INDIANAPOLIS – Drury senior Leana Chanove and Southwest Baptist senior Alejandro Beneyto Sanchez have respectively been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference/Athletic Solutions Player of the Week in women's and men's tennis, it was announced by the league office Thursday.
WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
#53 Leana Chanove, #49 Drury
Sr. | Guilherand Granges, France
Major: Finance, Business Economics, and Marketing
Team Results: 6-1 W vs. McKendree (3/6)
- Won her match at both No. 1 singles and No. 32doubles
- Recorded singles win over Lena Greefs (6-4, 4-6, 7-5)
- Paired with Franca Piaggi for doubles victory (6-0)
- Currently 5-0 with Piaggi in doubles
- Earns second career Player of the Week Award (2/12/26)
- Last Panthers’ Player of the Week: Leana Chanove (2/12/26)
MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
#52 Alejandro Benyeto Sanchez, Southwest Baptist
Sr. | Valencia, Spain
Major: Business
Team Results: 2-4 L vs. Hawaii Pacific, 4-3 W vs. UT Permian Basin (3/6) | 5-0 W at UT-Dallas (3/7)
- Won all three singles matches and took home two of three doubles match victories.
- Registered singles victories over Matic of Hawaii Pacific (6-2, 6-2), D’Amorim of UTPB (4-6, 6-4, 6-3), and Luis Aguirre of UT-Dallas (6-0, 6-0)
- The win over D’Amorim of UTPB tied the team scores at 3-3.
- Teamed up with Juani Morresi for doubles wins over Lopez/Nakasato of UTSB (6-0), and Luis Aguirre/Shteyn of UT-Dallas (6-2)
- Had the match against Hawaii Pacific’s Terry/Matic unfinished at 6-6
- Earns first career Player of the Week Award
- Last Bearcats’ Player of the Week: Marcio Silva (2/25/25)