Hudson Earns Second SEC Player Of The Week Award

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After helping Arkansas to wins against LSU and then-No. 17 Texas A&M last weekend, senior co-captain Shannon Hudson was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week, the conference office announced Wednesday.

Hudson, who picked up her third career SEC weekly honor and became the conference’s first two-time player of the week this season, posted two victories at No. 1 singles over nationally ranked opponents in the team’s victories.

“It’s great to see the conference recognizing how valuable Shannon’s play this season has been to our overall success,” head coach Michael Hegarty said. “Shannon is competing at a very high level and continues to improve as a player weekly.”

During the Razorbacks’ 5-2 win over LSU on Friday, Hudson bested No. 39 Jade Lewis 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to close out scoring. She followed up on Sunday by delivering the overall match-clincher with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 44 Rachel Pierson to help Arkansas to a 6-1 victory.

Hudson improved to 15-4 overall in singles this season with a 10-2 record in dual matches, 3-0 mark in SEC play and 4-1 ledger against nationally ranked opponents. All of her dual-match wins have come at the top spot.

Arkansas (12-2, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) moved up to No. 15 in the in the latest edition of the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis National Team Rankings released Tuesday.

Riding a nine-match win streak, the Razorbacks will head to Mississippi this weekend to face No. 25 Ole Miss at 1 p.m. on Friday in Oxford and Mississippi State at 1 p.m. on Sunday in Starkville.