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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
9/27/2021 Faviola Gonzalez Women's Golf
9/13/2021 TJ Davis Football
9/13/2021 Juliana Botero Molina Women's Golf
9/8/2021 TJ Davis Football
9/8/2021 Zoe Ritz Women's Cross Country
5/17/2021 Tanner Barth Men's Track and Field
5/17/2021 Luke Stuckey Men's Track and Field
5/10/2021 Jaida McEwen Women's Track and Field
5/10/2021 Brayden Sorensen Men's Track and Field
5/3/2021 Bri Healy Softball
5/3/2021 Andrew Schuller Men's Track and Field
4/12/2021 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
4/12/2021 Pranathi Gannavaram Women's Tennis
3/1/2021 Brayden Sorensen Men's Track and Field
3/1/2021 Wesley Dawkins Wrestling
2/22/2021 Brayden Sorensen Men's Track and Field
2/22/2021 Claire Nash Swimming
2/15/2021 Mackenzie Puckett Women's Track and Field
2/15/2021 Darrian Nebeker Men's Basketball
2/8/2021 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
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