ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference announced on Tuesday that University of Evansville tennis player Natasha James has been named the Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week.
 
This marks the second honor in two weeks for the Purple Aces as Marketa Trousilova was named the Women’s Athlete of the Week on February 5.
 
A star in both singles and doubles, Natasha James won in each as the Purple Aces downed Austin Peay by a 5-2 final on Saturday. With partner Trousilova, James picked up an 8-6 doubles win over Ornella Di Salvo and Andra Cornea to jump their record to 3-2 on the season.
 
In singles, James picked up a win in flight one over Alison Carre, 6-2, 6-4. She is now 4-1 this spring.  The native of Las Vegas, Nev. has picked up right where she left off in her freshman season.  In her first year at UE, James was 18-4 in doubles and 14-6 in singles action.