INDIANA, Pa. - IUP senior Karolin Kirchtag was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Western Division Athlete of the Week for women's tennis, announced Tuesday afternoon by the league office. 

Kirchtag broke the IUP record for singles wins in a season at 29 Sunday at Denison, breaking a tie with Claudia Menes (2015-16) at 28 victories. Kirchtag has an .853 win percentage in singles play at 29-5 this season, including an 18-3 mark in dual matches and 11-2 in tournament play. Kirchtag is also 11-2 at the No. 1 singles spot in dual play. Today's win was her 10th straight, as she hasn't lost since IUP returned from its spring break trip in March. 

Kirchtag went a combined 5-1 during the week, including 3-0 in singles action. Playing at the No. 1 spot, she defeated opponents from Slippery Rock (#4 in the region), West Virginia State (#2/region) and Denison. Her 6-4, 6-3 win over SRU's Lois Page helped the Hawks win 6-1 to clinch the PSAC West regular season title. She also defeated WVSU's top player 6-4, 6-1 to help IUP to a dominant 7-0 win.

This is IUP's second PSAC player of the week award of the season, following Joanna Stralka on March 7. 

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