ELMHURST, Ill. - The IUPUI men's and women's tennis teams swept The Summit League's weekly awards this week as freshman
Brigitte Swartwood and junior
Akshay Verma were honored by the league office on Tuesday (Apr. 5).
Swartwood, a freshman, collected the honor for the second time this season while Verma earned his first honor of the year and second of his career.
Swartwood rallied to defeat Butler's Jordan Minnich at No. 6 singles on Friday to seal a 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs. In doing so, IUPUI defeated Butler for the first time since 2007. The following morning, she earned a win over Denver's Gracia Mbokok by a 6-3, 6-3 score to account for the Jaguars' lone point. She and Valeriia Lavrenchuk combined on a pair of doubles wins during the week as well, beating Butler 6-2 and Denver's tandem 6-3. Swartwood capped the week by extending her personal singles winning streak to five-in-a-row.
Verma sealed the Jaguars' 4-3 home win over Oral Roberts with a come-from-behind 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Kenneth Boykin at No. 4 singles, giving IUPUI its first win over the Golden Eagles since 2012. He also combined with David Beasley for a 6-3 doubles win at No. 2 doubles earlier that day.