Female Athlete of the Week – Women’s Tennis – Player of the Week
Lauren French, Coe College
Jr., Raleigh, N.C./North Raleigh Christian
- French became the 2017 Iowa Conference A-Singles Champion this past weekend at the IIAC Individual Tennis Tournament.
- French partnered with Haley Resnick to collect the title in the A-Doubles bracket.
- Singles - Round 1: French defeated Elia Healy (NWU) 6-2, 6-1
- Singles - Quarterfinals: French defeated Claire Christian (LUT) 6-0, 6-0
- Singles - Semifinals: French upset No.1 seeded Arantxa Martinez (DBQ) 7-5, 6-4
- Singles- Championship: French defeated teammate and No.2 seed Haley Resnick 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-7)
- Doubles - Quarterfinals: French/Resnick defeated Ashley Rottinghaus/Alex Petersen (WAR) 8-1
- Doubles - Semifinals: French/Resnick defeated Anna Pearson/Britta Pressler (LUT) 8-0
- Doubles - Championship: French/Resnick defeated Jackie Cychosz/Claire Christian (8-4)
- This is French’s fourth Player of the Week honor 1(0/16/17, 10/1/17, 9/24/17, 9/25/16).
- French was named to the All-Iowa Conference singles and doubles team in 2016.
