(St. Louis, MO) – Drake women’s tennis player Ines Stephani has been named the MVC Player of the Week to mark her second weekly league award of the year.
The Bulldog had an impressive 2-0 undefeated singles record last week with wins over Bradley and Illinois State. Looking inside the Bradley match, she won 6-1 and 7-5 to defeat Maria Bezmenova while scoring Drake’s fourth point of the match, helping Drake secure a victory over Bradley. The New Zeland native was able to earn two tiebreakers against Tijana Zlatonovic of Illinois State to win 7-5 and 7-6.
Stephani was the former MVC Player of the Year last season and has continued that streak of greatness into the 2024 season.
The Bulldogs return to the court on Sunday, April 21st against Belmont at home.