For Immediate Release
Monday, March 27, 2023
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Player of the Week
Florentia Hadjigeorgiou (Jr., Deryneia, Cyprus / G C School of Careers Nicosia) - Augustana
- Went undefeated in No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles to lead the Vikings to a 2-0 weekend
- Defeated Madeleine Schneider of Minnesota Crookston, 6-4, 6-2 
- Defeated Blanca Lopez-Oro of Bemidji State, 6-0, 6-1
- Joined Aleksandra Kistanova to defeated Blanca Lopez-Oro and Nicoleta Anestiadi of BSU, 6-3
- Defeated Blaike Zander and Kavya Singh of UMC, 6-2

Other Top Performances
Blanca Lopez-Oro (BSU) added another win at No. 1 singles against Sioux Falls coming away with the 5-7, 6-0, 10-7 victory. Lopez-Oro has won five singles matches this year, all at the top flight, and has won two of her last three in NSIC action.
Hala Hossam Awad (UMary) won both her No. 4 singles matches to remain undefeated in NSIC and NCAA Division II play. She defeated Minnesota State's Avery Stilwell 6-2, 6-7, 1-0 and Camila Paccieri of SMSU 6-0, 6-1.. She split her doubles matches over the weekend.  She is 10-0 in NCAA Division II play,  7-0 in NSIC action and 10-1 overall in singles competition this season.
Lois Page (MSU) went 2-0 in No. 1 singles as he defeated Chloe Chong of UMary 6-3, 7-5 and Shaelyn Johnson  of MSUM 6-3, 6-1. She went 2-0 with her teammate Avery Stilwell in No. 1 doubles matches as they defeated Chong and Ilona Freitag of UMary 6-3 and Tiannah Gu and Madison Bell of MSUM 6-2. 
Shaelyn Johnson (MSUM) closed her weekend with a doubles win alongside Tia Dykema on Saturday morn-ing against SMSU. The pair defeated Joana Reis Indio and Maura Wins 6-1 at No. 2 doubles, picking up their sixth win of the season. She also took home a singles win in a grueling 7-5, 6-3 victory over Courtenay Leonard in number one singles. It is her seventh singles win of the season.
Danielle Thorfinnson (USF) went 4-0 on the weekend against UMC and BSU. She teamed up with Talia Janos to go 2-0 at No. 1 doubles while also going 2-0 at No. 2 singles. She sits 3-4 in singles play on the year and 3-2 in doubles. She helped lead USF to their first conference sweep of the season.
Beth Murman (WSU) went a combined 4-0 against St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. Murman defeated Oriana Grott from SCSU 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in a three-set match. Against UMD, Murman defeated Shay Callaway in another three-set thriller by scores of 6-1, 2-6, 7-5. Murman and her partner Sara Anderson teamed up at No. 1 doubles to win both contests by scores of 6-2 and 6-3, re-spectively.

NSIC Women's Tennis Players of the Week
2/7/23
Shay Callaway – Minnesota Duluth
2/14/23
Madeleine Schneider  - Minnesota Crookston
2/21/23
Doaa Farouk Mohamed – University of Mary
2/27/23
Chloe Chong – University of Mary
3/6/23
Oriana Grott – St. Cloud State
3/13/23
Madeleine Schneider  - Minnesota Crookston (2)
3/21/23
Freia Lawrence – Minnesota State 
3/27/23
Florentia Hadjigeorgiou - Augustana

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 105 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.