SAN DIEGO – San Diego State senior women's tennis player Regina Pitts has been named the Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the league announced today.
Pitts helped lead the Aztecs to shutout victories over Long Beach State (4-0 on Friday) and Cal Poly (7-0 on Saturday) last week. The senior posted a pair of straight set victories as well as two key doubles wins that helped the Aztecs secure that point in both matches. San Diego State is now 5-1 and has matched its best start since at least 1994.
Pitts was instrumental in the Aztecs snapping a 14-match losing streak against Long Beach State and posting the program's first victory in the series since April 12, 2005. With each side having won a double match, Pitts and Cécile Morin recorded a 6-4 victory over Arina Babkova and Peppi Ramstedt. The victory gave the Aztecs a 1-0 lead.
Later in singles action, Pitts wasted little time as she was first off the court, with a 6-0, 6-1 win at number four singles against Claire Le du.
The next day, against Cal Poly, after the teams split matches on the first two courts, Pitts teamed with Morin to rally from a 3-5 deficit to claim a 7-5 victory at number three doubles. That clinched the doubles point for SDSU.
In singles action, Pitts posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory Delanie Dunkie, to increase the SDSU team advantage to 3-0.
This is the 35th time in program history and the second time this season a San Diego State student-athlete has earned this award. Senior Tamara Arnold earned the honor on Jan. 26.
San Diego State has a pair of home matches this week. The Aztecs will play host to Hawai'i (0-1) on Friday at 2 p.m. PT and No. 7 California (5-3) on Sunday at noon PT. Both matches will be held at the Aztec Tennis Center. The matches are open to the public and admission is free.