Hadeil Ali

Hadeil Ali

  • Award
    Women's Tennis Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/14/2015
  • Sport
    Women's Tennis
  • School
    Drury
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Berkeley, CA
  • High School
    Lycee Bonaparte Qatar
In the final weekly selection of the season, Drury University junior Hadeil Ali has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Week in the sport of women's tennis, the conference announced Tuesday.

For the week, the Panthers earned three wins, two of which were over conference opponents. On April 7, Drury beat non-conference foe Southwest Baptist on the road, 7-2, before beating Missouri-St. Louis at home by the same score on April 10. To close the week, Drury shutout William Jewell 9-0 on April 11.

Ali won two of three matches at No. 1 singles, dropping the non-conference match 6-0, 6-4, before turning things around and taking 6-0, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-2 wins against UMSL's Lina Parra and WJC's Savannah Drew, respectively. At doubles, she was a perfect 3-0 with partner Larissa Karl, beating SW Baptist 8-3 at No. 2 and UMSL 8-1. Against Jewell, the duo played at No. 3 doubles and won 8-3.

This is the second career weekly honor for the Berkeley, California, native, having last been selected April 1, 2014.