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MVC Women's Tennis Weekly Notebook (January 29)

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Singles of the Week- Anastasiya Zholdakova, Belmont
Doubles of the Week- Tess Caldicott and Nicole Lee, Drake

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Singles Player of the Week: Anastasiya Zholdakova, Belmont
Senior Anastasiya Zholdakova helped lead the Bruins to a 1-0 start with an impressive victory at the top singles spot Sunday versus crosstown foe Tennessee State. The Kyiv, Ukraine, native gave Belmont its fifth point in the match by defeating the Tigers’ Warona Mdlulwa in a third-set super tiebreaker. After winning a tightly-contested opening set (7-5) against the world’s No. 1,284 ranked player, Zholdakova dropped a 6-3 second set before prevailing 10-4 in the 10-point tiebreak. The singles player of the week award is Zholdakova’s second of her career, she was also named MVC Singles Player of the Week on March 1, 2023, her sophomore year.

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Doubles Players of the Week: Tess Caldicott and Nicole Lee, Drake
Drake's freshman and senior team up to defeat Kansas State doubles duo in spring opener. Tess and Nicole defeat the duo 6-3 in flight 2.