PEORIA, Ill. -- Senior women’s tennis player Irinka Toidze (Tbilisi, Georgia/Jejili/West Virginia) has been named the Bradley COUNTRY Financial Scholar-Athlete of the Week after helping lead the Bradley women’s tennis team to victories over Northern Illinois and Valparaiso last weekend.
Toidze went a combined 3-1 Saturday, picking up a pair of victories at #4 singles and one doubles win. She pulled out a three-set victory (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) at No. 4 singles for the final point in Bradley’s first win against in-state foe Northern Illinois (4-3) to open Saturday’s action. Later that same day, she teamed with junior Ariel Dechter (Mundelein, Ill.