NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central's Diana Barcelata was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday.

Barcelata, a senior from Veracruz, Mexico and the International High School (Broadcast Communication major), helped lead the Cardinals to victories in their first four matches during their spring trip to Orlando, Florida. Barcelata and doubles partner Katie McGraw were 3-1 at the No. 2 position with wins over Ursinus (8-3) on March 15, and Goucher (8-1) and Concordia (Wis.) (8-3) on March 18. She was 4-0 at No. 1 singles, beating Ursinus' Caitlyn Sorelle (1-6, 6-2, 10-2), St. Lawrence's Christina Ryan (4-6, 6-4, 7-6), Goucher's Anais Gill (3-6, 6-3, 12-10), and Concordia's Ashley Solberg (6-4, 6-2). 

2018-19 CCIW Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Diana Barcelata – North Central (3/20/19)
Grace Krueger – Carroll (3/13/19)
Caitlyn Schaffer – Augustana (3/6/19)
Grace Krueger – Carroll (10/17/18)
Madeline Lombardi – Augustana (10/10/18) 
Sara Magnuson – Wheaton (10/3/18)
Alaina Kanthaphixay – North Central (9/26/18)
Shanna Mogden – Carroll (9/19/18)
Angelica Emmanouil – Carthage (9/12/18) 
Annie Timm – Augustana (9/5/18)
 
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2017-18 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,100 academic all-conference recipients, 15 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 28 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.