INDIANAPOLIS – Hillsdale and Walsh earned selections for Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s & Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week honors as announced on Tuesday.
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Milan Mirkovic
Hillsdale
Sophomore
Split, Croatia (High School of Chemistry and Ecology)
 
Mirkovic earned honors for back-to-back weeks as Hillsdale continues to roll through the regular season and conference schedule.
 
The Chargers have lived up to their billing as the preseason coaches poll favorite and improved to 8-6 overall with a 4-0 unbeaten record in the league standings.
 
Hillsdale beat Findlay and Cedarville over the past week as Mirkovic had a combined 4-0 records in singles and doubles.
 
Mirkovic is now 7-6 overall in singles competition at the No. 1 slot. In doubles, he is 7-3 with teammate Julien Clouette.
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Maria Kacalova
Walsh
Freshman
Velky Saris, Slovakia
 
Kacalova was 4-0 as the Cavaliers worked to earn a pair of conference victories against Findlay and Ursuline. Walsh improved to 6-8 overall and is 2-0 in league play this spring.
 
Kacalova went to three sets against Findlay’s Sheridan McLean, a Great Midwest athlete of the week selection in the fall. She rallied after falling in the first set, 7-5, to win the next two, 6-3 and 7-5.
 
As Walsh won in shutout form against Ursuline, Kacalova won in straight sets at No. 2 singles and swept doubles also at No. 2 in the rotation.
 
Kacalova’s overall record in singles is now 4-8 and she is 5-8 in doubles with her primary partner being Katarina Raszum.