BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference has announced the winners of this week's Male and Female Tennis Player of the Week awards. The MEC Player of the Week awards are presented by The Health Plan.

Fairmont State's Maria Fonseca has been named the MEC Women's Tennis Player of the Week.

Fonseca, a senior from Porto, Portugal, went 2-0 on the week as Maria Fonseca led the way with a 4-0 week. In the team's 5-2 win over West Virginia Wesleyan, Fonseca and Stephanie Gopar defeated Andrea Martinez Garrido/ Emilie Bergmann at No. 2 doubles, 6-3. At No. 1 singles, Fonseca bested Dominique Jansen van Vuuren, 6-4/6-4. The Falcons then swept West Virginia State, 7-0 as Fonseca and Gopar took down Talia Nichols/ Daniela Cruzado Fretel at No. 2 doubles, 6-3. Then at No. 1 singles, Fonseca defeated Maria Mercedes Kaltakian, 6-4/6-4.