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Athletes of the Week

Vasilisa Polunova

Vasilisa Polunova

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/18/2019
  • Sport
    Women's Tennis
  • Bio
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Helped UNK go 2-1 in Hilton Head, S.C., over the the weekend, falling to Illinois-Springfield, 5-2, and beating Indiana (PA), 4-3), and Slippery Rock, 4-3. IUP is 1st and SRU 5th in the Atlantic Region.

Polunova went 2-1 at No. 1 singles, beating her IUP foe in three sets (6-3, 6-7, 10-8) and The Rock (6-3, 6-4). Both are ranked in the Atlantic top six. Polunova also was 2-1 at No. 1 doubles, beating IUP (6-4) and UIS (6-2) and falling to SRU (6-4). Both the IUP and SRU pairs were regionally-ranked. 

She is now 11-6 in singles and has eight wins in doubles. 


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
3/16/2026 Otgonbayar Batsuuri Wrestling
3/16/2026 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
3/9/2026 Chloe Odle Softball
3/9/2026 Liz Lyons Women's Golf
3/2/2026 Crew Howard Wrestling
3/2/2026 Conner Wells Men's Track and Field
2/23/2026 Andy Brisdon Men's Tennis
2/23/2026 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
2/16/2026 Maggie Waddington Swimming
2/16/2026 Kendrick Gilbert Men's Basketball
2/9/2026 Kassidy Stuckey Women's Track and Field
2/9/2026 Mitchell Deer Men's Track and Field
2/2/2026 Luke Brachle Men's Track and Field
2/2/2026 Zakayia Fredrick Softball
1/26/2026 Mitchell Deer Men's Track and Field
1/26/2026 Luke Brachle Men's Track and Field
1/19/2026 Kassidy Stuckey Women's Track and Field
1/19/2026 Joslynn Grace Swimming
1/12/2026 Joseph Airola Wrestling
1/12/2026 Kaden Hart Wrestling
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