Feb. 21, 2007
to watch Rose in action against Baylor.
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Sophomore Georgia Rose (Mettawa, Ill./North Shore Country Day) has been named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time this season. The honor is the second for Rose in the past three weeks and the fourth of her career. Northwestern has captured three-of-six weekly honors given out by the conference this season.
Rose extended her winning streak over top-50 singles players to four last weekend with straight-set wins over No. 38 Jessica Zok of Baylor and North Carolina's seventh-ranked Jenna Long. Rose is 7-1 in dual matches.
In doubles, Rose and partner Alexis Prousis (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) had little trouble at No. 1, defeating Baylor's Zok and and Zrustova, 8-3. On Sunday, the duo topped the 24th-ranked pair of Marand and Collins from North Carolina by the same score.
In the latest ITA rankings released Wednesday, Rose sits at No. 15 in singles while Murray and freshman Lauren Lui (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid) are at No. 18 and No. 73, respectively. Rose and Prousis are the nation's seventh-ranked doubles tandem.
After a week of facing three-straight top-10 opponents, the Wildcats return to Big Ten action on the road at Michigan and Penn State this weekend.