Tennis Weekly Release #12
April 10, 2007
Complete Release in PDF Format
Download Free Acrobat Reader
Horizon League Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week
James Low
Butler, Sr., Ottawa, Ontario
Low went undefeated in three matches last week, going 3-0 at No. 1 singles and 3-0 at No. 2 doubles as the Bulldogs picked up three wins. After helping the Bulldogs to a sweep of Wright State on April 4, he and teammate Ben Raynauld scored an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles to help earn the doubles point against Valparaiso before tallying a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles over the Crusaders. He then teamed with Raynauld for an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles over UIC and followed with another dominant 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles.
Horizon League Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week
Callan Smith
UIC, Sr., Leawood, Kansas
Smith has won three singles contests in a row, including two No. 1 singles bouts this past week during the Flames' two-match Horizon League sweep through the state of Ohio. The senior defeated Cleveland State's Sarah Galon by a 7-6(6), 6-2 mark, followed by another straight-set decision over Youngstown State's Michelle Fuleky, 6-2, 6-3, the following day. She also picked up two doubles victories on the weekend, partnering with Grace Gill-Morliss at the No. 1 spot.
Other Top Performances
Sebastian Lystad
UIC, Fr., Oslo, Norway
Lystad continues to shine in the upper third of the lineup for UIC following a straight-sets No. 2 singles win over Butler's Eric Breitenbach on Saturday. Lystad also teamed with Andy Lockhart at No. 1 doubles to pick up a match victory and help UIC earn the doubles point.
Ryan Hamning
Cleveland St., Fr., Middletown, Ohio
Hamning defeated Wright State's Nick Camilleri 6-2, 6-2 to lead the Vikings to a 5-2 win over the Raiders. Thesingles win was his 25th victory of the year. Hamning also teamed with Phil Orno for an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles.
Annie Moore
Detroit, So, St. Clair, Mich.
Moore teamed with fellow sophomore Aneta Maricevic for an 8-6 triumph at the number one position to help Detroit win the doubles point when the league rivals opened Friday's match. Then in No. 1 singles, Moore managed a straight set win (6-4, 6-2) over the Panthers' Kelly Drvaric, helping UDM to its first league win of the season.
Tanisha Welch
Youngstown St., Fr., Cleveland, Ohio
Welch won five singles matches in a row before losing to Eastern Michigan's Catherine Bestehorn, 6-0, 3-6, 10-6 on Monday morning. Welch's 6-1, 7-6, 8-8 tie-breaker win over UIC'S Christina Oum at No. 4 singles was also the Penguins only point in the 6-1 loss to the Flames on Saturday evening.
Kari Kastenholz
UW-Milwaukee, Fr., Racine, Wis.
Kastenholz stepped forward and had a big week for the Panthers, winning two singles matches and splitting a pair of doubles matches as UWM split a pair of contests. On Thursday, Kastenholz helped the Panthers pull out a tight 4-3 win over IPFW with a three-set singles win and a doubles win on a tiebreaker. She also claimed a league win on Friday against Detroit's Aneta Maricevic. Kastenholz now has 12 singles wins this season, including seven in the spring.
Becky Jenkins
Butler, Fr., Elmhurst, Ill.
Jenkins recorded an undefeated showing last week, going 2-0 in singles and doubles competition. She and Molly Casperson teamed for an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles against IUPUI before she scored a 6-4, 6-1 decision at No. 4 singles. She then added an 8-4 win at No. 2 doubles with Casperson and rallied back for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 decision at No. 4 singles against Wright State.
Jenn Myers
Cleveland St., Jr., Chillicothe, Ohio
Myers went 2-0 at No. 4 singles versus UIC and Wright State over the weekend to lead Cleveland State to a split. She also went 1-1 at No. 3 doubles with partner Kristin Chamberlain, including an 8-1 win versus Wright State.
News & Notes from Around the League
The Butler University men's tennis team celebrated Senior Day with a 4-3 victory over UIC. The Bulldogs, who honored seniors James Low, Scott Newmark and Evan West, scratched out the win with triumphs at the bottom three singles spots, plus a win at No. 1 from Low. Butler, now 3-0 in League play on the year, closes out the regular season with matches against IPFW (April 11), Cleveland State (April 21) and Youngstown State (April 22).
Both the Cleveland State University men's and women's teams hit the road for the final team this week before heading to Indianapolis for the Horizon League Championships. The Viking women are set to take on both UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay, while the men will face UW-Green Bay on Friday. Both squads close out the regular season with home matches on the weekend of April 21-22.
The University of Detroit Mercy women picked up their first League win this weekend, defeating UW-Milwaukee 5-2. The Titans swept the doubles point, while only dropping two singles matches, both in third-set tiebreakers. Detroit will look for its second win this week as it hosts Butler on Friday.
The University of Illinois at Chicago women continued their League dominance with triumphs over Cleveland State and Youngstown State last weekend. The Flames, just two wins away from another perfect regular season loop slate, have not lost a match to another Horizon League team since April 21, 1996, when the team fell to UW-Green Bay in the title match of the MCC Championship.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men fell 7-0 to Northern Illinois in the only action for the Phoenix last weekend. The men, still in search of the first League win of the season, will face Youngstown State and UIC this weekend, while the women close out the regular season with matches against the Penguins and Cleveland State.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee played two matches this weekend without freshman Ashley Schoneman, who fell and injured her wrist early in the match with IPFW. Her status for the remainder of the season, including two matches against Horizon League foes Youngstown State and Cleveland State, is unknown.
Youngstown State University freshman Tanisha Welch continues to enjoy success on the court late in the season. After picking up League Athlete of the Week honors for April 3, Welch stretched her win streak to five with singles victories over Robert Morris and UIC. Her three-set win over Christina Oum was the only point for the Penguins against the defending League champions.
Valparaiso University sophomore Kim Sajevic enjoyed a successful weekend at the first of two Mid-Continent Conference "clusters." Sajevic was undefeated at singles, picking up three wins against Michelle Maxfield of Oakland (6-2, 6-2), Andrea Burkhardt of IUPUI (3-6, 6-2, 6-4), and Shanna Docherty of Southern Utah (6-2, 6-1). The Crusaders travel to Rochester, Michigan this weekend for their final regular season Mid-Con matches, beginning with Centenary at 8 a.m. on Friday.
