NEC Player of the Month
Gutierrez is off to a strong start in her first season of collegiate competition, capping her fall season with NEC Player & Rookie of the Week accolades. She posted a 3-2 mark in singles comeptition, highlighted by a 6-4, 6-4 win at #1 singles over reigning Horizon League Player of the Year Dominika Lackova of Youngstown State at the Rocket Invitational. She also earned a 6-4, 6-2 win at #2 singles over Detroit’s Paulina Van Herck. Competing the ITA Northeast Regional, she polished off Saint Peter’s Lucia Radovic, 6-3, 6-3, before taking on Brown’s Alyza Benotto in a second round matchup. Gutierrez gave Brown - an All-Ivy League player who sits 116th nationally in the ITA rankings - all she could handle in a 6-4, 6-4 setback. The freshman also posted a pair of #2 doubles wins at the Rocket Invitational teaming with Lucia Seigford. Gutierrez completed the fall season with a 5-5 singles mark for the Red Flash.