CAA Men's And Women's Tennis Weekly Awards - March 31
Rob Washburn
RICHMOND, Va. (March 31, 2026) – Elon senior Veljko Krstic was chosen as the CAA men’s tennis Player of the Week, while Stony Brook sophomore Elena Lobo-Corral received CAA women’s tennis Player of the Week honors. The UNCW duo of Alex de Gabriele and Brady Hussey were selected as the men’s Doubles Team of the Week and UNCW’s Elif Albayrak and Eda Arli earned women’s Doubles Team of the Week accolades.
CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
Veljko Krstic, Sr., Elon (Belgrade, Serbia)
Krstic went 2-0 at No. 1 singles in Elon’s matches against Georgia Southern and No. 56 Old Dominion last week. The senior, who is ranked 116
th nationally, defeated GSU’s Albert Saar, 6-1, 6-4, and followed with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over ODU’s Adam Majchrzak. He has captured four straight matches in straight sets to improve to 10-4. Krstic and partner Nikola Parichkov added a 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles against GSU.
CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
Elena Lobo-Corral, So., Stony Brook (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain)
Lobo-Corral posted a pair of dominant wins at No. 1 singles in Stony Brook’s conference victories over Hampton (5-2) and Towson (4-3). The sophomore beat Hampton’s Tanya Midzi, 6-1, 6-0, and followed with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Towson’s Kiersten Tambe. Lobo-Corral has won five straight conference matches, four at the No. 1 slot and one at No. 2.
CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Alex de Gabriele, Jr., UNCW (Naxxar, Malta)
Brady Hussey, So., UNCW (Edgewood, Ky.)
Hussey and de Gabriele clinched the doubles point in two matches as UNCW defeated Drexel (7-0), DePaul (6-1) and Queens (5-0) last week. The Seahawks’ No. 1 tandem beat DePaul’s Pablo Torres Almeida and Alejandro Gandini, 6-3, and topped Queens’ Noe Villen and Alex Morris, 6-4, to improve to 7-2 for the season They were up 6-5 on Drexel’s Tarek Mo Erlewein and Will Burridge when played was halted. Hussey and de Gabriele were also a combined 5-1 in singles.
CAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Elif Albayrak, Sr., UNCW (Istanbul, Turkey)
Eda Arli, Sr., UNCW (Izmir, Turkey)
Albayrak and Arli went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles, clinching the doubles points in both matches against Drexel (5-2) and Coastal Carolina (3-4). The Seahawks’ duo defeated Drexel’s Lorie Lemongo and Adva Dabah, 6-2, and followed by edging Coastal’s Brunelle Kouam and Francisca Laundes, 7-6 (8). Arli also picked up a pair of wins at No. 1 singles.
CAA Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 27 – Rafael Ymer, Elon
Feb. 3 – Tarek Mo Erlewein, Drexel
Feb. 10 – Gur Trakhtenberg, William & Mary
Feb. 17 – Oliver Hague, William & Mary and Jakub Solarski, Charleston
Feb. 24 – Lukas Steffen, UNCW
March 3 – Louis Keller, Monmouth
March 10 – Jakub Solarski, Charleston
March 17 – Oscar Baumgartner, UNCW
March 24 – Lukas Steffen, UNCW
March 31 – Veljko Krstic, Elon
CAA Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Feb. 3 – Laura Ozola, Stony Brook
Feb. 10 – Paisha Douglas, Stony Brook
Feb. 17 – Cornelia Kack, Elon and Lorie Lemongo, Drexel
Feb. 24 – Ashira Murray, Towson
March 3 - Mariana Reding, Elon
March 10 – Francesca Davis, William & Mary
March 17 – Eda Arli, UNCW
March 24 – Mollie Garcia, Campbell
March 31 – Elena Lobo-Corral, Stony Brook
CAA Men’s Doubles Teams of the Week
Jan. 27 – Veljko Krstic and Nikola Parichkov, Elon
Feb. 3 – Jakob Bonnett and Louis Keller, Monmouth
Feb. 10 – Will Burridge and Tarek Mo Erlewein, Drexel
Feb. 17 – Alex Martinez Sanz and Sasha Vysochenko, Monmouth
Feb. 24 – Oliver Hague and Gur Trakhtenberg, William & Mary
March 3 - Alex Martinez Sanz and Sasha Vysochenko, Monmouth
March 10 – Oliver Hague and Gur Trakhtenberg, William & Mary
March 17 – Oliver Hague and Gur Trakhtenberg, William & Mary
March 24 – Veljko Krstic and Nikola Parichkov, Elon
March 31 – Alex de Gabriele and Brady Hussey, UNCW
CAA Women’s Doubles Teams of the Week
Feb. 3 – Adva Dabah and Lorie Lemongo, Drexel
Feb. 10 – Francesca Davis and Tilda Larsson, William & Mary
Feb. 17 – Chandre Boshoff and Kiersten Tambe, Towson
Feb. 24 – Adva Dabah and Lorie Lemongo, Drexel
March 3 – Francesca Davis and Tilda Larsson, William & Mary
March 10 – Sia Cariov and Francesca Salvato, Charleston
March 17 – Alexia Gonzalez-Galino and Mira Kirnagis, William & Mary
March 24 – Oziera Ahmad and Riley Trinkle, Charleston
March 31 – Elif Albayrak and Eda Arli, UNCW