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MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Tony Teufel
Wright State
Senior
Cincinnati, Ohio


Teufel posted a victory in his only singles match of the week against Toledo at the No. 1 position (6-3, 6-2). He also teamed with Jan Alafriz to earn a win at the No. 2 spot against the Rockets.

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Jackie Tabb
Cleveland State
Freshman
Minneapolis, Minn.


Tabb led the Vikings to a 1-1 record last weekend, as she won at the No. 2 singles position (6-1, 6-1) and as part of the No. 1 doubles team (8-4) against IPFW. The next day, she again teamed with Charlotte Gibbons to defeat the No. 1 doubles team from Michigan State (8-6).

Other Men's Top Performers

Brandon Bayliss
Butler
Freshman, Sheboygan, Wis.
Bayliss rallied against No. 59 Western Michigan for a 7-6 second set victory to force a deciding set before falling 10-7 in the tiebreaker at the No. 6 position. He also paired with Sam Brown at the No. 3 doubles position in two hard-fought losses to WMU on Jan. 11 (8-5) and to Michigan State 8-7 (4) the following day (Jan. 12).

Rob West
Cleveland State
Junior, Guernsey, United Kingdom
Against IPFW on Friday (Jan. 18), West won at the No. 3 singles spot (6-4, 6-4), and he teamed with partner Robert Fox to secure victory at the No. 2 doubles position (9-7). The following day against Michigan State, West and Fox edged out their competitiors 8-5, before West dropped a close match at the No. 3 singles spot (6-2, 7-6, 10-8).

Adriano Liccardo
UIC
Junior, Oslo, Norway
At the third position in singles, Liccardo was very competitive with his Marquette foe in a tight 7-6, 7-5 loss on Saturday (Jan. 19). He moved into the No. 1 doubles spot, pairing with Bastian Harbo, but lost to the team from Marquette 8-2.

Other Women's Top Performers

Natali Jaimes
Butler
Freshman, Downers Grove, Ill.
James scored the Bulldogs' only singles victory against a tough DePaul team on Saturday, notching a 6-2, 6-4 victory at the No. 2 position. Against Bowling Green the following day (Jan., 20), she teamed with Gabriella Bobrowski at the No. 3 doubles spot to secure an 8-1 decision before losing in two sets at the No. 1 singles position.

Svetlana Flankova
Detroit
Sophomore, Riga, Latvia
Flankova was the only Titan to win a set against Michigan State, taking the first set 7-6 at the No. 2 spot before dropping the next two.

Kari Kastenholz
Milwaukee
Sophomore, Racine, Wis.
Kastenholz claimed wins in two out of three singles matches last weekend at the No. 3 position against South Dakota State on Saturday and against Minnesota on Sunday. She teamed with Kelly Dvaric for a win at the No. 1 doubles over SDSU.

Anna Volkova
Youngstown State
Sophomore, Sochi, Russia
Volkova won the only match for the Penguins against Xavier, winning at the No. 1 position (6-2, 6-4). She also teamed with Emily Thayer at the No. 1 doubles spot to win in doubles, 8-4.