Alida Muller-Wehlau Named PBC Women's Tennis Player of the Week

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3-31-08

Alida Muller-Wehlau Named PBC Women's Tennis Player of the Week

SAVANNAH, Ga. (March 31) – Freshman Alida Muller-Wehlau has been named the Peach Belt Conference's women's tennis Player of the Week on Monday for the second time this season, announced by conference officials.

The No. 7-ranked singles player in Division II, Muller-Wehlau went 2-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles at the Blue-Gray Classic in Montgomery, Ala., last week. She defeated Division I Samford's Andrie Meiring, 6-2, 6-3, in AASU's 6-1 win over the Bulldogs and knocked off No. 43-ranked Renata Mattos of West Florida, 6-0, 6-2, in the Lady Pirates' 8-1 win over the No. 18-ranked Lady Argonauts.

In doubles, she teamed with Martina Beckmann to defeat Brewster and Rebolledo of West Florida, 8-6, and picked up AASU's only point against No. 1-ranked (NAIA) Auburn-Montgomery with an 8-5 win over Dadakhodjaeva and Zuzulova, the No. 3-ranked doubles team in NAIA. The Flensburg, Germany, native is 16-2 in singles and 17-2 in doubles this season.

This is the second time that Muller-Wehlau has earned PBC Player of the Week honors as she was also the league's Player of the Week honoree on March 18.

Muller-Wehlau and the No. 2-ranked Lady Pirates will return to action on April 4 with a 2:00 p.m. match at No. 6-ranked Abilene Christian.

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