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Ana Vilcek BW Player of the Week

Women's Tennis

Vilcek Earns Big West Player of the Week Honors

IRVINE, Calif.--University of Hawai'i women's tennis player Ana Vilcek earned her third career Big West Player of the Week honor after going 2-0 on the No. 1 Court against No. 51 Cal Poly and No. 50 UC Santa Barbara. Vilcek's week was highlighted by recording the biggest upset of her four-year UH career,, defeating UCSB's10th-ranked player in the nation on Saturday.

In singles action, the senior from Pancevo, Serbia, opened the week on Wednesday, March 26th by nearly shutting out  50th-ranked Cal Poly's Kennedy Buntrock, 6-1, 6-0.

On Hawai'i's Senior Day vs. UC Santa Barbara, Vilceck, UH's lone four-year senior, came through with the biggest win of her career, upending 10th-ranked Amelia Honoer in a hard fought match that ended in a third set, super tie-breaker, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8). Vilcek snapped Honer's five-match win streak.

In doubles, Vilcek and her partner Nikola Homolkova fell by a break in both matches at No. 2.

Vilcek has won five of her last six singles matches--including the last three-straight all against ranked teams (#59 Long Beach State, #51 Cal Poly and #50 UC Santa Barbara. Vilcek leads UH with an overall dual match record of 8-3 and conference record of 6-1.
 
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Players Mentioned

Nikola Homolkova

Nikola Homolkova

5' 9"
Senior
Ana Vilcek

Ana Vilcek

5' 3"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Nikola Homolkova

Nikola Homolkova

5' 9"
Senior
Ana Vilcek

Ana Vilcek

5' 3"
Senior