TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology freshman Nova Gladden has been named the HCAC Player of the Week for women's tennis,as released by the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference office on Tuesday afternoon.

The freshman civil engineering major dominated in the Sunday doubleheader with a perfect 3-0 record against Earlham and Greenville. Gladden rolled to a pair of wins at #3 doubles with a 6-2 win over Earlham and a 6-4 win over Greenville.

In singles, the Chicago, Illinois native also picked up a win at the #6 position in her lone singles match of the day with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over the Quakers.

The award is the first of the season and the first of the career for the freshman.

Gladden and the rest of the Fightin' Engineers concluded their fall season with Sunday's doubleheader. They will return to action in the spring as they host the Manchester Spartans on February 1 to open their spring season competition.