BRISTOL, R.I. — Roger Williams University Women's Tennis saw junior Valentina Abarca (Riobamba, Ecuador) and first-year Iris Gkrekou (Athens, Greece) earn weekly honors from the Conference of New England following undefeated performances during the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4.

Abarca was named the CNE Player of the Week, while Gkrekou collected her fourth Rookie of the Week honor of the season.

The duo each finished 4-0 between singles and doubles competition, helping Roger Williams defeat Salve Regina University 6-1 and Nichols College 7-0. The Hawks improved to 10-0 overall and 5-0 in conference play.

Abarca went 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 2-0 at No. 1 doubles. Against Salve Regina, she partnered with Gkrekou for a 6-2 doubles victory before defeating Stephanie Davis 6-1, 6-3 in singles competition.

Abarca and Gkrekou followed with a 6-0 doubles victory against Nichols. Abarca then outlasted Pamela Gonzalez 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (4-7), 12-10 at the top singles flight, completing the Hawks' shutout of the Bison.

Gkrekou earned both of her singles victories at the No. 2 position. She defeated Salve Regina's Kaydin Pinto 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 before posting a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Nichols' Erin Helly.

The recognition is Abarca's first CNE Player of the Week award of the season. Gkrekou has earned four of the conference's five Rookie of the Week awards this fall and was also selected as the CNE Player of the Week on Sept. 8.