SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Furman’s Julia Adams has been named the Southern Conference women’s tennis player of the week for all matches played from March 29 to April 4, the conference announced on Tuesday.
 
Adams, ranked No. 53 in singles and No. 44 with Ellie Schoppe in doubles, went 2-0 in singles play and 2-0 in doubles as 35^th-ranked Furman topped a pair of SoCon opponents in Chattanooga and Mercer.
 
The senior from Knoxville, Tennessee, rolled to a pair of straight-sets singles wins at No. 1, downing UTC’s Nicole Abel 6-2, 6-0 on Saturday and the Bears’ Naya Tillitt 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday.
 
In doubles play, Adams and Schoppe topped the Mocs’ Jessie Young and Caroline Gibbens at No. 1, 6-2. The Paladin duo dropped Mercer’s top pair, Tillitt and Mary Courville, 7-5.
 
The weekly award is the fourth of the season for Adams and the eighth of her career.
 
Furman (14-6, 3-0 SoCon) visits Western Carolina (11-7, 1-3) on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. before returning home for its final home match, on Saturday against Samford (10-7, 3-1) at 1 p.m.
 
Also nominated: Daniela Rivera (ETSU), Naya Tillitt (Mercer), Sofia Zaprianov (Samford) and Julia Pezzuco (Western Carolina) and Lily Woods (Wofford).
 
SoCon Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 25          Laylo Bakhodirova, ETSU
Feb. 1            Ellie Schoppe, Furman
Feb. 8            Ellie Schoppe, Furman
Feb. 15          Samantha Nanere, Samford
Feb. 22          Ellie Schoppe, Furman
March 1         Julia Adams, Furman
March 8         Rouxanne Janse van Rensburg, Samford
March 15       Laylo Bakhodirova, ETSU
March 22       Julia Adams, Furman
March 29       Julia Adams, Furman
April 5            Julia Adams, Furman