For Immediate Release
Monday, March 21, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Player of the Week
Charalampia Grammatikaki (Fr., 5-8, Athens, Greece / 3rd Lyceum of Kifisia) - Upper Iowa
- Went 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 2-0 at No. 2 doubles to help UIU sweep SCSU and UMD
- Downed SCSU’s Arisa Kashima 6-2, 6-0 in a 4-3 team win
- Defeated UMD’s Shay Callaway 6-0, 6-1 in a 6-1 team victory
- Won 36 of 40 games over the weekend and did not lose a set across four matches
- Improved to 9-0 at No. 1 singles in 2022, the NSIC’s only undefeated mark in the top singles spot

Other Top Performances
Florentia Hadjigeorgiou (AUGIE) helped the No. 16 nationally-ranked Vikings go 2-0 in regional play with wins against Washburn (4-2) and Northwest Missouri State (4-2). Hadjigeorgiou won No. 1 doubles with Valeriya Monko by way of 7-6 and also claimed No. 2 singles winning 6-3, 7-5, 7-5, to go undefeated against Washburn. She also won in No. 2 singles in the match against Northwest Missouri State, winning 6-2, 7-5.

Beth Murman (WSU) won all four matches and leading Winona State to conference victories over SCSU and UMD. Murman didn’t drop a single game in singles or doubles against SCSU, winning the No. 2 doubles position 6-0, and then defeating Maria Paz Aoki (SCSU) 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles. Against UMD, Murman defeated Mallory Lithun in straight sets and teamed up with Sara Anderson to win the second doubles, 6-3. Murman and Anderson are now 13-0 as a pair this spring for Winona State.

NSIC Women's Tennis Players of the Week
2/8/22
Sophie Groen - Bemidji State
2/15/22
Tristen Bryan-Otake - Minnesota State
2/22/22
Florentia Hadjigeorgiou - Augustana
2/28/22
Valeriya Monko  - Augustana
3/7/22
Rachel Kelly - Winona State
3/14/22
Emma Andersen - MSU Moorhead
3/21/22
Charalampia Grammatikaki - Upper Iowa
 
About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 90 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
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