CAA Men's and Women's Tennis Weekly Awards - Feb. 27
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (February 27, 2024) – Delaware junior
Karol Malirz earned CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Week honors, while Stony Brook freshman
Mia Palladino received CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week accolades. UNCW’s
Reece Falck and
Harold Huens were selected as the Men’s Doubles Team of the Week and UNCW’s
Elif Albayrak and
Eda Arli were chosen as the Women’s Doubles Team of the Week.
CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
Karol Malirz, Jr., Delaware (Katowice, Poland)
Malirz posted a pair of wins at No. 1 singles as No. 46 Delaware remained unbeaten (7-0) by beating Bryant (6-1) and unbeaten CAA foe Monmouth (4-3) last week. The junior battled past Bryant’s Otakar Ungerman, 6-2, 7-6 (4). At Monmouth, he provided the match-clinching point with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Mateo Bival as the Hens rallied after dropping the doubles point for the first time this season.
CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Reece Falck, Sr., UNCW (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Harold Huens, Jr., UNCW (Waterloo, Belgium)
Falck and Huens recorded a pair of impressive victories at the No. 1 doubles spot last weekend as UNCW defeated #48 Georgia State (4-0) and narrowly fell at #33 Georgia Tech (3-4). The Seahawks duo beat 32
nd-ranked Marcus McDaniel and Keshav Chopra of Georgia Tech, 6-4, and followed with 6-2 win over Georgia State’s Gabriele Datei and Diago Morais. Falck and Huens improved to 6-0 as a team this spring. Falck added a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 win over the 102
nd-ranked McDaniel in singles.
CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
Mia Palladino, Fr., Stony Brook (Brewster, N.Y.)
Palladino went 2-0 at No. 1 singles as Stony Brook topped CAA foe Monmouth (6-1) and fell at Big East foe Seton Hall (4-2) last week. The freshman got past Seton Hall’s Imogen Brooker, 7-5, 7-5, and then defeated Monmouth’s Lana Brezanin, 6-3, 6-2, to help the Seawolves win their conference opener. Palladino and partner Darian Perfiliev also were victorious at No. 2 doubles vs. the Hawks.
CAA Women’s Tennis Double Team of the Week
Elif Albayrak, So., UNCW (Istanbul, Turkey)
Eda Arli, So., UNCW (Izmir, Turkey)
Albayrak and Arli picked up a victory at No. 1 doubles and recorded a pair of singles wins as UNCW opened CAA play with a 6-1 triumph at Towson. The Seahawks tandem downed the Tigers’ Ashira Murray and Mya Spencer, 6-2, to help claim the doubles point. Arli added a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles and Albayrak won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4 as UNCW moved to 4-0 this season.
CAA Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 23 – Oskar Antinheimo, Elon
Jan. 30 – Karol Malirz, Delaware
Feb. 6 – Javier Ruiz, Delaware
Feb. 13 – Gabe Hurtado, UNCW
Feb. 20 – Juan Sengariz, Elon
Feb. 27 – Karol Malirz, Delaware
CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Teams of the Week
Jan. 23 – Reece Falck/Harold Huens, UNCW
Jan. 30 – Alex De Sousa/Alan Jesudason, Drexel
Feb. 6 – Gabe Hurtado/Bekhzod Rasamatov, UNCW
Feb. 13 – Juan Sengariz/Ben Zipay, Elon
Feb. 20 – Satchel Benn/Oliver Hague, William & Mary
Feb. 27 – Reece Falck/Harold Huens, UNCW
CAA Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 23 – Lizette Reding, Elon
Jam. 30 = Lorie Lemongo, Drexel
Feb. 6 – Yu Chen, William & Mary
Feb. 13 – Hedda Gurholt, William & Mary
Feb. 20 – Slade Coetzee, Delaware
Feb. 27 – Mia Palladino, Stony Brook
CAA Women’s Doubles Teams of the Week
Jan. 23 – Lizette Reding/Sibel Tanik, Elon
Jan. 30 – Mialy Ranaivo/Eeva Ristola, Campbell
Feb. 6 – Mio Kozaki/Sofia Sokolova, Hampton
Feb. 13 – Julieta Honrubia/Maryia Hrynashka, Delaware
Feb. 20 – Madison Cordisco/Mariana Reding, Elon
Feb. 27 – Elif Albayrak/Eda Arli, UNCW