DALLAS – Jacksonville State’s Marko Milosavljevic, and Liberty’s Joaquim Almeida and Siwanat Auytayakul earned the final Conference USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week honors. WKU’s Rachel Hermanova, and LA Tech’s Ana Rodrigues and Zoie Epps picked up the last CUSA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week honors.
CUSA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week – Marko Milosavljevic, Jax State – So. – Vosendorf, Austria
Milosavljevic claims the final Athlete of the Week honor of the season after a perfect week in the No. 3 position for the Gamecocks. The sophomore defeated Kennesaw State’s Kyvan Rietkerk 6-0, 7-5 on Friday to clinch the victory for Jax State. On Saturday, the Vosendorf, Austria, native took down UAB’s Ondrej Valek 7-6, 6-1 to clinch the second straight match on the week. Milosavljevic’s two clinching wins helped the Gamecocks finish the regular season on a six-match winning streak.
CUSA Men’s Doubles Team of the Week
Joaquim Almeida, Liberty – Sr. – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Siwanat Auytayakul, Liberty – Fr. – Bangkok, Thailand
The duo of Almeida and Auytayakul earned a 2-0 week on court No. 1 doubles with wins over Delaware and VCU. In their victory over Delaware, the pair defeated Piotr Siekanowicz and Eua Mackenzie 6-4. In their final match of the season, the Liberty partners bested VCU’s German Samofalov and Kostiantyn Mantach 6-2. The duo is currently ranked No. 67 in ITA doubles and own a 10-4 record together this spring.
CUSA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week – Rachel Hermanova, WKU – Sr. – Pardubice, Czech Republic
Hermanova picked up a pair of wins to close out the regular season last week. The senior from Pardubice, Czech Republic, bounced back from a loss at MTSU on Tuesday with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Campbellsville’s Oriana Espinoza on Wednesday and a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Alabama A&M’s Alicia Owegi on Thursday, all from the No. 1 position. Hermanova wrapped up the regular season with a 13-7 record from the No. 1 spot. She now has 62 career singles wins, which is a program record.
CUSA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Ana Rodrigues, LA Tech, Sr., Montes Claros, Brazil
Zoie Epps, LA Tech, So., Norman, Okla.
Earning their third CUSA Doubles Team of the Week honor, the duo of Rodrigues and Epps went a perfect 4-0 at the No. 1 position in doubles this weekend, helping to secure the doubles point in all four home victories – 4-2 over Liberty, 4-1 over UTEP and two wins against Grambling State. With the doubles point coming down to court one versus the Lady Flames, Rodrigues and Epps held serve to force a tiebreaker and then rattled off seven straight points to win 7-6 (0). Later that day, the duo secured a 6-1 win over the Lady Tigers. On Sunday, the tandem was down 2-4 to the Miners before winning four straight games to take it 6-4. In another doubleheader versus Grambling, Rodrigues and Epps prevailed 6-2 to extend their doubles winning streak to eight matches.
2025 CUSA Men’s Tennis Athletes of the Week
J15 N/A
J22 Shu Matsuoka, MTSU
J28 Kacper Szymkowiak, MTSU
F5 Tobias Wallin, NM State
F12 Karim Al-Amin, MTSU
F19 Ondrej Horak, MTSU
F26 Shu Matsuoka, MTSU
M5 Shu Matsuoka, MTSU
M12 Charlie Penman, Jax State
M19 Jakub Kroslak, MTSU
M26 Itay Feigin, NM State
A2 Rodrigo Santiago Arraez, Liberty
A9 Karim Al-Amin, MTSU
A15 Marko Milosavljevic, Jax State
2025 CUSA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
J15 N/A
J22 Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
J28 Ernst Gouws & Carl Roothman, Liberty
F5 Tobias Wallin & Gustavo Campos, NM State
F12 Shu Matsuoka & Rostislav Halfinger, MTSU
F19 Kacper Szymkowiak & Jakub Kroslak, MTSU
F26 Zach Murphy & Lucius Soller, Jax State
M5 Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
M12 N/A
M19 Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
M26 Itay Feigin & Holland Snell, NM State
A2 Igor Mandou Berranger & Shu Matsuoka, MTSU
A9 Mikolaj Lis & Anthony Weingarten, Kennesaw State
A15 Joaquim Almeida & Siwanat Auytayakul, Liberty
2025 CUSA Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week
J15 Zoie Epps, LA Tech
J22 Ekaterina Khairutdinova, FIU
J28 Ekaterina Khairutdinova, FIU
F5 Zoie Epps, LA Tech
F12 Anna Pinaieva, NM State
F19 Alessia Truden, MTSU
F26 Ana Rodrigues, LA Tech
M5 Sofia Blanco, WKU
M12 Zoie Epps, LA Tech
M19 Carlotta Mencaglia, UTEP
M26 Ana Rodrigues, LA Tech
A2 Zenn Lim, MTSU
A9 Sofia Blanco, WKU
A15 Rachel Hermanova, WKU
2025 CUSA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
J15 Valery Gynina & Ekaterina Khairutdinova, FIU
J22 Valery Gynina & Ekaterina Khairutdinova, FIU
J28 Emily Schut & Mia Miranda, WKU
F5 Zoie Epps & Ana Rodrigues, LA Tech
F12 Alice Brook & Maria Tsironi, LA Tech
F19 Cassidy Mataia & Ilaria Sposetti, MTSU
F26 Oyinlomo Quadre & Katerina Mandelikova, FIU
M5 Sofia Blanco & Rachel Hermanova, WKU
M12 Zoie Epps & Ana Rodrigues, LA Tech
M19 Ella Tuomela & Polina Ramenskaja, Jax State
M26 Daniella O’Neill & Maria Turchetto, Liberty
A2 Daniella O’Neill & Maria Turchetto, Liberty
A9 Mio Kozaki & Nina Skoric, LA Tech
A15 Zoie Epps & Ana Rodrigues, LA Tech