Women's Tennis

Patriot League Announces Tennis Players of the Week (1.31.23)

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Army West Point swept this week’s Patriot League Tennis awards as the League announced the winners on Tuesday.

Army sophomore Vishnu Bodavula was named the male player of the week, while sophomore Cooper Jackson received female player of the week.
 
Navy freshman Sia Chaudry earned an honorable mention.
 
Male Player of the Week
Vishnu Bodavula, Army West Point, So., Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty
* Bodavula improved to 3-0 in singles this season, helping Army to a 4-3 victory over Sacred Heart.
* On court two in singles play, the sophomore defeated Sacred Heart’s Darius Eftekhar in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.
* He also recorded a 6-0 No. 2 doubles win with teammate Samuel Eden over Fairfield’s Keean Shah and Jonathan Olive-Blanco.
 
Female Player of the Week
Cooper Jackson, Army West Point, So., Cambridge Christian School
* Jackson defeated Sacred Heart’s Katsiaryna Starastsenka in two sets (6-4, 7-6) as the Black Knights won 4-0.
* In doubles action Jackson and Paige Herremans defeated Vitalina Golod and Kim Fenton, 6-2, on court one.
 
Honorable Mention
Sia Chaudry, Navy, Fr., Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill
* Chaudry nabbed a 6-3, 6-3 No. 2 singles win over Morgan State’s Averiana Mitchell. She and teammate Casey Accola also had a 6-1 doubles victory on court one.
 
PAST WINNERS
 
Male Player
1.23 – Harrison Gold, Bucknell
1.30 – Vishnu Bodavula, Army
 
Female Player
1.23 – Sia Chaudry, Navy
1.30 – Cooper Jackson, Army
 
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