COLUMBUS, Ga. | Columbus State University women's tennis sophomore Isabell Ek has been named the Columbus State Athletics Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Chick-fil-A on Macon Road and Manchester Expressway.

Ek teamed with Claudia De Lucas to finish as the doubles runner-up at the ITA Southeast Regional. The sixth-seeded Columbus State duo won three matches to advance to the championship and earned a berth in the ITA Division II Doubles National Championships.

Ek and De Lucas opened the tournament with an 8-6 victory over Wingate's Claudia Vallejos and Honomi Watanabe in the round of 32. They followed with an 8-4 win against Young Harris' Futaba Saito and Emma Baldassari in the round of 16.

The CSU pair advanced to the championship match after defeating Lander's seventh-seeded Esther Mansson and Astrid Sandwall Tornqvist 8-2 in the semifinals. Ek and De Lucas finished as regional runners-up following a 2-6, 6-4, 9-11 battle in the final.

The duo will represent Columbus State at the ITA Division II National Championships, scheduled for Nov. 4-8 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Ek is a sophomore from Västerås, Sweden, and is majoring in marketing. Her favorite athlete is Rafael Nadal.

The Columbus State Athletics Student-Athlete of the Week award recognizes outstanding athletic and academic achievements and is presented weekly by Chick-fil-A on Macon Road and Manchester Expressway, a proud supporter of Columbus State student-athletes.