The South Atlantic Conference Announces AstroTurf SAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week, April 7

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Tusculum's Franziska Funke has been named the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week for matches played March 30-April 5, the League announced today.

Funke, a freshman from Bochum, Germany, went a combined 6-0 last week for the Pioneers, including helping pick up two key points in the victory over No. 28 Queens on Saturday.  Funke knocked off Marta Gonzalez 7-5, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.  She also teamed with Amanda Sumner in the top doubles flight and defeated the ninth ranked team in the Southeast Region, Carlotta Nassi and Melissa Laing, by an 8-3 margin.  Funke began the week with an 8-0 blanking of Carson-Newman's Jennifer Ott on Monday and earned a victory over LMU's Priscilla Bulandres on Thursday.  Funke and Sumner were 8-1 winners over the Eagle duo of Mallory Jackson and Jill Corsato and defeated the Ralsplitter pairing of Elena Vasilyeva and Gemma Goodland, 8-4.  The honor is her first Player of the Week selection this season.

Also nominated for Women's Tennis Player of the Week: Ivey Welborn (Anderson), Zorica Djuric (Lenoir-Rhyne), Caroline Nielsen (Queens) and Oroma Womeodu (Wingate).

2015 South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week
Feb. 2 - Rebecca Bruning, Anderson 
Feb. 9 - Lindsay Gregory, Anderson
Feb. 15 - Elena Vasilyeva, Lincoln Memorial 
Feb. 23 - Andrea Ternera, Wingate 
Mar. 2 - Caroline Holland, Wingate 
Mar. 9 - Rebecca Bruning, Anderson 
Mar. 16 - Kealee Heffner, Tusculum
Mar. 23 - Jessi Campos, Coker
Mar. 30 - Maria Garcia, Wingate 
April 7 - Franziska Funke, Tusculum