Gonzalez Claims RRAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week Honors After Unbeaten Performance

WACO, Texas (Feb. 23, 2026) – The RRAC recognized Eliot Costa from 11th-ranked Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) as RRAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week, while Ana Gonzalez from (RV) Texas A&M-Texarkana earned Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the dates of Feb. 16-22. This is the second set of weekly winners for the 2026 RRAC tennis season.

RRAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week – Ana Gonzalez – (RV) Texas A&M-Texarkana

Sophomore Ana Gonzalez and partner Zahra Dreyer Ferreira defeated East Texas Baptist's Monique Ybarra and Fernanda Ruiz Burkart 6-2. She won her singles over Burkart 6-1, 6-1. The Eagles won 5-2.

Gonzalez and partner Zahra Dreyer Ferreira shut out Ozarks' Madison Hamilton and Kelsey Smith, 6-0. She defeated Smith 6-0, 6-1 in her singles match as the team won 6-0.

TAMUT won 5-2 over Oklahoma Wesleyan. Gonzalez and teammate Lucia Siddens won their doubles match 6-4 against ITA 22nd-ranked Rocio Espinal and Jewel Henderson. Gonzalez dominated Espinal 6-2, 6-0.

Gonzalez and Siddens won their doubles match against Austin College's Emma Davidson and Olivia Sanchez 6-0. Gonzalez tallied 6-0, 6-1 in her singles win over Olivia Sanchez. The Eagles won 7-0.

Gonzalez and Siddens defeated Farren Allysia Sandy from the NAIA's 18th/ITA's 15th-ranked Louisiana Christian 7-5. Gonzalez also won her singles match against Elizaveta Mikhailova, 6-1, 3-6, 10-6. The Eagles lost to the Wildcats 1-6.

Additional RRAC women's tennis player of the week nominee: Carolina Guerrero from OLLU, Nahia Echaide from LSU Alexandria