Nitu Earns GAC Weekly Award

DURANT, Okla. – Following a perfect week, Southeastern's Vanessa Nitu has been named the Great American Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week.
 
Nitu, a native of Bucharest, Romania, helped the Savage Storm to a 3-0 record with a non-conference win over Northeastern State before opening GAC player with a pair of wins over Henderson State and Ouachita Baptist.
 
Playing at the one position, she rallied versus NSU's Alisha Moldakhmetova for a 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 win to help SE past the Riverhawks.
 
In the conference opener versus the Reddies she would add a 7-5, 6-4 win over HIS's Georjemah Row at the two spot in the lineup, and would also tack on a 6-3 doubles win at number three doubles with partner Elizaveta Tregubova.
 
She would close out her week with another win at the two spot, this time taking down OBU's Makeilah Turner 6-1, 7-5.