TicketSmarter Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – A solid weekend on the courts outside of the Windy City was enough for Chicago State to claim both TicketSmarter Athlete of the Week honors in women’s tennis. Cali Fuller was named the singles Player of the Week with the duo of Kristina Pukhaeva and Lizi Morgoshia winning doubles Team of the Week honors.
Fuller played at the No. 1 singles spot in her two weekend matches. She began the two-match stretch with a convincing 6-1, 6-0 victory against UT Martin’s Jule Streif on Saturday. The following day she split sets against Norhan Hesham of St. Louis. Fuller dropped the first set 6-3 but rallied for a 6-2 second set win before the Billikens won the fourth team point and halted the singles match.
Pukhaeva and Morgoshia had success against UT Martin in helping the Cougars to a 4-2 team win. The tandem registered a hard fought 7-6 victory against the duo of Jill Niedzialowski and Mizuki Sakurai. The following day Pukhaeva and Morgoshia found themselves on the wrong end of a hard fought 6-4 decision against Lucija Faj and Elizabeth Mintusova of St. Louis.