Denver ? Idaho’s Alexandra Ulesanu has been named Western Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for Jan. 12-18.
Ulesanu, a junior from Constanta, Romania (University of Ovidius Constanta), went undefeated in doubles play and 2-1 in singles play during the week, as she led the Vandal women to a 2-1 start to the season. She won both her matches and scored Idaho’s only point in a 6-1 loss at No. 44 Washington State on Saturday, as she scored a victory over Marina Nicolas at the No. 5 spot, then teamed up with Yvette Ly to score an 8-5 win over Gomez/Nicolas in doubles. She helped Idaho take a 4-3 win over Air Force Sunday morning with a No. 3 doubles win. Later that same day, she won both her singles and doubles matches against LCSC, as she dropped Shefat Baishakhi 6-0, 6-2 at the No. 2 spot, then took down Smedly/Moorhead 8-3 at the No. 2 doubles spot.