Mary Washington junior Shelby Harris was named the CAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week for April 14, 2015.
Player of the Week
Shelby Harris | Mary Washington | Jr.
Newport News, Va. | Hampton Roads Academy
Mary Washington junior Shelby Harris was tabbed as the CAC Player of the Week after helping the Eagles secure the top seed in the CAC Tournament with key victories over Salisbury and Christopher Newport last week. Harris registered a pair of straight-set singles victories over regionally-ranked opponents last week at the No. 1 position, defeating Salisbury Natalie Savage 6-3, 6-4 and CNU's McKinney Harwood 6-4, 6-4. She also teamed with Alex Ritter for an 8-3 victory at No. 2 doubles against Salisbury.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (4/14)
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT: Katie Carlson, So., Omaha, Ne./Duchesne Academy Sacred Heart
FROSTBURG STATE: Kaitlin Lemmert, Jr., Frostburg, Md./Mountain Ridge
ST. MARY'S: Melissa Barall, Fr., Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake
SALISBURY: Natalie Savage, Jr., Port Murray, N.J./Warren Hills
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: Rachel Christensen, Fr., Laie, Hawaii/Kahuku
YORK: Katie Wagner, Fr. Glen Rock, Pa./Susquehannock
NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE
The five-team CAC Tournament field is set, with seeds No. 2 and 3 yet to be determined ... Mary Washington (No. 1), St. Mary's (No. 4) and Southern Virginia (No. 5) have locked up their seeds, while Salisbury and Christopher Newport square off on Thursday with the No. 2 seed on the line ... In the April 9 ITA National Rankings, Mary Washington remained at No. 20 while Christopher Newport moved into the rankings at No. 40 ... Three CAC teams are in the top-10 of the Atlantic South Regional Rankings, Mary Washington (No. 6), Christopher Newport (No. 7) and Salisbury (No. 8) ... Five CAC players are ranked in the Atlantic South Singles Rankings - UMW's Shelby Harris (No. 11), Salisbury's Natalie Savage (No. 12), CNU's McKinney Harwood (No. 14), UMW's Alex Ritter (No. 20) and UMW's Caroline Mosberg (No. 24) ... In doubles, UMW's Harris and Kait Brogan (No. 8), Salisbury's Savage & Katie Youlios (No. 10), and CNU's Kate Huck and Katie Carlson (No. 11) are ranked regionally ... CNU's Katie Carlson went 4-0 last week, including her first career win over a regionally-ranked opponent when she won at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 5-7, 10-3 over UMW's Mosberg ... Melissa Barall picked up St. Mary's lone point against Salisbury with a victory at No. 2 singles ... Salisbury's Natalie Savage went 2-1 in both singles and doubles last week, helping the Sea Gulls to wins over St. Mary's and Elizabethtown ... Southern Virginia's Rachel Christensen went 2-0 at both No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles for the Knights last week in wins over Lynchburg and Penn State Harrisburg.
2014-15 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Week |
Player |
| Sept. 17 |
McKinney Harwood, CNU |
| Sept. 24 |
Shelby Harris, UMW |
| Oct. 1 |
Katie Wagner, YCP |
| Feb. 24 |
Logan Eldridge, CNU |
| March 10 |
Katie Youlios, SAL |
| March 17 |
Kait Brogan, UMW |
| March 25 |
Melissa Barall, SMC |
| March 31 |
Claudia Lohn, SAL |
| April 7 |
Katie Youlios, SAL |
| April 14 |
Shelby Harris, UMW |
