{"id":428615,"date":"2026-01-21T22:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428615\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:19:11","slug":"thessy-ntondele-zinga-named-sec-womens-tennis-freshman-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428615\/","title":{"rendered":"Thessy Ntondele Zinga Named SEC Women\u2019s Tennis Freshman of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STARKVILLE \u2013 Mississippi State&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/hailstate.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/thessy-ntondele-zinga\/12435\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12435\" target=\"_blank\">Thessy Ntondele Zinga<\/a> has been named the SEC Freshman of the Week after her performance against UAB and Samford.<\/p>\n<p>The French native earned the honor after a standout debut weekend, going 4-0 in her first collegiate dual match doubleheader as the Bulldogs opened the spring slate at the Rula Tennis Pavilion.<\/p>\n<p>Ntondele Zinga played a key role in securing the doubles point in both matches, pairing with returners <a href=\"https:\/\/hailstate.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/emma-cohen\/12428\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12428\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Cohen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hailstate.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/chiara-di-genova\/12429\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12429\" target=\"_blank\">Chiara Di Genova<\/a> to help Mississippi State take early momentum in each contest.<\/p>\n<p>In singles play, the freshman collected her first collegiate victory against UAB, earning a 6-1, 6-4 win from the No. 3 position against. Later in the afternoon, Ntondele Zinga delivered a dominant performance at the top of the lineup, holding her Samford opponent to just one game per set while competing at the No. 1 spot for the Maroon and White.<\/p>\n<p>The weekly accolade marks the first SEC honor of Ntondele Zinga&#8217;s collegiate career and highlights an impressive start for the Bulldog newcomer as Mississippi State continues non-conference play.<\/p>\n<p>For more Information on the Bulldog women&#8217;s tennis program, visit Hailstate.com or search for &#8220;HailstateWT&#8221; on X, Instagram and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 HailState.com \u2013<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STARKVILLE \u2013 Mississippi State&#8217;s Thessy Ntondele Zinga has been named the SEC Freshman of the Week after her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-428615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}