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 April 2-8, the conference announced on Tuesday.  The award is selected by the league office.
 
Carvajal, who received the honor Jan. 16 and Feb. 27, 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 No. 46 Charlotte and Samford.
 
On April 6 against Charlotte, she paired with Daniela Rivera for the No. 1 doubles matchup against the 68^th-ranked tandem of Lucia Quiterio and Ares Teixido Garcia, which Carvajal and Rivera won 6-4. At No. 2 singles, the Queretaro, Mexico, product defeated Lucie Petruzelova in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
 
Against Samford on April 7, the senior paired with Rivera again and the pair defeated Alexis Lopez and Noelle Mauro, 6-2. In singles, Carvajal won at the No. 2 position, defeating Emily Surcey in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.

ETSU (13-7, 6-0 SoCon) hosts Furman (10-11, 6-0 SoCon) on Saturday in a match that will determine the No. 1 seed for the SoCon tournament next week.
 
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
March 5           Mariella Minetti, Gr., Mercer
March 12         Emely Kahrs, Sr., Wofford
March 19         Ralitsa Alexandrova, Jr., ETSU
March 26         Sofia Markova, Sr., ETSU
April 2              Sofia Markova, Sr., ETSU
April 9              Fernanda Carvajal, R-Sr., ETSU