JACKSON, Miss. -- After picking up three singles match wins last week in Orlando, Millsaps College junior Grace Gaskins has been named the NCAA Division III UTR ITA National Player of the Week. 

Gaskins opened up the week with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Martine Fiero of Dickinson College. In a match with Division I Providence College, Gaskins showed grit after dropping her first set to Julia Migliorini. She battled her way back to take the second set 6-2 and force a third-set tiebreaker. Ultimately, she took the match 2-6, 6-2, 10-6.

Grace closed out the week with a statement win over the No. 48 player in the country, Daria Beshentseva from No. 13 Kenyon College. Gaskins cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory.