Tennis Release #9

March 18, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS -

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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Ryan Trapp
Youngstown State
Senior
Howard, Ohio


Trapp went undefeated in singles and doubles action last week. At No. 2 singles, Trapp defeated his oppenents from Wesleyan (7-5, 6-2), Northwood (9-8 (7-5)), and IPFW (6-4, 6-3). At No. 1 doubles, Trapp teamed with Scott Kathary to earn victory in each of the three matches.

Ilinca Cristescu
UIC
Freshman
Bensenville, Illinois


Cristescu clinched the Flames' match against Florida Atlantic, defeating her No. 1 singles foe 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. She also came from behind to defeat 20th-ranked Victoria Weltz of Lynn University (0-6, 6-4, 11-9). In doubles play, Cristescu teamed with Jenna Reisch to take down FAU's No. 3 team 8-5.

Other Men's Top Performers

Robert Fox
Cleveland State
Freshman, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Fox was 3-0 in singles action last week, winning at both the No. 5 position against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, and the No. 6 spot against Stetson and Connecticut. Fox also teamed with Rob West to go 2-1 in doubles play at the No. 2 slot.

Alex Lau
Valparaiso
Junior, Bloomington, Minn.
Lau posted a perfect record last week against Connecticut, Adelphi and SIU-Edwardsville, going 3-0 at the No. 2 singles position and teaming with Tom Litscher to go 2-0 at No. 2 doubles. His singles victory (6-4, 6-2) against Connecticut was Valpo's lone point of the only match the Crusaders dropped last week.

Other Women's Top Performers

Melissa Holzinger
Cleveland State
Freshman, Dallas, Tex.
Holzinger had two singles victories at the No. 1 spot, as she defeated foes from Connecticut and SIU-Edwardsville. In doubles play, Holzinger teamed with Jackie Tabb to win three straight matches.

Kim Sajevic
Valparaiso
Junior, Woodbury, Minn.
Sajevic went 2-1 at the No. 1 singles spot and 2-1 at the No. 2 doubles position on Valpo's spring trip. Sajevic posted a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Adelphi after teaming with Julie Wingstrom for an 8-0 shutout in doubles. Sajevic also defeated her SIU-Edwardsville singles foe (6-4, 7-6(6)) and the No. 2 doubles pair 8-5.

Hannah Patten
Youngstown State
Freshman, Cairo, Egypt
Patten won two of her three singles matches at the No. 6 position. She gave the Penguins their only point against Nova Southeastern by defeating her foe 6-0, 6-1, and then won against Wesleyan University 6-0, 6-3.

Previous Players of the Week

January 23,Tony Teufel, Wright State & Jackie Tabb, Cleveland State
January 31,Ryan Hamning, Cleveland State &Zeljka Minic, Detroit
February 6,Phil Orno, Cleveland State &Melissa Holzinger, Cleveland State
February 13,Eric Breitenbach, Butler &Sami Schoen, Milwaukee
February 20,Diego Cerzosimo, Youngstown State &Natali Jaimes, Butler
February 27,Ben Raynauld, Butler&Karina Presti, Wright State
March 4,Brandon Baylilss, Butler&Zeljka Minic, Detroit
March 11,Sebastian Lystad, UIC&Lubica Nadasska, UIC