ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum College's Courtney Conley has been named the South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week. Conley earns this honor for second time this season.
Conley, a freshman from Bristol, Tenn. (Tennessee HS), posted a 3-0 record in singles and doubles play to lead the Pioneers to three victories this past week. Tusculum blanked Virginia-Wise to open the week and followed with a pair of league wins against Wingate (7-2) and Catawba (9-0).
Conley won all of her matches in straight sets, while also going 3-0 at No. 2 doubles with teammate Taylor Patterson.
Conley opened the the week with an 8-0 win over UVA-Wise's Kayli Bates. She followed that with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Wingate's Kelli Ferguson and later tallied a 6-1, 6-1 victory against Vanessa Silva of Catawba.
Since joining the program this spring, Conley is 10-1 in singles and doubles play as the Pioneers improved to 12-1 this season.
Tusculum returns to action on Wednesday when the Pioneers travel to arch-rival Carson-Newman College for a 2 p.m. match.
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