INDIANAPOLIS – A pair of respective No. 1’s from Hillsdale and Findlay were selected Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week on Wednesday.
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Samantha Sweet
Findlay
Freshman
Mercer Island, WA (Mercer Island HS)
 
Sweet helped the Oilers put together a clean scoresheet against Ashland for a Midwest Region win on the courts last week. Sweet won her singles and doubles contests as UF won 9-0.
 
At No. 1 singles, Sweet defeated Ashland’s Camille Ringot, 7-5, 6-4, before teaming up with Eliza Kirov at No. 1 doubles for an 8-2 victory.
 
Findlay improved to 6-5 on the season and Sweet also upped her No. 1 singles record to 6-4 overall. She has also played part of the No. 1 doubles tandem for the whole season.
 
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Milan Mirkovic
Hillsdale
Sophomore
Split, Croatia (High School of Chemistry and Ecology)
 
Mirkovic has also been tasked with facing the oppositions toughest opponent on paper in No. 1 singles as the preseason coaches poll favorite Chargers currently stand at 6-6.
 
Hillsdale started the conference schedule with a pair of victories against Walsh and against Davis & Elkins, both on the road.
 
Mirkovic had to go into a third-set tiebreaker against Walsh’s top performer, Vasily Vidmanov, for an intriguing 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8) win. He manned No. 3 doubles for Hillsdale with Julien Clouette as they worked for an 8-2 win.
 
Against Davis & Elkins, Mirkovic had similar results. He took down D&E’s former athlete of the week Obert Matthew Mulyadi in straight sets before combining with Clouette for an 8-0 shutout in doubles.