Navarro and Chervinsky Earn ACC Weekly Honors

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia women’s tennis sophomore Emma Navarro (Charleston, S.C.) has been named the ACC Co-Player of the Week while Elaine Chervinsky (Baltimore, Md.) was named the ACC Freshman of the Week in honors announced today (Feb. 1) by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Navarro defeated No. 9 Connie Ma of Stanford at the No. 1 singles position (6-2, 6-7, 6-4) to help lead Virginia to a 4-3 victory over the Cardinal. Navarro broke Ma’s serve at 4-4 in the third set, going on to serve out a 6-4 victory in the clinching match.

NC State’s Jaeda Daniela was named the co-Player of the Week with Navarro.

Chervinsky went 2-0 in doubles (with Natasha Subhash) and 2-0 in singles during ITA Kick-Off Weekend to help lead UVA to wins over James Madison (4-0) and Stanford (4-3) to advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Chervinsky had a dominant win in the opener against JMU and then battled through a three-setter with Stanford’s Alexandra Yepifanova, picking up a late break to win the final set 7-5.

Navarro was named the ACC Player of the Week three times last season. This is Chervinsky’s first conference honor.