BOCA RATON, Fla. – After securing four straight-set wins at the FIU Invite this weekend and extending their perfect record to 8-0,
Ashleigh Adams and
Marketa Svozilova were named the Conference USA Pair of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday.
The honor marks back-to-back awards for the Sandy Owls this season, as well as the fourth career weekly honor for Svozilova and third for Adams.
Adams and Svozilova helped lead the Owls to a 3-1 week that saw the pair remain perfect at 8-0 on the season, earning four more straight-set sweeps at the 1s during the FIU Invite. The duo hasn't dropped a single set this season through eight matches. Adams and Svozilova opened the week on Friday with a straight-set sweep against Utah's top pair, 21-11, 21-18, and a straight-set sweep against Palm Beach Atlantic 1s, 21-12, 21-11. The pair then closed the weekend with their seventh and eighth straight-set sweeps of the season, dominating Southern Miss, 21-19, 21-6, and No. 17 FIU's top pair, 21-11, 21-11.
Florida Atlantic heads to the Lone Star State this weekend for the TCU Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas.
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