Lauren Jackson has been named the Great Midwest Athletic Conferences Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Month to begin the 2013-14 spring portion of the season. It is the second time she has earned this honor after being named Athlete of the Month to open the fall season.
In the five matches she has played in over the month of March, she was 3-1 in singles action coming from the #1 position, and was a perfect 5-0 in doubles. She earned singles wins over Trine, Berry, and Montana State Billings, falling to Kentucky Wesleyan as she was winning (6-4, 4-3), but was forced to retire because of injury. The loss by retiring was her first since Sept. 26, winning five straight. She is now 9-3 on the season in singles.
In doubles, Jackson has won 10-straight matches with partner Joy Dice. In March, the pair recorded wins over Trine, Berry, Montana State Billings, Eastern, and Kentucky Wesleyan. The win over Berry was the best match of the season, winning in a tiebreaker 9-8 (8-6).