Green Bay's Tenzer and Valparaiso's Hebble Collect Player of the Week Accolades

INDIANAPOLIS -- Green Bay senior Michael Tenzer (Neuried, Germany) is the Men’s Tennis Player of the Week while Valparaiso freshman Kathleen Hebble (Sellersburg, Ind.) is the Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 10-16.

Green Bay’s men’s tennis squad competed in two dual matches this past week against Toledo and DePaul at home at the Western Racquet and Tennis Center. The Phoenix swept Toledo, 7-0, on Friday night winning five of the six singles matches in straight-sets. On Sunday morning, the team posted its 28th-straight home victory with a 5-2 win over DePaul. The Blue Demons swept the three doubles matches but Green Bay bounced-back after the early 1-0 deficit to capture five of the six singles match victories.

Tenzer led the Phoenix in both matches playing No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles with teammate Howard Scott. In singles action facing Toledo’s Stiepan Sisko, the senior won in straight-sets 6-1, 6-3. In doubles play, the duo defeated Sisko and Omar Espinosa in a 7-5 match. His second straight-set victory of the week came on Sunday versus DePaul’s Sten Leusink, where Tenzer tabbed a 6-1, 6-3 decision.

The Valparaiso women’s team hosted Nebraska-Omaha on Friday and IUPUI on Saturday. The Crusaders posted a 4-3 win over the Mavericks after getting behind 1-0 early after losing the doubles point. The following day, the Jaguars edged out the Crusaders in a 4-3 match while Valparaiso picked up the doubles point as well as singles victories at No. 1 and No. 2.

Hebble was on top of her game over the two matches for the Crusaders, playing at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles with fellow teammate Kaitlyn Hamel. Hebble notched a straight-set 6-2, 6-2 win against the Mavericks’ Molly Matricardi en route to the team’s first win of the season. Facing IUPUI’s Abbey Neff, Hebble snagged the No. 2 singles win 6-3, 6-1 after defeating the Jaguars’ Neff and Marina Schneiger in doubles play, 6-4.

Valparaiso hits the road to take on Northern Illinois on Saturday, February 21 for a 3:00 p.m. ET contest while Green Bay faces Marquette on Sunday, February 22 in a 1:00 p.m. ET start time.

Top Men’s Tennis Players of the Week:
Garrett Gardner, Valparaiso (Fr): Went 2-0 in singles play at No. 4 against Butler (7-5, 6-4) and SIU-Carbondale (6-4, 7-5) while also tabbing a No. 3 doubles victory with teammate Lucas Waak.

Top Women’s Tennis Players of the Week:
Annina Brendel, Youngstown State (Jr.): Picked-up a three-set win over West Virginia’s Lyn Yuen Choo at No. 3 singles.
Ellen Folkers, Cleveland State (Jr.): Went 2-0 at No. 3/No. 4 singles against Bowling Green and Ball State winning each match in straight-sets. Also went 1-1 in doubles with teammate Mathilde Orange.

Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Sept. 9: Remi Chancerel, Youngstown State
Sept. 16: Charlie Emhardt, Valparaiso
Sept. 23: Michael Tenzer, Green Bay
Oct. 7: Michael Savaglio, Valparaiso
Oct. 14: Michael Tenzer, Green Bay
Jan. 13: Joe VanMeter, Cleveland State
Jan. 20: Garrett Gardner, Valparaiso
Jan. 27: Jeffrey Schorsch, Valparaiso
Feb. 3: Hugo Morth, Youngstown State
Feb. 10: Michael Tenzer, Green Bay

Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Sept. 9: Chelsea Bailey, Milwaukee
Sept. 16: Paige Heuer, Valparaiso
Sept. 23: Lauren Golick, Cleveland State
Sept. 30: Alysa Straub, Milwaukee
Oct. 7: Victoria Bensimon, Cleveland State
Oct. 14: Dominika Lackova, Youngstown State
Jan. 13: Dominika Lackova, Youngstown State
Jan. 20: Irina Slizovskaya, Detroit
Jan. 27: Marta Burak, Youngstown State
Feb. 3: Victoria Bensimon, Cleveland State
Feb. 10: Kathleen Hebble, Valparaiso