CAA Men's and Women's Tennis Weekly Awards - March 7
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (March 7, 2023) – The CAA announced its weekly award winners in men’s and women’s tennis. Honored on the men’s side were Delaware freshman
Tobey Lock and the William & Mary duo of senior
George Davis and grad student
Bill Duo. Recognized on the women’s side were Towson senior
Sarah Pospischill and the Elon tandem of junior
Lizette Reding and senior
Sibel Tanik.
CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
Tobey Lock, Fr., Delaware (Bristol, UK)
Lock provided the match-clinching point as Delaware edged Monmouth, 4-3, in the conference opener for both teams. Competing at No. 5 singles, the Blue Hens’ freshman battled past the Hawks’ Lucca Silva, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 to extend Delaware’s winning streak to seven.
CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
George Davis, Sr., William & Mary (London, England)
Bill Duo, Gr., William & Mary (Portage, Mich.)
Davis and Duo helped William & Mary earn the critical doubles point as the Tribe defeated long-time in-state rival James Madison, 5-2, last Saturday. Playing at the No. 1 doubles spot, Davis and Duo topped the Dukes’ Holden Koons and Aathreya Mahesh, 6-3. The W&M tandem is 7-4 overall this season and 2-2 in dual matches.
CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
Sarah Pospischill, Sr., Towson (Reisenburg, Austria)
Pospischill went 2-0 at No. 1 singles to lead Towson to team victories over Rider (4-2) and CAA foe Monmouth (5-2) last week. The senior defeated Rider’s Leila Koster, 6-2, 6-4, as the Tigers swept the top three singles spots. She followed with a convincing 6-0, 6-2 triumph over Monmouth’s Ann Spurka as Towson again won the top three spots. Pospischill was also 1-0 at No. 1 doubles last week.
CAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Lizette Reding, Jr., Elon (Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico)
Sibel Tanik, Sr., Elon (Raleigh, N.C.)
Reding and Tanik posted a 3-0 mark at No. 1 doubles last week to help Elon beat CAA foes North Carolina A&T (5-0) and Hampton (5-2) as well as Methodist (5-0). The Phoenix duo was dominant, rolling past A&T’s Cielo Tapia-Cruz and Nuria Sanz, 6-0, Hampton’s Angelina Blinova and Sofia Sokolova, 6-0, and Methodist’s Kamdyn Balko and Toni Laney, 6-1. Reding and Tanik improved to 6-3 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
Feb. 28 – Daniel Martin, Elon
March 7 – Tobey Lock, Delaware
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
Feb. 28 – William Wibmer/James Wilkinson, Delaware
March 7 – George Davis/Bill Duo, William & Mary
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
Feb. 28 – Hedda Gurholt, William & Mary
March 7 – Sarah Pospischill, Towson
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
Feb. 28 – Isabella Montana/Alina Vasilenko, Delaware
March 7 – Lizette Reding/Sibel Tanik, Elon