Furman’s Lillie Murphy named SoCon player of the week

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Furman’s Lillie Murphy has been named the Southern Conference women’s tennis player of the week for all matches played from March 31-April 6, the conference announced on Tuesday. The award is selected by the league office.

Murphy, who won the honor for the fourth time this season, went 4-0 over singles and doubles play last week as Furman topped Wofford and Chattanooga. In a 7-0 win over Wofford on March 31, the freshman combined with Elle Warren for a 6-2 win in doubles, before winning, 6-1, 6-1, in singles. Three days later, the native of Knoxville, Tennessee, won, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5, in her topflight singles match, and teamed up with Warren once again for a 6-2 victory in doubles.

Furman concludes its regular season at ETSU on April 11. The winner of that match will be the outright SoCon regular season champion and the top seed in the SoCon Tennis Championships.

Also nominated: Alessandra Caceres (ETSU) and Marina de Diego Quinones (Mercer)

2026 SoCon Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 20             Lillie Murphy, Fr., Furman

Jan. 27             Elle Warren, Fr., Furman

Feb. 3               Eleni Liakonis, So., Samford

Feb. 10             Addison Iacono, Fr., Chattanooga

Feb. 17             Mariya Dobreva, So., Western Carolina

Feb. 24             Savannah Presson, So., Chattanooga

March 3            Ksenija Rage, So., ETSU

March 10          Lillie Murphy, Fr., Furman

March 17          Rufaro Magarira, So., Chattanooga

March 24          Lillie Murphy, Fr., Furman

March 31          Elle Warren, Fr., Furman

April 7               Lillie Murphy, Fr., Furman