TicketSmarter WAC Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – After an undefeated weekend, Tarleton swept the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference women’s tennis Athlete of the Week honors. Martha Makantasi has been named the singles Player of the Week with the duo of Celia Vaudiau and Faustine Palatte claiming doubles Team of the Week accolades.
Makantasi played a critical role from her No. 3 singles position. She started her weekend with a 6-4, 7-5 win against UTEP’s Lina Sachica as the Texas notched a 6-1 team victory. In a nip-and-tuck WAC match-up with NM State, she registered a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 comeback win against Natsuki Nishimura the next day; clinching a 4-3 team win.
Vaudiau and Palatte registered a pair of wins from the third doubles slot. The tandem knocked off the UTEP duo of Kathleen Percegona and Elena Dibattista by a 6-3 count. The next day their 6-2 triumph against the Aggies pair of Bella Nguyen and Miranda Bishard helped built momentum towards the team win.
Tarleton is now 15-4 overall and undefeated against WAC opponents (6-0). Their 15-team victories are the most for the program since the 2006-07 campaign.