SAN BRUNO, Calif. –University of Portland senior Lucia Butkovska has been named the West Coast Conference women's tennis singles player of the week, the league announced on Tuesday. Butkovska went 3-0 last week, including a victory over the No. 2 ranked player in the nation.
Butkovska opened the weekend with the most impressive singles win in University of Portland tennis history when she knocked off Pepperdine's Luisa Stefani, ranked No. 2 in last week's ITA singles rankings, 6-2, 6-3 in Portland's 4-2 team loss to the No. 9 ranked Waves.
She followed with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Loyola Marymount's Jessica Perez in Portland's 4-0 victory over the Lions on Saturday.