Akgul, Quenard Sweep NEWMAC Women's Tennis Weekly Awards

BOSTON—The Babson College women's tennis swept the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) weekly awards on Monday as sophomores Yagmur Akgul (Istanbul, Turkey) and Jenny Quenard (St.-Legier, Switzerland) were selected as the league's doubles team of the week, while Akgul was also tabbed as the conference's singles player of the week.

Akgul and Quenard cruised to an 8-3 win over Justine Huang and Emily Olson of Wellesley at number one doubles as part of the Beavers' 7-2 victory on Saturday afternoon. The duo is now 4-1 overall this season, which includes a 2-0 mark against NEWMAC foes.

Akgul was selected as the league's singles player of the week for the third time this fall and for the second week in a row after cruising to a 6-0, 6-4 win over Andjela Stojkovic at number one singles. She is now 8-2 overall and 4-1 in league play on the year.

Babson (7-1, 4-1 NEWMAC) returns to action today when it hosts Wheaton at 3:30 p.m.