DALLAS – Liberty picked up both of Conference USA’s Tennis Athlete of the Week singles awards, with Daniella O’Neill Garcia earning Women’s Athlete of the Week and Rodrigo Santiago Arraez earning Men’s Athlete of the Week. For the doubles awards, LA Tech’s team of Zoie Epps and Isabella Walker won on the women’s side and Middle Tennessee’s team of Birtan Duran and Antoine Mayoral won for the men.
 
Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week – ­­Daniella O'Neill Garcia, Liberty – R-Jr. – Dorado, Puerto Rico
Making her first appearance in the No. 1 singles position this season, O’Neill Garcia led Liberty to a 2-0 weekend with two wins over George Washington (7-0) and Navy (5-2). She topped George Washington's Solange Skeene 6-1, 6-3 and bested Navy's Olivia Fermo 6-1, 7-5. The redshirt junior currently owns a three-match singles winning streak, helping guide the Lady Flames to a four-match winning streak (5-1).
 
Women's Doubles Team of the Week – LA Tech
Zoie Epps – Jr. – Norman, Okla.
Isabella Walker – Fr. – Birmingham, England
Epps and Walker returned to the court following a three-week hiatus due to postponed matches as a result of the weather. LA Tech took on Bellarmine in a neutral site match followed by a true road test at Mississippi State. After an unfinished doubles match against the Knights with the Bulldogs clinching the opening point, the duo had the tall task of facing State's No. 1 tandem of Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz and Gianna Oboniye who were ranked 9th in the country as a duo. With Epps and Walker down 2-4 in the match, they reeled off three straight games to take a 5-4 lead. Epps then served out the match, ripping a backhand down the line at 40-30 to win 6-4 and claim the highest ranked victory in program history.
 
Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week – Rodrigo Santiago Arraez, Liberty - Jr. – Toledo, Spain
Santiago Arraez earned a perfect 2-0 week at No. 1 singles leading Liberty (4-3) to a pair of 6-1 victories over Longwood and Penn State. In Friday’s win over Longwood, the junior from Spain came back to defeat Daniel Borisov 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. He followed that performance with a sweep of Penn State’s Michael Wright 6-2, 6-4. The win over Penn State ended its perfect season (7-1) and gave Liberty its third straight win.
 
Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week – MTSU
Birtan Duran – Jr. – Istanbul, Turkey
Antoine Mayoral – Fr. – Ménilles, France
The duo of Duran and Mayoral picked up a crucial win for the Blue Raiders on No. 3 doubles at Virginia Tech on Thursday. The pair defeated Drew Fishback and Frank Thompson with a score of 7-6 (7-3). The match experienced multiple ties and lead changes until MTSU established a 5-4 advantage. The Hokies managed to force a tiebreaker, which the Blue Raiders ultimately won, securing the doubles point on court three.
 
2026 CUSA Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week
Isabella Walker, LA Tech
Milana Tsulygina, Liberty
Amelia Gorman, Delaware
­­Daniella O'Neill Garcia, Liberty
 
2026 CUSA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Zoie Epps & Isabella Walker, LA Tech
Yoanna Radulova & Maria Turchetto, Liberty
Virginia Madueño & Barbara Olvera, WKU
Zoie Epps & Isabella Walker, LA Tech
 
2026 CUSA Men’s Tennis Athletes of the Week
Antoine Mayoral, MTSU
Eric Crivei, MTSU
Ondrej Horak, MTSU
Rodrigo Santiago Arraez, Liberty
 
2026 CUSA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
Lance Urlaub & Holland Snell, NM State
Euan Mackenzie & Tobey Lock, Delaware
Birtan Duran & Antoine Mayoral, MTSU