Men's Tennis

TEN: March 11 Athletes of the Week

DALLAS – Jacksonville State swept Conference USA's women's tennis weekly awards as Irene Artigas and the doubles team of Polina Ramenskaja and Aneka Patel received honors. On the men's side, Liberty's Siwanat Auyatyakul has been named the Men's Athlete of the Week and Liberty's Mason Robins and James Sclater have been named the Men's Doubles Team of the Week. 
 
Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week – Irene Artigas, Jax State – Sr. – Valencia, Spain
Artigas helped lead Jax State to a 4-0 week against Eastern Kentucky, Cumberlands, Murray State, and Tennessee State. Artigas went 4-0 in singles on the week playing in the No. 3 slot. Against EKU, Artigas won 6-0, 5-0 versus Marilou Cote, then she won 6-1, 6-0 against Victoria Zarate of Cumberlands. In the home match against Murray State, Artigas defeated Sofia Issakova of Murray State 6-2, 6-1. The senior wrapped up the week beating Tennessee State's Victoria Cooksey 6-0, 6-1 on the road. Artigas has impressed this season with an 8-1 singles record and helped Jax State to a 38-24 mark in singles as a team this season.
 
Women's Doubles Team of the Week – Jax State
Polina Ramenskaja – Sr. – Narva, Estonia
Aneka Patel – So. – London, England
Ramenskaja and Patel are coming off a 4-0 week against Eastern Kentucky, Cumberlands, Murray State, and Tennessee State. Against Eastern Kentucky, the duo downed EKU's Anastas Cherniakova and Masha Fedenko 6-2. The next day, Patel and Ramenskaja defeated Cumberlands' Mahiro Hara and Yu Fang Liu 6-2. In the home match versus Murray State, the Gamecocks' duo beat the Racers' Yuna Kadowaki and Yu Kikawa 6-4. The Jax State pair then wrapped up the week at Tennessee State with a 6-1 win over Victoria Cooksey and Claudia Murdasanu. Ramenskaja and Patel helped Jax State win all four matches last week and improved their record to 9-4 overall and a 5-1 road record. They lead the Gamecocks with an 8-3 mark on the year and have helped Jax State to a 23-10 mark in doubles this season.
 
Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week – Siwanat Auytayakul, Liberty – So. – Bangkok, Thailand
Auytayakul led Liberty to a pair of 7-0 sweeps over Georgia State and William & Mary. In the No. 1 singles position, the sophomore came back from falling in the first set to best GSU's Gabriele Datei 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (1). That match marked his first career win at the top of the lineup. In No. 2 singles, Auytayakul topped W&M's Oliver Hague 6-4, 7-5, improving to 6-6 this season.
 
Men's Doubles Team of the Week – Delaware
Mason Robins – Jr. – College Park, Md.
James Sclater – Jr. – Dorset, United Kingdom
Robins and Sclater continued their dominant run in doubles play, improving to 5-0 on the year and picking up their third and fourth doubles victories in as many matches during dual match play. The duo won 6-2 over Navy, and slotted in at second doubles against Bryant, where they competed against one half of the No. 69 doubles team in the country in Miguel Angel Machado, who they beat 6-3.
 
2026 CUSA Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week
J21        Isabella Walker, LA Tech
J28        Milana Tsulygina, Liberty
F4          Amelia Gorman, Delaware
­­F11       Daniella O'Neill Garcia, Liberty
F18       Katerina Mandelikova, FIU
F25       Amelia Gorman, Delaware
M4        Zoie Epps, LA Tech
M11      Irene Artigas, Jax State
 
2026 CUSA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
J21        Zoie Epps & Isabella Walker, LA Tech
J28        Yoanna Radulova & Maria Turchetto, Liberty
F4          Virginia Madueño & Barbara Olvera, WKU
F11       Zoie Epps & Isabella Walker, LA Tech
F18       Paulina Jurkowska & Maryia Hrynashka, Delaware
F25       Amelia Gorman & Nayva Vadlamudi, Delaware
M4        Yoanna Radulova & Maria Turchetto, Liberty
M11      Polina Ramenskaja & Aneka Patel, Jax State
 
2026 CUSA Men’s Tennis Athletes of the Week
J21        Antoine Mayoral, MTSU
J28        Eric Crivei, MTSU
F4          Ondrej Horak, MTSU
F11       Rodrigo Santiago Arraez, Liberty
F18       Charlie Penman, Jax State
F25       Birtan Duran, MTSU
M4        Ondrej Horak, MTSU
M11      Siwanat Auytayakul, Liberty
 
2026 CUSA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
J21        Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
J28        Lance Urlaub & Holland Snell, NM State
F4          Euan Mackenzie & Tobey Lock, Delaware
F11       Birtan Duran & Antoine Mayoral, MTSU
F18       Eric Crivei & Jonasz Dziopak, MTSU
F25       Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
M4        Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
M11      Mason Robins & James Sclater, Delaware