CAA Men's and Women's Tennis Weekly Awards - Feb. 21
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (February 21, 2023) – The CAA announced its weekly award winners in men’s and women’s tennis. Chosen on the men’s side were Monmouth senior
Niels Van Noord and the Elon team of sophomore
Nicholas Condos and junior
Ben Zipay. Receiving honors on the women’s side were Delaware graduate student
Adel-Byanu Abidullina and the William & Mary duo of grad student
Sofiya Kuzina and sophomore
Ine Stange.
CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
Niels Van Noord, Sr., Monmouth (Hudson, Quebec, Canada)
Van Noord posted a 2-0 mark at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles as Monmouth defeated Fairleigh Dickinson (4-3) and Queens (6-1) to push its winning streak to four. The Hawks’ fifth-year player topped FDU’s Teodors Pukse, 6-1, 6-4, and cruised past Queens’ Cameron Henricy, 6-2, 6-2. Van Noord teamed with Victor Castro for a 6-4 doubles triumph vs. FDU and clinched the doubles point with Charlie Penman against Queens.
CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Nicholas Condos, So., Elon (Wilton, Conn.)
Ben Zipay, Jr., Elon (Osprey, Fla.)
Condos and Zipay won both of their matches at No. 3 doubles, helping Elon earn the doubles point in team victories over Longwood (7-0) and Georgia State (6-1) last week. The Phoenix duo rolled past LU’s Timeo Puech and Alejandro Uribe, 6-1, and edged GSU’s Harrison Kim and Gabriele Datei, 7-5. Zipay was also 2-0 at No. 6 singles in the two victories. Condos and Zipay are 4-0 at No. 3 doubles this season.
CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
Adel-Byanu Abidullina, Gr., Delaware (Moscow, Russia)
Abidullina went 2-0 at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles as Delaware extended its winning streak to five with victories over St. John’s (6-1) and CAA foe Monmouth (7-0). The grad student beat St. John’s Lalita Devarakonda, 6-2, 6-4, and blanked Monmouth’s Ann Spurka, 6-0, 6-0. Abidullina and partner Eliza Askarova, who are ranked No. 3 nationally, also rolled to a pair of 6-1 decisions in doubles last week.
CAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Sofiya Kuzina, Gr., William & Mary (Moscow, Russia)
Ine Stange, So., William & Mary (Oslo, Norway)
Kuzina and Stange repeat as the Doubles Team of the Week after upsetting 19
th-ranked Selma Cadar and Mary Brumfield of Maryland, 6-4, last Saturday. The victory helped William & Mary clinch the doubles point against the Terps. It was the highest ranked win for a Tribe doubles team since 2016 and moved Kuzina and Stange to 4-0 on the season.
CAA Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 25 – James Wilkinson, Delaware
Feb. 1 – Harold Huens, UNCW
Feb. 8 – Zac Larke, Charleston
Feb. 14 – Oskar Antinheimo, Elon
Feb. 21 – Niels Van Noord, Monmouth
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
Feb. 8 – Nicholas Condos/Ben Zipay, Elon
Feb. 14 – Matthew Garcia/Josh Reynolds, Hofstra
Feb. 21 – Nicholas Condos/Ben Zipay, Elon
CAA Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 25 – Julie Ball, Elon
Feb. 1 – Sibel Tanik, Elon
Feb. 8 – Emma Pell, William & Mary
Feb. 14 – Sibel Tanik, Elon
Feb. 21 – Adel-Byanu Abidullina, Delaware
CAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Teams of the Week
Jan. 25 – Miray Konar/Helen Sarikulaya, Elon
Feb. 1 – Adel-Byanu Abidullina/Eliza Askarova, Delaware
Feb. 8 – Lizette Reding/Sibel Tanik, Elon
Feb. 14 – Sofiya Kuzina/Ine Stange, William & Mary
Feb. 21 – Sofiya Kuzina/Ine Stange, William & Mary