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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
12/4/2017 Toni Lehr Swimming
11/27/2017 Michaela Barry Women's Basketball
11/27/2017 Yashua Trent Men's Basketball
11/20/2017 Tara Ziegelbein Volleyball
11/20/2017 Trey Lansman Men's Basketball
11/13/2017 Becca Shaw Swimming
11/13/2017 Trey Schlender Wrestling
11/6/2017 Corbin Hansen Men's Cross Country
11/6/2017 Morgan Stute Volleyball
10/30/2017 Marika Van Brocklin Women's Soccer
10/30/2017 Darrien Daniels Football
10/23/2017 Molly Dibben Women's Cross Country
10/23/2017 Trevor Wiegert Men's Cross Country
10/16/2017 Anna Squiers Volleyball
10/16/2017 Samantha Crawford Women's Golf
10/9/2017 Tara Ziegelbein Volleyball
10/9/2017 Riley Williams Men's Golf
10/2/2017 Thomas Russell Football
10/2/2017 Samantha Crawford Women's Golf
9/25/2017 Steve Worthing Football
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