Tag: SEC Co-Player of the Week

Anastasiya Komar Named SEC Co-Player of the Week for LSU women’s tennis

Komar was perfect in singles and doubles play this week.

Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Redshirt freshman Anastasiya Komar of the LSU women’s tennis team has been named the SEC Co-Player of the Week alongside Texas A&M’s Mary Stoiana, the league office announced on Wednesday.

The conference honor is Komar’s first in her collegiate career and adds another accolade to a tremendous debut campaign for the Tigers. The Minsk, Belarus native joined the program in the spring of 2022, but sat out the season due to an injury.

This past week, Komar helped the Tigers secure their third and fourth SEC wins of the season by going perfect in both singles and doubles. On Friday night against Mississippi State, Komar and doubles partner Kylie Collins gave LSU the perfect start to the match with a 6-3 win over Emma Antonaki and Dharani Niroshan at the top doubles court. The Tigers would go on to claim the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead in the match. In singles, Komar earned her eighth ranked singles win after defeating No. 104 Antonaki in a come-from-behind effort. Komar dropped the first set, 6-4, but replied with a 6-3 win in the second to force a third. The third set saw the two players split the first ten games, 5-5, but Komar won the final two games to win the set, 7-5, and clinch victory.

On Sunday’s match against Ole Miss, Komar and Collins improved to 8-0 in doubles when playing together with a 6-3 win over Lillian Gabrielsen and Kelsey Mize at the top court. The Tigers went on to claim the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead into singles. In singles, Komar scored LSU’s first singles point of the afternoon after getting a straight set win over No. 69 Ludmila Kareisova. Komar edged set one, 6-4, and went on to comfortably win the second by a score of 6-2. The win was her ninth against a ranked opponent this season and gave LSU a 2-1 lead in the match. The Tigers would go on to win the match, 5-2.

With her wins this past weekend, Komar became the first LSU women’s tennis player to reach 30 singles wins in an overall season since 2016. Additionally, her nine singles wins in SEC matches thus far this season ties her for most in the conference. As a result of her recent success, she moved to a new career high of No. 17 in the latest ITA singles rankings and stayed in the top 10 in doubles with Kylie Collins at No. 10.

Komar and the Tigers are back on the courts this weekend for the final pair of regular season matches, opening with an away match at Vanderbilt at noon CT on Friday, April 14.

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LSU’s Dylan Crews named SEC Co-Player of the Week

Dylan Crews is off to a hot start in 2023.

[autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] entered the year with high expectations.

Projected to be the top pick in the 2023 MLB draft, he’s the best player in the country. He’s living up to the hype thus far, earning SEC Co-Player of the Week following LSU’s weekend victory at the Round Rock Classic alongside Florida two-way player Jac Caglianone.

Crews racked up 10 hits and scored nine runs last week. On the year, Crews is second on LSU with 19 total bases with a .565 batting average. His on-base clip of .688 leads the conference, and his 13 runs scored are tied for third.

It’s early, but Crews — as expected — is putting together a nice Player of the Year campaign. The level of competition will heat up once conference play begins, but even SEC teams have struggled to get Crews out during his time at LSU.

LSU and Crews will be back in action as they travel to Texas on Tuesday night to face the Longhorns. Texas is 3-4 on the year but took two of three against Indiana over the weekend.

The Tigers will look to move to 7-1 in a tricky midweek matchup.

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