Oct. 29, 2008
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Nick Camilleri
Wright State
Senior
Melbourne, Australia
Camilleri delivered a pair of wins at the ITA Regional Championships, defeating Green Bay's Matt Clegg (7-5, 6-2) and a foe from Wisconsin (6-2, 6-1). Two weeks earlier, he posted a 4-1 singles mark at the Louisville Invite, downing foes from Xavier (6-4, 6-3) Eastern Kentucky (6-4, 6-1), Indiana State (6-2, 6-1) and DePaul (6-7(1), 6-4, 10-0).
Natali Jaimes
Butler
Sophomore
Downers Grove, Ill.
Jaimes scored a victory in the first round of singles play at the ITA Regional, rallying for a three-set 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 decision over her Michigan State opponent. She also teamed with Gabriella Bobrowski to defeat an Illinois duo, 8-6.
Other Men's Top Performers
Rob West
Cleveland State
Sr., Guernsey, United Kingdom
West won his first two pre-qualifying matches at the ITA Regionals over opponents from DePaul (6-4, 7-6(5)) and Indiana (6-3, 6-3). He finished the weekend with a 2-2 singles record.
Pjotrs Necajevs
Detroit
Jr., Riga, Latvia
Necajevs teamed with Dustin Goldenberg to post a 9-8 upset victory over Louisville in a first round doubles match at ITA Regionals. The duo later fell to the seventh-seeded pair from Wisconsin, while Necajevs' 13-match winning streak in singles play came to an end as he dropped a 6-1, 6-3 decision to his Ohio State foe.
John Brough
Green Bay
So., Calgary, Alberta
Brough went 2-1 in singles at the Marquette Fall Invitational, advancing to the semifinal round of the "A" singles flight before losing to eventual champion Mark Rutherford of Marquette, 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (11-9). He also paired with Brian Zaron to win the consolation title in the "B" doubles bracket.
Sebastian Lystad
UIC
Jr., Oslo, Norway
Lystad advanced to the qualifying match for the main singles draw at ITA Regionals by defeating his IPFW opponent (6-2, 3-6, 6-3) and then downing his Louisville foe (6-4, 7-5).
Other Women's Top Performers
Charlotte Gibbons
Cleveland State
Jr., Irchester, England
Gibbons finished the ITA Regionals with a 1-1 singles record, winning a close match against Big Ten foe Michigan State (6-4, 6-7(5), 13-11) in the consolation draw.
Annie Moore
Detroit
Sr., St. Clair, Mich.
Moore earned one win in the first round of the ITA singles draw, recording a 6-1, 6-3 victory over her opponent from Xavier. She also teamed with Zeljka Minic to defeat a pair from Eastern Illinois, 8-3.
Ilinca Cristescu
UIC
So., Bensenville, Ill.
Cristescu dropped her first round match to her Notre Dame opponent (6-1, 6-1) and then lost two doubles matches alongside teammate Kristen McPhillips to Wisconsin (8-5) and Purdue (8-5).