Lauren Cockbill Earns Second Tennis POTW Honor for UNF
Date Posted: 4/11/2006
Macon, Ga. - Lauren Cockbill picks up UNF's second Atlantic Sun Women's Tennis
Player of the Week award today after an undefeated week.
The freshman from Leicester, England went 2-0 in singles play last week, taking
on Bethune-Cookman and No. 74 Troy.
Cockbill defeated Valerie Kendrick of Bethune-Cookman, 6-1, 6-3 and helped clinch
the Lady Ospreys' 4-3 team victory.
Against Troy, she upended Shamiaa Elsisi in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, despite
ahard fought 4-3 loss. Cockbill capped her freshman year with 10 consecutive
victories in singles play and led the squad with a 19-10 overall singles mark
(14-6 in doubles.)
The Atlantic Sun Conference announces the Player of the Week every Tuesday during
the 2006 women's tennis campaign.
The 11-member league headquartered in Macon, Ga., consists of Belmont, Campbell,
ETSU, Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Lipscomb,
Mercer, North Florida and Stetson.