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    SEC Women's Tennis Weekly Honors

    Player of the Week
    Laurie Gingras • Arkansas
    Sophomore • Quebec City, Canada

    • Gingras was the only player over the weekend on the Razorbacks’ roster to earn two singles wins in their matches against No. 31 Oklahoma and No. 25 Yale.
    • She pushed her overall record to 11-6 and is a winner in her last three matches.
    • She is now the second player on the team to have a double-digit win total in singles and is only one away from the team lead.
    • Her win against Oklahoma’s Whitney Wofford helped Arkansas to its third straight win over a ranked opponent.
    • In doubles, she teamed up with Claudine Paulson to defeat Oklahoma’s Marie-Pier Huet and Whitney Ritchie, 8-6, and gave Arkansas the doubles point in that match.
    • The win was also the duo’s first over a ranked opponent this season and first over a ranked opponent this season for any Razorback doubles team

    Results
    Singles
    2/10       Whitney Wofford, Okla. (31)       W 6-3, 6-2
    2/12       Amber Li, Yale (25)          W 6-4, 6-3

    Doubles (with Claudine Paulson)
    2/10       Huet/Richie (22), Okla. (31)         W 8-6
    2/12       Brook/Yu (16), Yale (25)                L 5-8

    Freshman of the Week
    Sarah Toti • Tennessee
    Las Vegas, Nev.

    • Helped UT record a pair of wins at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, defeating No. 5 Baylor and No. 12 Northwestern, giving UT three Top 12 wins and five Top 25 wins on the season.
    • Won career-high 12th- straight match in doubles to improve to 9-0 in dual match play and 20-3 overall, including doubles-point clinchers vs. No. 5 Baylor and No. 16 USC.
    • Doubles point came down to her court vs. Trojans, against duo that was previously 6-0 in dual-match play.
    • Win over Northwestern’s Mushrefova was fifth in last six, the lone loss coming to USC’s undefeated Gabriella DeSimone (6-0).
    • Pivotal victory put UT ahead 3-1 in a 4-3 match that came down to final court.
    • Mushrefova was previously 11-3 (5-1) coming into contest.
    • The doubles point vs. Baylor helped UT become the first school to shutout Baylor since Feb. 16, 2007.

    Results
    Singles
    2/11       Gabriella DeSimone, USC (16)    L 4-6, 4-6
    2/12       Linda Abu Mushrefova, Northwestern (12)          W 6-1, 6-4

    Doubles (with Brynn Boren)
    2/10       Horter/Secrebegovic, Baylor (5)                W 8-5
    2/11       Lao/Ramos, USC (16)      W 8-6
    2/12       Niu/Hamilton, Northwestern (12)            W 8-1