CAA Women's Tennis Weekly Awards - April 26
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (April 26, 2022) – The CAA announced its final weekly award winners in women’s tennis on Tuesday. UNCW graduate student
Sasha Belaya and the William & Mary doubles team of senior
Mila Saric and freshman
Emma Fernald were recognized.
CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
Sasha Belaya, Gr., UNCW (Melbourne, Fla.)
Belaya rallied for an impressive 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Charleston’s Slade Coetzee at No. 1 singles last Saturday in UNCW’s narrow 4-3 setback to the Cougars. She and partner Lauren Gish also picked up a 7-5 win against Coetzee and Halli Trinkle at No. 1 doubles to clinch the doubles point in the match. Belaya improved to 8-4 at No. 1 singles and 10-3 at No. 1 doubles this season.
CAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Mila Saric, Sr. William & Mary (Los Cristianos-Arona, Tenerife, Spain)
Emma Fernald, Fr., William & Mary (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Saric and Fernald helped William & Mary claim the doubles point in the Tribe’s 5-2 triumph over Elon last Saturday to close the regular season. Playing at the No. 2 slot, the duo defeated Elon’s Victoria Saldh and Sarah Allen, 6-2. In addition, Saric defeated Sibel Tanik, 2-6, 7-5, 12-10 at No. 1 singles and Fernald beat Shauna Galvin, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 singles. Saric and Fernald improved to 4-1 as a doubles team this season.
CAA Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 26 – Matvey Radionov, Drexel
Feb. 2 – James Wilkinson, Delaware
Feb. 9 – George Davis, William & Mary
Feb. 16 – Davide Innocenti, UNCW
Feb. 23 – Holden Koons, James Madison
Mar. 2 – Harrison Brown, William & Mary
Mar. 9 – Holden Koons, James Madison
Mar. 16 – Pascal Wagemaker, Delaware
Mar. 22 – Noah Borges, Charleston/Holden Koons, James Madison
Mar. 29 – William Karpinski, James Madison
April 5 – Luis Molina, Delaware
April 12 – Guilherme Valdoleiros, Delaware
April 19 – Bo Cautaerts, Hofstra/Alex De Sousa, Drexel
CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Teams of the Week
Jan. 26 – Holden Koons/Youssef Sadek, James Madison
Feb. 2 – Reece Falck/Davide Innocenti, UNCW
Feb. 9 – Pascal Wagemaker/James Wilkinson, Delaware
Feb. 16 – Harrison Brown/George Davis, William & Mary
Feb. 23 – Bo Cautaerts/Ostap Kovalenko, Hofstra
Mar. 2 – Chung-Han Tsai/Daniel Martin, Elon
Mar. 9 – Djordje Janackovic/Gustav Wogen, Drexel
Mar. 16 – Joseph Brailovsky/Chen Ruo, William & Mary
Mar. 22 – Gabe Hurtado/Trey Mallory, UNCW
Mar. 29 – Reece Falck/Davide Innocenti, UNCW
April 5 – Harrison Brown/George Davis, William & Mary
April 12 – Dillon Gooch/Bekhzod Rasamatov, UNCW
April 19 – Oscar Hernandez/William Karpinski, James Madison
CAA Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 26 – Natalia Nikolopoulou, James Madison
Feb. 2 – Sibel Tanik, Elon
Feb. 9 – Hedda Gurholt, William & Mary
Feb. 16 – Slade Coetzee, Charleston
Feb. 23 – Isabella Montana, Delaware
Mar. 2 – Halli Trinkle, Charleston
Mar. 9 – Kylie Moulin, James Madison/Mila Saric, William & Mary
Mar. 16 – Sasha Belaya, UNCW
Mar. 22 – Slade Coetzee, Charleston
Mar. 29 – Mila Saric, William & Mary
April 5 – Slade Coetzee, Charleston/Alina Vasilenko, Delaware
April 12 – Mila Saric, William & Mary
April 19 – Lorie Lemongo, Drexel
April 26 – Sasha Belaya, UNCW
CAA Women’s Doubles Teams of the Week
Jan. 26 – Daniela Voloh/Michelle Los Arcos, James Madison
Feb. 2 – Eliza Askarova/Julieta Honrubia, Delaware
Feb. 9 – Daria Afanasyeva/Kylie Moulin, James Madison
Feb. 16 – Mila Saric/Hedda Gurholt, William & Mary
Feb. 23 – Zoe Huffman/Stela Joksimovic, UNCW
Mar. 2 – Olivia Archer/Alison O’Dea, Elon
Mar. 9 – Dominika Sujova/Alina Vasilenko, Delaware
Mar. 16 – Sasha Belaya/Lauren Gish, UNCW
Mar. 22 – Mila Saric/Hedda Gurholt, William & Mary
Mar. 29 – Mya Fuentes/Lorie Lemongo, Drexel
April 5 – Daniela Voloh/Michelle Los Arcos, James Madison
April 12 – Julieta Honrubia/Isabella Montana, Delaware
April 19 – Themis Haliou/Lea Kosanovic, Towson
April 26 – Mila Saric/Emma Fernald, William & Mary