Weekly Notebook (PDF)

Singles Player of the Week
 
Summer Brills, Sr., Drake (North Oaks, Minn.)
Brills led the Bulldogs to wins over Missouri-St. Louis and SIUE with a pair of straight set wins at No. 1 singles. She defeated UMSL’s Kristine Lindal, 6-4, 6-2 and the topped SIUE’s Lara Tupper, 6-2, 7-5. Brills improved to 8-1 as the Bulldogs’ top singles player.
 
Doubles Team of the Week
 
Alye Darter, So., Missouri State (Rogers, Ark.)
Ellie Burger, Fr., Missouri State (Chesterfield, Mo.)
Darter and Burger move to 5-1 after capturing their third straight No. 1 doubles match victory. The MSU duo tallied a 6-2 win over Quincy and 6-3 decision over Western Illinois.
 
Other Top Performances:
 
Singles:
Ivon Mihaleva, Illinois State
Ivon is currently 6-5 in her first collegiate dual season. This weekend she clinched the match up against UMKC by defeating Vale, 6-3, 6-0.
 
Fati Khamissi, Missouri State
Khamissi has been a key part of the Bears squad at the No. 4 singles match. Khamissi improved to 6-2 on the spring season after she picked up straight set victories over her Quincy (6-1, 6-0) and Western Illinois (6-4, 6-3) opponents this past weekend.
 
Doubles:
Summer Brills/ Kenya Williams, Drake
Brills and Williams improved to 3-0 at No. 2 doubles together to help the Bulldogs win the doubles point over Missouri-St. Louis and SIUE. They secured the doubles point with a 6-3 win over UMSL and rolled past SIUE 6-1.
 
Laura Fitzgerald/ Ivon Mihaleva, Illinois State
The duo led the way during the match up against UMKC defeating Vale and Ball, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.