Julia Cohen named Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week

Julia Cohen, a sophomore tennis player, has been named the Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the period ending March 8. The Philadelphia native collected three singles wins and a doubles upset last week against three Atlantic Coast Conference foes and helped the Hurricanes in wins over Boston College and No. 9 Clemson.

Cohen, ranked 13th in singles, completed a 3-0 week with wins over a pair of Top 5 opponents last week. She defeated three Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponents, including a 6-4, 6-1 win over Ani Mijaciki of Clemson–ranked No. 1 in the Campbell’s ITA singles poll, in straight sets. Prior to that upset, she defeated Georgia Tech’s fifth-ranked Irina Falconi in a three-set affair on a 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 line. That win, 24 hours prior to her upset of Mijaciki, had served as her highest rated opponent defeated. She has now won her last six matches–five of them being ranked, including three against Top 10 opponents. She has upped her record to 18-4 on the season, and 12-2 in the spring. In doubles play, she teamed with partner Bianca Eichkorn to upset Clemson’s 26th-ranked pair of Bek and Hadziselimovic at the No. 2 position.

2008-2009 Muscle Milk Student-Athlete