ALEXANDRIA, LA – Nahia Echaide of the Louisiana State University of Alexandria Women's Teenis team have been named the Red River Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
 

Sophomore Nahia Echaide and partner Lucie Ivanova defeated Cheludo Monnayoo and Rylie Gettman from Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 6-2. Echaide bested Monnayoo 6-1, 6-0 in her singles match to guide the Generals to a 7-0 win.

Echaide and Ivanova were ahead 5-4 against Texas A&M-Texarkana's Lucia Siddens and Ana Paola Gonzalez before the match was left unfinished. Echaide won her singles match against Gonzalez 6-2, 6-2 to lead the Generals to a 4-0 win over TAMUT.

LSUA fell to William Carey (Miss.) 4-0. Echaide and Ivanova lost to Isabella Franco and Victoria Vieten 3-6. Gonzalez was defeated by Vieten 6-1, 7-5 in singles.

Echaide, a native of Huarte, Navarra, Spain, is ranked 12th in the ITA in singles with a 13-3 record.

LSUA is 9-4 on the season and is ranked No. 8 in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll and No. 14 in the ITA.

 
The Generals travel to New Orleans, LA this weekend for the RRAC Championship.