US Fed News
July 25, 2009 Saturday 8:00 PM EST
HARUTYUNYAN NAMED MAC TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 22 — University of Akron issued the following
news release:
University of Akron freshman Zara Harutyunyan (Yerevan,
Armenia/Yerevan Secondary School No. 134) was named Mid-American
Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for the period ending
Jan. 21, the league office announced on Thursday. Harutyunyan, who is
ranked 85th nationally and 11th in the Midwest region (both are the
highest currently by a MAC player), is the first Zips’ tennis athlete
to earn the award since Feb. 1, 2007, when Kerry Langworthy was
honored.
Harutyunyan was named to the all-tournament team at this past
weekend’s Johan Kriek Classic, leading the Zips with a combined 7-0
overall record. She posted a 4-0 mark in singles competition and went
3-0 in doubles play (teamed with sophomore Anna Baronayte). Among her
four singles victories was a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of USF’s Jessica Zok on
Sunday. Zok is ranked 121st nationally. She also won in straight sets
over players from Missouri (6-1, 6-1), UCF (6-1, 6-3), and Florida
Gulf Coast (6-0, 6-2). Highlights from her doubles play include a
comeback win over USF’s top pair. Trailing 5-4 in that contest, the
opening doubles match in the event, the duo rallied for an 8-6 win
over USF’s Zok and Iciri Rai, and then held serve six-straight times
in an 8-5 win over UCF’s top team of Kenza Belbacka and Katie
Orletsky. Akron plays the first dual match of the spring season
tomorrow at West Virginia at 3:30 p.m. EST.