SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ETSU’s Fernanda Carvajal has been named the Southern Conference women’s tennis player of the week for all matches played from Feb. 20-26, the conference announced on Tuesday.  The award is selected by the league office.

Rivera went 4-0 this week, picking up two singles wins at the No. 2 position and two doubles wins at the No. 1 position against App State and Western Carolina.

In her match against App State’s Taya Powell on Tuesday, Carvajal won in three sets, 6-7, 6-0, 10-7. The senior paired with Daniela Rivera for doubles to win, 6-3, against Powell and Maggie Pate. The Bucs won 6-1 to extend their winning streak to three matches.

On Sunday, Carvajal won in straight sets beating Western Carolina’s Jade Grown 6-3, 7-5. The Queretaro, Mexico, native paired with Rivera again for doubles as the pair won 6-4 to lead ETSU in a 7-0 sweep, the Bucs’ fourth consecutive win.

ETSU (5-4) travels to Radford on Friday, before visiting No. 10 N.C. State on Sunday.
 
SoCon Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 16          Fernanda Carvajal, R-Sr., ETSU
Jan. 23          Ralitsa Alexandrova, Jr., ETSU
Jan. 30          Breda Brennan, Jr., Wofford
Feb. 6           Rozalie Dohnalova, Jr., Chattanooga
Feb.13          Teodora Ristic, Sr., Mercer
Feb. 20         Daniela Rivera, Jr., ETSU
Feb. 27         Fernanda Carvajal, R-Sr., ETSU