Big South Announces Women's Tennis Players of the Week - Jan. 28
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – NJIT’s
Laura Wipfli (Ecublens, Switzerland) has been named Big South Women's Tennis Player of the Week, while Longwood’s
Bali Song (San Nicolás de los Garza, México) is the Women's Freshman of the Week honoree for matches played Jan. 19-25, it was announced today.
Wipfli picked up a singles and doubles win to help NJIT earn its first win of the Spring with a 5-2 victory last Saturday over Seton Hall. She first teamed up with Irene Cocero to earn a 6-4 victory on the No. 1 doubles court. In singles, Wipfli picked up a dominant win on the No. 1 court over Kira Farrakhova (6-0, 6-3) in straight sets.
Song picked up a win at No. 1 singles to lead the Longwood women’s tennis team in its Spring opener at VCU. She defeated Viktoria Lackova in straight sets (6-4, 6-4).