SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Lucy Dougherty, a sophomore women's tennis player at UNCG, has been named the Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week for April 6, the league office announced today.
The Melbourne, Australia, native holds a 3.95 GPA in accounting.
Dougherty went a perfect 6-0 for UNCG last week as the Spartans pulled out three victories against Charleston Southern, Furman and Wofford. Against the Buccaneers, the Spartan sophomore easily won her No. 5 singles match 6-0, 6-1 before winning 8-2 at No. 2 doubles with teammate Nitooli Wilkins.
In a matchup of two unbeaten teams in league play, Dougherty came way victories in both singles and doubles action to help UNCG defeat the Paladins, 4-3. Dougherty won her singles match against Michele Stanford 6-2, 6-4 and teamed up with Wilkins again for an 8-1 doubles victory.
Against Wofford, Dougherty pushed her singles record to 10-5 on the year with a 6-0, 6-1 win and then proceeded to improve her doubles record with Wilkins to 13-2 with an 8-2 victory.
The Spartans return to the court this weekend when they travel to take on Georgia Southern on Friday and College of Charleston on Sunday.
Other nominees included Furman women's tennis player Monica Arguello, Georgia Southern baseball player Eric Phillips, Chattanooga men's golf player Stephan Jaeger and Western Carolina baseball player Ross Heffley.
Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week
Sept. 8: Brittany Hallberg, Women's Soccer, Elon
Sept. 15: Courtney Barnes, Volleyball, Chattanooga
Sept. 22: Ashley Schnell, Women's Cross Country, UNCG
Sept. 29: Moriah Bellissimo, Volleyball, Georgia Southern
Oct. 6: Ashley Schnell, Women's Cross Country, UNCG
Oct. 13: Sarah Schermerhorn, Women's Volleyball, Elon
Oct. 20: Mitch Allen, Football, Wofford
Oct. 27: Kate Van Dyke, Volleyball, Georgia Southern
Nov. 3: A.J. Harris, Football, Elon
Nov. 10: Maggie Seeds, Volleyball, Appalachian State
Nov. 17: B.J. Coleman, Football, Chattanooga
Nov. 24: Joel Bradford, Football, Chattanooga
Dec. 1: Courtney Freeman, Women's Basketball, Appalachian State
Dec. 8: Kendra Berry, Women's Basketball, Furman
Dec. 15: Monique Floyd, Women's Basketball, UNCG
Jan. 5: Meredyth Frye, Women's Basketball, Georgia Southern
Jan. 12: Drew Spradlin, Men's Basketball, Elon
Jan. 19: Monique Floyd, Women's Basketball, UNCG
Jan. 26: David Moore, Men's Indoor Track & Field, Chattanooga
Feb. 2: Christopher Castagno, Men's Indoor Track & Field, The Citadel
Feb. 9: Jason McCroskey, Wrestling, Chattanooga
Feb. 16: Paige Anderson, Women's Basketball, Samford
Feb. 23: Mike Groselle, Men's Basketball, The Citadel
March 2: Tiffany Baker, Softball, Chattanooga
March 9: Kelsey Sharkey, Women's Basketball, Appalachian State
March 16: David Orces, Men's Tennis, The Citadel
March 23: Daniel Stallsmith, Baseball, Furman
March 30: Nick Orvin, Baseball, The Citadel
April 6: Lucy Dougherty, Women's Tennis, UNCG