Hureau’s play earns her Big Ten accolades

Junior Leslie Hureau’s recent success has not gone unnoticed.

Hureau was named Big Ten Player of the Week by the conference Tuesday, marking the first time a Hoosier has won the honor this season.

The French native received the award after going 2-0 in singles this past weekend against Olga Chernova of Michigan State and Emina Betkas of Michigan.

Since Hureau lost to No. 39 Shannon Matthews of Notre Dame on Feb. 24, she has gone on a tear and not lost a single match.

The No. 99-ranked Hureau is riding a seven-match win streak. During which she has taken down No. 55 Petra Januskova of Penn State.

She also upset No. 10 Betkas of Michigan this past Sunday.

During Hureau’s winning streak, she has won 14 of the 17 sets played.

Hureau finished March like a lion, as she went undefeated the entire month.

She has not lost a singles match in 40 days and counting.

She is also undefeated in Big Ten play this season, going a perfect 5-0.

Hureau is anchoring the No. 1 spot for the cream and crimson this year.

Hureau has gone 13-3 in singles matches for the team potion of the
schedule.

All of her losses are to players ranked in the top 40 nationally.

Hureau hopes to spend Easter weekend increasing her win streak to nine, as the Hoosiers will welcome Iowa on Saturday and Nebraska on Sunday to the IU Tennis Center. Both matches commence at 11 a.m.