LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Tennis weekly award winner on Monday, as Marymount’s Nikhita Simhambhatla won the Women’s Player of the Week award.
Women’s Player of the Week:
Name: Nikhita Simhambhatla
School: Marymount University
Class: Graduate Student
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
High School: Glenside Academy
Brief Outlook of Week: Nikhita Simhambhatla won both of her singles matches against conference foes last week, one at the #1 spot and one at the #2. The graduate student also took down Neumann in the #1 doubles match up on Wednesday.
Weekly Honor Roll:
Hailey Elwell (Fr., Immaculata): Hailey Elwell won her singles match vs Marymount in straight sets, winning 6-1,6-0. She and her doubles partner Sophia Carey, won their doubles match 6-0.
Alex Vitale (Fr., Marywood): Vitale extended her singles winning streak to five matches in Marywood's split week against Neumann and Pratt. She won 6-3, 6-3 to defeat the Knights' Kayleigh DellaVecchi at No. 4 singles. Vitale needed a third-set tiebreaker to defeat the Cannoneers' Julia Ognibene 6-0, 1-6, 1-0 (12-10). She went 1-1 on the week in second doubles flight. Vitale and Kylie Kilgore won 6-2 over Neumann. Their four-match doubles winning streak came to an end against Pratt in a 6-3 loss.
Molly McGee (Jr., Neumann): Molly McGee went 2-0 in singles action in the fifth flight as Neumann wrapped up conference action 0-2. Against Marywood, the junior battled to a 7-5, 6-4 win. At Marymount, McGee picked up a 6-3, 6-3 win.
Victoria Delgado (5th., Pratt): Victoria Delgado picked up two crucial singles victories in Pratt's 5-2 triumph over Marywood on Thursday and their 4-3 non-league decision over Baruch on Saturday. Against Marywood, the fifth-year senior had a straight-set win at love at No. 5 singles and a 6-2, 6-0 victory in the same position against Baruch. Delgado split her matches at No. 3 doubles defeating Baruch, but falling to Marywood by equal 6-4 margins.
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
(9/23) – Men’s Tennis Player of the Week: Matthew Wygonik, Marywood;
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: Gabriella Nowak, Marywood.
(9/30) – Men’s Tennis Player of the Week: Patrick Arnold, Immaculata;
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: Pamela Kontaras, Immaculata
(10/7) – Men’s Tennis Player of the Week: John Cherry, Pratt;
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: Kylie Kilgore, Marywood.
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10/14) - Men’s Tennis Player of the Week: John Cherry, Pratt;
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: Kayla Abraham, Pratt
(3/24) - Men’s Tennis Player of the Week: Justin Urbi, Pratt:
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: Kayla Abraham, Pratt
(3/31) - Men’s Tennis Player of the Week: Nathaniel Tesfaye, Marymount:
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: Julia Ognibene, Pratt
(4/7) - Men’s Tennis Player of the Week: Joe Troilo, Neumann;
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: Sophia Carey, Immaculata
(4/14) - Men’s Tennis Player of the Week: Mikah Liu, Pratt Institute;
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: Beatrice Crespo, Pratt Institute