Feb. 26, 2008
St. Louis- University of Northern Iowa senior Carolina Hannes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) was named State Farm Missouri Valley Conference women's tennis athlete of the week, the league announced Tuesday. This is the second straight week a UNI player has earned this honor and the third time this season.
Hannes finished 3-0 in singles play to help the Panthers finish 2-1 on the weekend. The senior helped UNI topple South Dakota State, 7-0, and Chicago State, 4-3. Hannes was dominating in singles play rolling past Nellie Bloomberg of South Dakota State and Ameena Payne of Chicago State 6-0, 6-0. She beat Stephanie Harmazy of Eastern Illinois 6-1, 6-2 in the Panthers lone loss of the weekend.
She is 7-1 in dual meet singles play this season, and is currently No. 5 on the Panthers all-time wins list with 77 career victories. She needs seven more wins to tie Nancy Land's school record. She is fifth all-time in singles career winning percentage, winning 68.1 percent of her matches
