2017 Women's Tennis Players of the Week

  • Jamiah Lewis, Bridgewater, Fr., #1 Singles, #2 Doubles
    May 01, 2017
    Lewis, a freshman from Dinwiddie, Va., won twice at #1 singles and two more times at #2 doubles as Bridgewater went 1-1 against conference opponents to solidify its spot in the upcoming ODAC Tournament. Lewis and teammate Shannon Quinn earned an 8-6 win over Randolph-Macon's top duo before Lewis turned in a 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7) victory in top-flight singles action two secure two points in a 6-3 setback to R-MC. Lewis was back at it in a 9-0 win over Virginia Wesleyan as she won 6-2, 6-1 in singles play and joined Quinn for an 8-1 triumph in doubles.
  • Emily Henderson, Roanoke, Sr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    April 24, 2017
    Henderson, a senior from Abingdon, Va., went 4-0 combined at #1singles and #1 doubles to help the Maroons to a pair of ODAC victories. Henderson and partner Colette Wibaut earned an 8-0 victory in doubles play against Hollins and an 8-4 win against Virginia Wesleyan. Henderson then improved her ODAC record to 4-5 and her mark at #1 singles to 7-7 with a 6-3, 6-2 victory versus VWC. Henderson and Wibaut are now 10-5 overall and 5-4 versus conference foes.
  • Kateri Johnson, Hollins, Fr., #4/5 Singles, #3 Doubles
    April 17, 2017
    Johnson, a freshman from Shakopee, Minn., put together a 6-0 week at #4 and #5 singles and #3 doubles as she helped Hollins rattled off three team victories including a pair of wins in conference play. Johnson and partner Casey Mahan claimed all three doubles wins at the third flight in HU's 6-3 win over Sweet Briar, 9-0 victory over Trinty (D.C.), and 5-4 triumph over Shenandoah. They won 8-1 over SBC, 8-0 against TU, and 8-3 in the week-capper versus SU. Johnson posted a pair of wins at #5 singles and one at the fourth flight, and dropped only four games in doing so. She won 6-1, 6-0 over SBC at #5 and duplicated the effort at #4 singles against Trinity. She finished her week with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph at #5 over Shenandoah.
  • Whitney Kiser, Bridgewater, Fr., #2 Singles, #1 Doubles
    April 10, 2017
    Kiser, a freshman from Mt. Solon, Va., went 5-1 between play at #2 singles and #1 doubles to help the Eagles post three conference wins. Kiser and partner Nicole Shifflett went 2-1 in top-flight doubles action. They won 8-3 and 8-4 over Hollins and Shenandoah before fall to Emory & Henry, 8-4. Kiser dropped just five games in winning three times at #2 singles. She defeated her opponent from Hollins, 6-0, 6-1, and then added 6-0, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-1 victories over Shenandoah and E&H, respectively. Bridgewater defeated Hollins, 8-1, Shenandoah, 8-1, and Emory & Henry, 7-2.
  • Brooke Donnelly, Washington and Lee, Sr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    April 03, 2017
    Donnelly, a senior from Kennesaw, Ga., put together a 3-0 week that included a pair of regionally ranked victories as the Generals' posted a 2-1 overall record. In conference play, Donnelly claimed a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Shenandoah at #1 singles. Although she did not compete in doubles, Washington and Lee earned a 9-0 team win. Donnelly then squared off twice in regionally ranked matches against Mary Washington. First, she and partner Tessa Hill made their #2 ranking in the ITA's Atlantic South stand up with an 8-6 victory over Kait Brogan and Taylor Diffey, who are slotted third in the region. Donnelly and Brogan then locked horns in a matchup of the second and 10th-rated singles players in the region, respectively. Donnelly posted a 6-0, 6-3 victory from the #1 flight. She is now 20-3 in all matches this season and 11-1 in dual matches at #1 singles. She and Hill are 7-2 in doubles play from the top ladder position.
