Askarova Named ITA UTR Division I Women's Player of the Week

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Askarova Named ITA UTR Division I Women's Player of the Week

4/21/2021 5:48:00 PM | Women's Tennis

The University of Delaware's Eliza Askarova was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association UTR Division I National Player of the Week as announced by the ITA on Wednesday.

Askarova had a perfect week in singles and doubles play for the Blue Hens.

As Delaware's top player in singles and doubles, Askarova helped the Blue Hens to conference wins over Drexel and Towson. Askarova won both singles matches in straight sets. Against Drexel's Richterova, she posted a commanding 6-2, 6-3 score line. The victory was her second against Richterova that day. Earlier in doubles, Askarova and partner Whited blew past Richterova/Garcia Mendez to win 6-1.

The Blue Hens wrapped up their undefeated regular season against Towson on Saturday and Askarova added two more wins to her resume. After being blanked in the first set, Towson's Haliou pushed Askarova to a second-set tiebreak, but was unable to get anything going. The win was Askarova's sixth on the season.