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Mariia Pukhina named MVC Women's Tennis Singles Player of the Week

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Mariia Pukhina has been named Missouri Valley Conference Singles Player of the Week for Women's Tennis, per the weekly MVC Women's Tennis Notebook released on April 2.

Pukhina wins the honor after going 2-0 in her singles matches over the weekend against Drake & UNI. Pukhina defeated Drake's Elizabete Klavinska 6-1, 6-1 and Northern Iowa's Lorena Cardoso 6-2, 7-6 (3) as Bradley split the pair of conference matches in Pekin. Pukhina is now a perfect 3-0 in singles play in conference matches and 13-8 in singles action on the season.