
De Sousa and Jesudason went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles and helped Drexel earn the doubles point in team victories over Villanova (6-1) and St. Francis Brooklyn (4-0) last week. The duo defeated VU’s Josh Robinson and Noah Vinton, 6-2, and beat SFU’s Luis Sotos and Assil Boussayri, 6-1. De Sousa also picked up straight-set wins at No. 1 singles in both matches.
CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
Sibel Tanik, Sr., Elon (Raleigh, N.C.)
Tanik recorded victories at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles to help Elon earn a 6-1 team win at Houston. The senior topped the Cougars’ Maria Dzemeshkevich, 6-1, 7-5 at the top singles spot, and teamed with Lizette Reding for a 6-4 triumph in doubles over Laura Slisane and Blanca Cortijo Parreno. Tanik is 2-1 this season and has won 12 of her last 15 completed matches at No. 1 singles.
CAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Adel-Byanu Abidullina, Gr., Delaware (Moscow, Russia)
Eliza Askarova, Sr., Delaware (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Abidullina and Askarova handed the No. 1 doubles team at ACC member Syracuse its first dual match loss of the season last Sunday. The Delaware duo defeated Zeynep Erman and Miyuka Kimoto, 6-2, to help the Blue Hens clinch the doubles point versus the unbeaten Orange. Abidullina also knocked off
Kimoto, 6-2, 7-6 (5) at No. 1 singles in Delaware’s 5-2 team setback.
CAA Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 25 – James Wilkinson, Delaware
Feb. 1 – Harold Huens, UNCW
CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Teams of the Week
Jan. 25 – Reece Falck/Bekhzod Rasamatov, UNCW and Oskar Antinheimo/Daniel Martin, Elon
Feb. 1 – Alex De Sousa/Alan Jesudason, Drexel
CAA Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 25 – Julie Ball, Elon
Feb. 1 – Sibel Tanik, Elon
CAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Teams of the Week
Jan. 25 – Miray Konar/Helen Sarikulaya, Elon
Feb. 1 – Adel-Byanu Abidullina/Eliza Askarova, Delaware