MAC Freedom Player of the Week
Emily Fernandez (King’s / Fr. / Shirley, N.Y.) had an impressive debut for the Monarchs by winning the No. 1 singles flight of the King’s Invitational over the weekend. The freshman also teamed with Julia Keppel to place second in the No. 1 doubles flight. Fernandez received a bye and then posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Susquehanna’s Linsey Sipple to advance to the top-singles flight championship match. In the title round, the freshman defeated Elizabethtown’s Lenea Riehl, 6-0, 6-2. In doubles, Fernandez and Keppel reached the semifinal round with an 8-1 victory in the opening match, and then an 8-1 win in the second round. They fell, 8-5, in the title match to Elizabethtown.