  • Michelle Fleenor, Washington and Lee, Jr., #3 Singles, #2 Doubles
    March 27, 2017
    Fleenor, a junior from Chattanooga, Tenn., was the deciding factor in the top-16 matchup for Washington and Lee women's tennis last week. The Generals, rated 16th in the country by the ITA, took down 10th ranked Carnegie Mellon, 5-4. Fleenor and teammate Lauren Hassell dropped a tight #2 doubles match to Vinaya Rao and Courtney Ollis, 9-7. But Fleenor recovered for a 6-0, 6-7, 6-1 victory at #3 singles over Jamie Vizelman, the #13 ranked player in the Atlantic South Region. The point Fleenor earned was the deciding factor in Washington and Lee team victory. Fleenor is now 8-2 in overall singles matches and 7-3 in doubles play.
  • Brooke Donnelly, Washington and Lee, Sr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    March 20, 2017
    Donnelly, a senior from Kennesaw, Ga., put together a stellar week in going 4-0 at #1 singles and 2-2 at #1 doubles in four matches against nationally-ranked opponents. Washington and Lee, ranked sixth in the country by the ITA, posted 9-0, 5-4, and 7-2 wins over #7 Whitman College, #20 Trinity (Texas) University, and #22 Skidmore College surrounding a 7-2 loss to #2 Williams College. Donnelly, rated third in the Atlantic South Region, defeated Andrea Gu from Whitman, 6-0, 6-1, and took down the West Region's seventh ranked player in TU's Liza Southwick, 6-4, 7-5. She captured a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Skidmore's Madie Benn, and grabbed one of the Generals' two points against Williams with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 triumph over Leah Bush, the eighth-ranked player in the Northeast Region. Donnelly and doubles partner Tessa Hill earned at 8-1 win over West #6 Mary Hill and Hanna Greenburg from Whitman and an 8-2 victory over TU's Marie Lutz and Zoe Kaffen. The Generals' duo fell 8-7 to Northeast #14 Benn and Michelle Fuca from Skidmore and 8-7 to Williams' Hannah Atkinson and Chloe Henderson, the Northeast's fourth-ranked tandem.
  • Catlin Delmas, Randolph-Macon, Sr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    March 13, 2017
    Delmas, a senior from Asheville, N.C., helped lead the Yellow Jackets to a pair of ODAC victories last week by going 4-0 combined at #1 singles and #1 doubles. In a 9-0 team win over Guilford, Delmas won 2-6, 6-0, 10-7 in singles play over Katie Claggett. She and partner Toni McDonald topped Claggett and Leigh Fishman, 8-1, in doubles action. Delmas again won both competitions in a 9-0 win over Hollins. She won 6-0, 6-0 over Jhovanna Salmeron in the singles match, and teamed with McDonald to defeat Salmeron and Htet Myat San in doubles, 8-2. Delmas and McDonald are 5-1 on the season as a doubles team.
  • Melissa Tomlin, Randolph-Macon, Sr., #3 Singles, #2 Doubles
    March 06, 2017
    Tomlin, a senior from Prince George, Va., put together a 5-1 week with a 3-0 showing at #3 singles and a 2-1 effort at #2 doubles with partner Molly Jesseman. Tomlin posted a 6-1, 6-0 win over Emily Wandling in R-MC's 9-0 team win over Sweet Briar. She and Jesseman won 8-4 in doubles action. Tomlin then put together a 6-1, 6-1 winning effort over Emily Simpson in the Yellow Jackets' 7-2 victory over Lynchburg. She and Jesseman won 8-2. After falling 8-4 with Jesseman in doubles, Tomlin rebounded for a 6-2, 7-5 win over Stephany Barbera as Randolph-Macon defeated N.C. Wesleyan, 6-3.
  • Gaby Tersigni, Randolph-Macon, So., #2 Singles, #1 Doubles
    February 27, 2017
    Tersigni, a sophomore from Yorktown, Va., got her spring season started in an 8-1 team win over St. Mary's (Md.). Tersigni, who has moved up to #2 singles this season, began her spring campaign against Marissa Romanek with a 6-0 whitewashing in the first set and followed with a 6-3 win in the second to clinch the match.
  • Brooke Donnelly, Washington and Lee, Sr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    February 20, 2017
    Donnelly, a senior from Kennesaw, Ga., started off the spring season where she left off in the fall, picking up wins at #1 singles and #1 doubles in leading Washington and Lee to a 9-0 team victory over Bridgewater. Donnelly opened with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Jamiah Lewis in single play. She and teammate Tessa Hill defeated Whitney Kiser and Nicole Shifflett, 8-0, in doubles action.