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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
2/10/2020 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
2/3/2020 AJ Jackson Men's Basketball
2/3/2020 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
1/27/2020 Montrez Jackson Men's Track and Field
1/27/2020 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
1/20/2020 Maegan Holt Women's Basketball
1/20/2020 Olivia Forrest Swimming
1/13/2020 Wesley Dawkins Wrestling
1/13/2020 Morgan Soucie Men's Basketball
1/6/2020 Morgan Soucie Men's Basketball
1/6/2020 Anthony Mancini Wrestling
12/23/2019 AJ Jackson Men's Basketball
12/23/2019 Elisa Backes Women's Basketball
12/16/2019 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
12/16/2019 Julianne Jackson Volleyball
12/10/2019 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
12/10/2019 TJ Davis Football
11/25/2019 Olivia Forrest Swimming
11/25/2019 Madison Squiers Volleyball
11/19/2019 Matt Malcom Wrestling
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