Tennis Fall Release #3

Oct. 14, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS -

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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Pjtors Necajevs
Detroit
Junior
Riga, Latvia


Necajevs continued his stellar play by claiming the Flight "A" singles title at the Ball State Invitational and bringing his record to 13-0 with five more straight-set sweeps. He also teamed with freshman Dustin Goldenberg to upset Purdue's No. 1 duo before dropping the championship match of the Flight "A" doubles flight.

Zeljka Minic
Detroit
Senior
Zagreb, Croatia


Minic posted a 6-0 record at the IPFW Invitational claiming the No. 2 singles flight title and the No. 1 doubles championship with teammate Annie Moore. Minic's run included two singles victories over League opponents, including a 7-5, 6-1 win over YSU's Anna Volkova, and a 6-1, 6-1 sweep over Valpo's Kim Sajevic.

Other Men's Top Performers

Brandon Bayliss
Butler
So., Sheboygan, Wis.
Bayliss teamed up with Ben Shafer in the Flight "D" doubles bracket of the Ball State Invitational to claim three straight victories en route to the bracket title. Bayliss also scored a pair of singles wins in the "C" flight at the Purdue Invitational before dropping a hard-fought three set match in the championship.

Chris Klepatz
Cleveland State
So., San Antonio, Texas
Klepatz posted a 5-0 singles record at the Louisville Invitational, finishing first in the "C" flight of the main draw, and winning four of the five matches in straight sets. His first-place finish marks the first time a CSU player has won a draw at this tournament since head coach Brian Etzkin took over the program in 2002.

Kevin DeHerrera
Valparaiso
Fr., Littleton, Colo.
DeHerrera won his first round match against Butler's Stephen McLaughlin 6-7(9), 7-6(4), 10-7 in the "B" singles flight at the Ball State Invite. He also teamed with Alex Lau for a first round victory over IUPUI (8-6) in the "A" doubles flight before falling to Butler 8-2.

Other Women's Top Performers

Tanisha Welch
Youngstown State
Jr., Cleveland, Ohio
Welch won all three of her matches in Flight 5 of the IPFW Invitational, defeating foes from Evansville (4-6, 6-2) and IPFW (6-4, 6-4). She also swept Stephanie York of Valparaiso (6-2, 6-0). Welch teamed with Anna Volkova in Flight 1 doubles to shut out the pair from Evansville 8-0.