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Alisa Soloveva/Angela Georgieva

Soloveva, Georgieva Named Women's Tennis Player And Freshman of the Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Senior Alisa Soloveva and freshman Angela Georgieva were named Big South Women's Tennis Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week announced by the league office Friday afternoon.

Winthrop split the weekend's matches with Marshall and Miami (OH) but Alisa Soloveva was perfect on the weekend. On Friday against Marshall, Soloveva and her partner Rafaela Santos won at No. 2 doubles 6-4, while Soloveva went on to win at No. 1 singles. In Winthrop's sweep over the Redhawks, the senior won at No. 1 singles for the fourth straight match. Soloveva and Santos also won again at No. 2 doubles. Soloveva is currently ranked 76th in the nation.

Angela Georgieva won both No. 6 single matches this weekend, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 against Marshall and convincingly against Miami (OH), 6-2, 6-1. The freshman also won at No. 3 doubles with her partner Samantha Nanere against the Redhawks.

The Eagles are back in action Friday at 2 p.m. at UNC Asheville and will return home to host Campbell at 2 p.m. on Saturday.  
 
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