WASHINGTON – The Atlantic 10 Conference tabbed Dayton sophomore Kyle McNally as its Under Armour Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, while Fordham freshman Filip Horak was named Rookie of the Week. Fordham junior Nevena Kolarevic earned Women’s Tennis Player of the Week and Rhode Island freshman Anastasia Pettersson received Rookie of the Week. The awards, which were announced on Tuesday, are for matches from March 17 to March 23.  

McNally had a standout 2-0 week in singles for the Flyers and helped lead Dayton to wins over VCU and Richmond. McNally, an Algonquin, Ill. native, cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win over VCU at No. 1 singles. Against the Spiders, he secured a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles.  

Horak was a perfect 3-0 for Fordham with wins against Lewis University, Morgan State and Stonehill. At No. 1 singles, he defeated Lewis University’s Indrek Soome, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1. In No. 2 singles, he defeated Morgan State’s Mikkijha Brown, 6-3, 7-5 and Stonehill’s Jacob Krefting 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 10-6. Horak, a Czechia native, teamed with Phillip Uhde at No. 2 doubles and defeated Morgan State’s Majdi Ben Abdelwahed and Mohamed Ridha Ghetta. 

Kolarevic went 3-0 in No. 1 singles and 2-1 in No. 1 doubles for Fordham. Kolarevic, a Belgrade, Serbia native, began the week with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) win over William & Mary. She defeated Richmond’s Sofia Barbulescu, 6-3, 6-2 on Friday and beat VCU’s T. Andrade Sabando, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday. Kolarevic partnered with Julianne Nguyen in No. 1 doubles to defeat Richmond, 7-6 (7-3) and William & Mary, 6-3.  

Pettersson, a Ydre, Sweden native, went 2-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles to help Rhode Island defeat George Washington and George Mason. She defeated GW’s Solange Skeene, 6-4, 6-2 and GM’s Noelle Talarek, 6-3, 6-4. Her and her teammate Grace Darcy beat GW’s Madison Lee and Victoria Sasinka at No. 2 doubles. Pettersson and Darcy led over GM’s Mary Young and Brooklyn Siegel, 5-2 before play was stopped because URI clinched the doubles point.  

WEEKLY AWARDS 

DATE	MEN'S PLAYER	WOMEN'S PLAYER	MEN'S ROOKIE	WOMEN'S ROOKIE
Jan. 28	Mikkel Zinder, UD	Neena Katausakas, UD	Gregorio Higalgo, DAV	Sofia Barbulescu, UR
Feb. 4	Mikkel Zinder, UD	Ella Faessler, UM	Davide Procacci, DAV	Katharina Spieth, URI
Feb. 11	Mikkel Zinder, UD	Julianne Nguyen, FOR	Sturle Skigeslstrand, UD	Madison Hill, SLU
Feb. 26	Dhillon Virdee-Oakley, FOR	Kavya Patel, DAV	Sam Rathmanner, UR	Katharina Spieth, URI
March 4	Mikkel Zinder, UD	Nevena Kolarevic, FOR	Sturle Skigelstrand, UD	Sofia Barbulescu, UR
March 11	Dylan Atkinson, UR	Isabella Venter, SBU	Sam Rathmanner, UR	Sofia Jane Thorne, VCU
March 18	Ernesto Ruy (SJU)	Santiago Valle, SJU	Victoria Tracey, SJU	Addison Melfi, SJU
March 25	Kyle McNally, UD	Filip Horak, FOR	Nevena Kolarevic, FOR	Anastasia Pettersson, URI