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MSU’s Antonaki Tabbed SEC Women’s Tennis Player Of The Week
January 28, 2021 | Women's Tennis
STARKVILLE – After much success on the court to begin the 2021 campaign, Mississippi State women's tennis standout Emma Antonaki has earned SEC Player of the Week honors, the Southeastern Conference announced on Thursday.
"This is a nice honor and well deserved award for Emma," head coach Daryl Greenan said. "She has had a solid start to her spring season. Emma is definitely a player who can make a positive impact in our lineup this spring. It is a good sign for her and our team that she is playing with as much confidence this early in the year."
The recognition is the second SEC career weekly honor for the Athens, Greece, product as she was named SEC Freshman of the Week on March 6, 2019.
The 2020 ITA Southern Region Player to Watch owns a perfect 8-0 overall ledger this year, 4-0 in dual matches.
An All-SEC selection as a freshman in 2019, Antonaki entered the 2021 season on a five-match singles win streak that she has since extended to a team-leading nine matches after posting a perfect 4-0 ledger thus far in January. In the Bulldog Kickoff on Jan. 16-17, the 69th-ranked Antonaki took down 56th-ranked Victoria Flores of Georgia Tech, marking her third ranked victory in seven matches, all of which are over top 60 opponents.
Most recently, Antonaki provided the match heroics on court 2 at Furman this past Sunday, as she rallied back from dropping the first set to oust Paladin Julie Adams 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) and clinch an impressive 6-1 road victory for the Bulldogs.
In doubles, alongside Alexandra Mikhailuk, the duo holds a team-leading five-match win streak. Against Furman, Antonaki and Mikhailuk secured the doubles point in a critical 7-6(5) tiebreak victory.
Antonaki and the Bulldogs (2-0) return to action this weekend, hosting Memphis Friday. State will also welcome Southeastern Louisiana and Samford to Starkville on Sunday.
For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateWT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
"This is a nice honor and well deserved award for Emma," head coach Daryl Greenan said. "She has had a solid start to her spring season. Emma is definitely a player who can make a positive impact in our lineup this spring. It is a good sign for her and our team that she is playing with as much confidence this early in the year."
The recognition is the second SEC career weekly honor for the Athens, Greece, product as she was named SEC Freshman of the Week on March 6, 2019.
The 2020 ITA Southern Region Player to Watch owns a perfect 8-0 overall ledger this year, 4-0 in dual matches.
An All-SEC selection as a freshman in 2019, Antonaki entered the 2021 season on a five-match singles win streak that she has since extended to a team-leading nine matches after posting a perfect 4-0 ledger thus far in January. In the Bulldog Kickoff on Jan. 16-17, the 69th-ranked Antonaki took down 56th-ranked Victoria Flores of Georgia Tech, marking her third ranked victory in seven matches, all of which are over top 60 opponents.
Most recently, Antonaki provided the match heroics on court 2 at Furman this past Sunday, as she rallied back from dropping the first set to oust Paladin Julie Adams 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) and clinch an impressive 6-1 road victory for the Bulldogs.
In doubles, alongside Alexandra Mikhailuk, the duo holds a team-leading five-match win streak. Against Furman, Antonaki and Mikhailuk secured the doubles point in a critical 7-6(5) tiebreak victory.
Antonaki and the Bulldogs (2-0) return to action this weekend, hosting Memphis Friday. State will also welcome Southeastern Louisiana and Samford to Starkville on Sunday.
For more information on Mississippi State women's tennis team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateWT" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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