California's Jade Pondicas (right) and Bloomsburg’s Laura Sullivan (left) are this week's Athletes of the Week for women's tennis.
PSAC Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week - 6
California's Jade Pondicas and Bloomsburg’s Laura Sullivan both had impressive weeks on their way to earning accolades as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Athletes of the Week in Women’s Tennis.
Western Division
Jade Pondicas- California (Pa.)
Freshman
Johannesburg, South Africa
California's Pondicas went a combined 2-0 this past week and helped the Lady Vulcans clinch their sixth-straight PSAC West title with an 8-1 victory over Slippery Rock on Wednesday. In singles play, Pondicas posted a 6-0, 6-0 shutout sweep of Slippery Rock’s Jessica Hilborn at the fifth position. The freshman from South Africa now holds an 18-2 overall record in singles after winning 15 consecutive matches. Pondicas and sophomore Anastassiya Zherdeva teamed up to post an 8-4 victory at third doubles over Slippery Rock’s team of Janelle Krantz and Sarah Lynch.
DATE TEAM PLAYED POS OPPONENT RESULTS
04/14/10 SLIPPERY ROCK 5 Jessica Hilborn Won 6-0, 6-0
DATE TEAM PLAYED POS OPPNENTS RESULTS PARTNER
04/14/10 SLIPPERY ROCK 3 Janelle Krantz / Sarah Lynch Won 8-4 Anastassiya Zherdeva
Eastern Division
Laura Sullivan- Bloomsburg
Junior
Dingman’s Ferry / Delaware Valley
Bloomsburg’s Laura Sullivan went a combined 6-0 this past week, helping the Huskies to a 3-0 record on the week improving to 13-3 on the season. Sullivan played at number two singles in which she won all three of her matches, dropping a total of just ten games against some very solid competition. In doubles play, Sullivan teamed with Andrea Malatesta at the number three doubles position to win all of their matches, losing a total of just seven games along the way. The week improves Sullivan to a season record of 14-4 in singles competition while playing primarily at number two. She is also 11-8 in doubles, going 10-6 with Malatesta.
SINGLES
DATE TEAM PLAYED POS OPPONENT RESULTS
03/13/10 At Kutztown 2 Sabrina Arnaud Won 6-1, 6-2
04/17/10 CHARLESTON 2 Alyssa Hackworth Won 6-3, 6-2
04/18/10 WVU WESLEYAN 2 Marcela Torres Won 6-2, 6-0
DOUBLES
DATE TEAM PLAYED POS OPPONENT RESULTS PARTNER
04/13/10 At Kutztown 3 Tess Wright / Megan Groh Won 8-1 Andrea Malatesta
04/17/10 CHARLESTON 3 Smith / Carter Won 8-2 Andrea Malatesta
04/18/10 WVU WESLEYAN 3 Samantha Coral / Olga Demina Won 8-4 Andrea Malatesta