BRIDGEPORT – The Mountain East Conference has announced the winners of this week’s Male and Female Tennis Player of the Week awards. The MEC Player of the Week awards are presented by The Health Plan.
West Virginia Wesleyan’s Felipe Mioch has been named the MEC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week while fellow Bobcat Dominique Jansen van Vuuren has been named the MEC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week.
Mioch, a freshman from the Netherlands, went undefeated in both #1 singles and double over three matches. In a 6-1 win against Salem, Felipe Mioch defeated Simon Braeuning 6-1, 6-3 and then in doubles Mioch / Huang defeated Braeuning / Jose Cobo 6-1. In a 7-0 win against Frostburg State, Felipe Mioch defeated Cole Alcala 7-6, 6-3 and then in doubles ioch / Huang defeated Alcala / Diaz 7-6. And then in a 7-0 win over West Liberty, Felipe Mioch defeated Pablo Zubieta 6-0, 6-0 and in doubles Mioch / Huang defeated Zubieta / Shepard 6-1.
Jansen van Vuuren, a senior from Johannesburg, South Africa, went undefeated in both #1 singles and doubles over three matches played last week. In a 6-1 win over Salem, Dominique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Daria Korsakova 6-2, 6-2 and then in doubles Jansen van Vuuren / Pozzobon defeated Martinez / Molina 6-0. In a 4-3 win over Frostburg State, Dominique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Julia Ramos Bentham 6-3, 6-1 and in doubles Jansen van Vuuren / Pozzobon defeated Ramos / Kush 6-4. And in a 7-0 win over West Liberty, Dominique Jansen van Vuuren defeated Maria Martirosyan 6-1, 6-2 and in doubles Jansen van Vuuren / Pozzobon defeated Martirosyan / Sánchez 6-2.
2026 TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Male
2/9: Noah Liedtke, Fairmont State
2/16: Kusunoki Haruto, Fairmont State
2/23: Alberto Nordio, Charleston
3/2: Keagan Karungagran, Fairmont State
3/9: Felipe Mioch, West Virginia Wesleyan
3/16: Kusunoki Haruto, Fairmont State
3/23: Nils Potterbeck, Charleston
3/30: Christo Wirahadipoernomo, Davis & Elkins
4/6: Elias Lagger, Charleston
4/13: Felipe Mioch, West Virginia Wesleyan
Female
2/9: Sara Martinez, Charleston
2/16: Sara Martinez, Charleston
2/23: Sara Martinez, Charleston
3/2: Julia Ramos Bentham, Frostburg State
3/9: Alyssa Kush, Frostburg State
3/16: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren, WV Wesleyan
3/23: Julia Ramos, Frostburg State
3/30: Sofiia Krasikova, Charleston
4/6: Maria Forsecca, Fairmont State
4/13: Dominique Jansen van Vuuren, West Virginia Wesleyan
West Virginia Wesleyan sweeps weekly MEC tennis honors
