BEMIDJI, Minn. – Bemidji State University Women's Tennis freshman Paula Garcia Acebal was honored as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Player of the week for the weekend of Feb. 6-7 after helping the Beavers to two wins. Garcia Acebal earns her first collegiate weekly accolade and marks the second consecutive week that BSU Women's Tennis has had a weekly award winner.
 
This is the first time in program history that two Beavers have earned back-to-back NSIC Tennis weekly awards.
 
Garcia Acebal helped the Beavers achieve their best start to a season on record in the programs history after the team defeated University of Minnesota Morris and University of Minnesota Crookston in Grand Forks, N.D. She went 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles over the weekend. She began by defeating Minnesota Morris' Allison Bruhn 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles and then earned a comeback victory over Minnesota Crookston's Asli Oktay 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 at No. 2 singles.
 
In doubles action she teamed with fellow freshman Marla Davies for a 6-0 win at No. 1 doubles against Minnesota Morris and then teamed with sophomore Lauren Rutten for another victory at No. 2 doubles.
 
Garcia Acebal and the rest of the Beavers now prepare to begin NSIC play with matches against Minnesota Duluth Friday and St. Cloud State University Saturday in Duluth, Minn.
 
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
 
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