FRISCO, Texas – New Orleans' Fleur Sprengers and UIW's Alejandro Hernandez have been named this week's Southland Tennis Players of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday. Both players are first-time winners this season though Hernandez is the second UIW men's player to claim the honor.
Women's Player of the Week: Fleur Sprengers, New Orleans – So. – Geldrop, Netherlands
Sprengers put the finishing touches on a 4-0 week with a pair of wins against Southland-leading McNeese on Monday. One of those was a singles victory against Salome Fluri that featured four service breaks against the defending Southland Player and Freshman of the Year. Sprengers also went 2-0 at flight one in doubles along with teammate, Danique Vermue. On the season, Sprengers has a 13-1 mark in singles and a 9-3 record in doubles.
Honorable mention: Honoka Umeda, Northwestern State
Men's Player of the Week: Alejandro Hernandez, UIW – So.
Hernandez helped keep UIW perfect in conference play with wins in both his singles and doubles matches against UTRGV. His win at No. 1 singles came against reigning Southland Player of the Year Sam Whitehead.
2026 Southland Tennis Players of the Week
| Date |
Men's Player of the Week |
Women's Player of the Week |
| Feb. 3 |
Rintaro Shukuda, Lamar |
Salome Fluri, McNeese |
| Feb. 10 |
Jacob Rouleau-Mailly, New Orleans |
Ana Hollweg, McNeese |
| Feb. 17 |
Nicholas Niox Chateau, A&M-Corpus Christi |
Salome Fluri, McNeese |
| Feb. 24 |
Etienne Marty, A&M-Corpus Christi |
Sonja Rooth, SFA |
| March 3 |
Felipe Spagnuolo, Nicholls |
Ana Hollweg, McNeese |
| March 10 |
Emilio Vila, UIW |
Estefania Gonzalez, UIW |
| March 17 |
No winner |
Ksenia Mamontova, SFA |
| March 24 |
Sam Whitehead, UTRGV |
Ana Hollweg, McNeese |
| March 31 |
Alejandro Hernandez, UIW |
Fleur Sprengers, New Orleans |