CLEVELAND, Ohio - University of Akron junior Shannon Newnes (Romford, London) and sophomore Ariadna Blinova (Riga, Latvia) received the Mid-American Conference Women's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week, announced by the league office Wednesday, April 20.
This is the first time the tandem has received the honor and the first for a Zip this season.
Blinova and Newnes paired up to capture a 6-4 triumph over Buffalo's No. 1 duo of Tanja Stojanovska and Dayana Agasieva, handing them their first conference doubles loss on the year. The duo claimed the crucial deciding point to help the Zips in a 4-3 victory over Buffalo in their final home match of the season.