Tag: Lucia Popluharova

Women’s tennis wins first ITA All-Academic Team Award

The OLLU women’s tennis team has won its first Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team Award and six players have been named ITA Scholar-Athletes.

The Saints finished the season with a remarkable 3.649 GPA—the best among the 18 athletic teams at OLLU. ITA All-Academic Team Awards are given to teams with a GPA of 3.2 or higher.

All eight team members demonstrated their commitment to both academics and athletics, with GPAs of 3.0 or above, two earning a perfect 4.0 GPA and four earning 3.5 GPAs or above.

Winning the ITA Scholar-Athlete Award are Lucia Popluharova – 4.0 GPA, Saskia Vogelzang – 4.0 GPA, Alexandra Mille – 3.73, Angela Pozos Perales – 3.66 and Millie Wileman – 3.55. These students have not only excelled on the court but also in the classroom, making OLLU proud of their achievements.

ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition is given to athletes with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Women’s tennis ends season with loss to No. 3 ranked Xavier

The OLLU women’s tennis team concluded the 2024 season last week with a 4-2 loss to Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) at the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Tournament. 

The Saints were the No. 4 seed while the Gold Nuggets were the No. 1 seed. The Saints finish 13-9 on the season while the Gold Nuggets improve to 20-5.

Selected to the All-Tournament Team were Lucia Popluharova and Millie Wileman.

Lucia Popluharova and Saskia Vogelzang Receive ITA Rankings

Lucia Popluharova and Saskia Vogelzang of the women’s tennis team received recognition in the ITA rankings that were released last week.

Head Coach Dave Watts commented, “I’m really proud of Saskia Vogelzang and Lucia Popluharova. Saskia has really improved as a player, so I was happy to see her do well at the regional in both singles and doubles. I truly believe Lucia is much better than what her rankings show, and she did great as well. However, we are just getting started and there is a lot of work to be done with this team.”

Popluharova ranks No. 9 in the central region in singles. She has won both of her matches this fall against St. Mary’s University and Trinity University. Popluharova also ranks in the doubles play with Saskia Vogelzang. They are ranked ninth out of 10 pairs in the central region.

OLLU recognizes achievements of tennis teams

OLLU recognized the accomplishments of the men’s and women’s tennis teams from the 2022-2023 season during the virtual 11th Annual Big Blue Athletics Banquet.

The season was highlighted by the team’s first-ever ITA NAIA All-American selection with Kyllian Savary. Both teams earned NAIA Scholar Team recognition. The men finished the season as finalists in the postseason, while the women were semifinalists.  

In addition, Savary and Lucia Popluharova were their team’s Top Saint selections.