TicketSmarter WAC Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – Tarleton’s Jemi Aguilar has been named the TicketSmarter singles Player of the Week with the Grand Canyon duo of Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha earning doubles Team of the Week honors.
Aguilar was undefeated in the Texans two WAC matches last week from the second singles position. The senior started her successful weekend with a 6-1, 7-5 victory against Sam Houston’s Andjela Vidovic. That victory was crucial as Tarleton squeezed by the Bearkats 4-3. The following day she helped clinch the school’s first WAC title. Her 3-6, 6-4 10-6 triumph against UT Rio Grande Valley’s Isabelle Bahr aided in the Texans 7-0 team win. That team victory gave the Texans the Southwest Division regular season title. Tarleton has not lost to a WAC foe in eight matches.
Puehse and Strombacha were nearly perfect in their two matches together at the No. 1 doubles slot as they lost just three games in their two matches. The Lopes tandem started their two-match WAC stretch with a 6-2 Friday win against Seattle U’s Jade Quintana and Mireia Fehr. Twenty-four hours later they recorded a 6-1 victory over the Dixie State tandem of Juliana Honczaruk and Rachel Mellor. As a team Grand Canyon won both matches 7-0.