NEW ORLEANS – Kira Matushkina, Marina Markina and Uladzislava Manzhos earned Sun Belt Conference honors, the conference announced on Wednesday.
A junior from St. Petersburg, Russia, Matushkina was named Sun Belt Singles Player of the Week after going 2-1 last weekend in the Michigan Hidden Duals at No. 1. Matushkina earned a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 win over No. 3 Piper Charney of Michigan and defeated Xavier’s Abby Nugent, 6-4, 6-2. Matushkina’s only loss of the weekend came to No. 10 Luciana Perry of Ohio State (6-2, 6-1).
Markina and Manzhos also went 2-1 over the weekend, earning them Sun Belt Doubles Team of the Week. The pair defeated Ella DeFord and Madeleine Rexroat of Xavier (6-3), as well as Michigan’s Lily Jones and Ava Bruno (6-2). In a close match, the Monarchs fell to Ohio State’s Audrey Spencer and Alessia Cau, 7-5.