Junior ennis player Luise von Agris has been named an IUP Athlete of the Week, for the week ending on Sunday, October 9. Von Agris and teammate Jarka Petercakova won the 2016 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference doubles title at this weekend's individual league championships in Bloomsburg.Â
Von Agris and Petercakova became the first individual PSAC doubles champs in program history, as the Crimson Hawk duo defeated Claire Uhl and Maddy Shaak of West Chester 8-2 in the doubles championship match.
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The pairing advanced to the title match on Sunday with a dominating 8-1 semifinal win over Mercyhurst's Saioa Gomez and Annie Baich, the top seeded team in the bracket. Petercakova and von Agris went a combined 4-0 over the weekend, starting as the No. 4 seed and defeating the top two seeds.
Von Agris also had a good weekend in the singles bracket, advancing to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion, Saioa Gomez of Mercyhurst.
This is von Agris' first career IUP Athlete of the Week honor.Â
