Tusculum Duo Claims Final SAC Tennis Player of the Week Awards
The Tusculum freshman duo of Jonas Winkelmann and Erin Mills have been selected as the final SAC Tennis Players of the Week of the 2013 season, the conference office announced on Monday.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Tusculum freshman duo of Jonas Winkelmann and Erin Mills have been selected as the final SAC Tennis Players of the Week of the 2013 season, the conference office announced on Monday.
Winkelmann went a perfect 4-0 in singles and doubles play last week as the Tusculum men secured a share of the SAC regular-season championship with wins over Brevard and Lincoln Memorial.
On Tuesday against Brevard, Winkelmann blanked Stefano Giovanolli 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 3 singles match and teamed with partner John Taylor to defeat BC's duo of Giovanolli and George Finch 8-3 in the No. 2 doubles contest.
Then on Friday versus LMU – a victory that clinched the share of the league title for Tusculum – Winkelmann defeated Marcelo Alvim in the No. 3 singles position 6-4, 7-5, and teamed with his brother Lukas in the No. 1 doubles match to defeat LMU's Philipp Hoffmann and Alexey Minevskiy 8-4.
Winkelmann finished the regular season at 13-3 in singles matches and 11-6 in doubles play.
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Mills, meanwhile, also went a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles action as the Tusculum women beat Brevard and LMU.
Playing at No. 3 singles, Mills earned a 6-1, 6-0 win over Brevard's Katie Ouelette on Tuesday, and then beat LMU's Alexandra Granger 6-2, 6-3 on Friday.
In doubles play, Mills extended her winning streak to 13-straight matches with partner Taylor Patterson by recording victories over Brevard's tandem of Ouelette and Elise Labus and LMU's pair Granger and Elena Vasilyeva. Both wins were in the No. 2 doubles position.
On the season, Mills is 14-4 in singles matches and 16-3 overall in doubles.