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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
5/5/2025 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
5/5/2025 Madison Smith Women's Track and Field
4/28/2025 Daniella Morillas Softball
4/28/2025 Tanya Midzi Women's Tennis
4/21/2025 Kenyon Forest Men's Track and Field
4/21/2025 Will Kulhanek Men's Track and Field
4/14/2025 Alyssa Fortik Softball
4/14/2025 Madison Smith Women's Track and Field
4/7/2025 Nolan Studley Men's Track and Field
4/7/2025 Narindra Ranaivo Women's Tennis
3/31/2025 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
3/31/2025 Madeline Janssen Softball
3/24/2025 Mary Chvatal Softball
3/24/2025 Juliana Botero Molina Women's Golf
3/18/2025 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
3/17/2025 Nick James Wrestling
3/10/2025 Bailee Sobczak Women's Basketball
3/10/2025 Jip Mens Men's Tennis
3/3/2025 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
3/3/2025 Trenton Munoz Wrestling
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