Tennis Weekly Release #4
Feb. 13, 2007
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Horizon League Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week
Ryan Hamning
Cleveland State, Freshman, Middletown, Ohio
Hamning went 3-0 at No. 3 singles and teamed with fellow freshman Phil Orno to win all three No. 1 doubles matches to lead CSU victories in all three weekend matches. Hamning has already compiled a total of 33 wins this year, including 18 at singles and 15 at doubles with Orno.
Horizon League Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week
Ali O'Neal
UW-Milwaukee, Freshman, Stevens Point, Wis.
O'Neal helped the Panthers to a pair of wins this past weekend while winning all four of the matches she participated in. Her two singles victories came in the No. 4 slot where she claimed a 6-0, 6-1 win over Lindsey Driscoll of Coe College and a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Lindsey Erickson of Creighton. O'Neal also picked up a pair of wins at No. 3 doubles with Kelly Drvaric.
Other Top Performances
Jason Trapp
Youngstown St., Sr., Howland, Ohio
Trapp came out strong against Xavier, winning the first set 6-4. He eventually fell in three sets as the Penguin men are still looking for their first team win of the season.
Eric Breitenbach
Butler, Jr., Northbrook, Ill.
Breitenbach scored a pair of wins for the Bulldogs against Illinois State on Saturday (Feb. 10). He notched a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Nuno Jacinto at No. 3 singles after teaming up with Sandy Berry in scoring an 8-4 triumph at No. 2 doubles. Breitenbach is 12-7 in singles matches this season, while 8-8 in tandem play.
Eric Hines
UW-Green Bay, Sr., Omaha, Neb.
Hines went 4-0 on the week for the Phoenix notching wins at No. 2 doubles and No. 5 singles against in-state rivals UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater. Hines won both his singles contests in straight sets, defeating Corey Dickert of UW-Oshkosh 6-2, 6-3, and Bell Stranberg of UW-Whitewater 6-3, 6-4.
Tanisha Welch
Youngstown St., Fr., Cleveland, Ohio
Welch lost a hard fought battle to West Virginia senior Kelly Walsh, extending her match to three sets in the 7-5, 5-7, 10-6 close loss.
Sarah Galon
Cleveland St., Sr., Waianae, Hawaii
Galon went 2-0 over at No. 1 singles to lead CSU to a weekend split. The senior won 6-4, 6-2 over IPFW's Sachi Janek before defeating IUPUI's Jessica Peterson in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, to improve to 15-6 on the season.
Molly Casperson
Butler, Fr., Neenah, Wis.
Casperson continued her recent success in the No. 1 singles position, scoring her third-straight top-flight victory with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Julia Zubkova of Illinois State.
Callan Smith
UIC, Sr., Leawood, Kan.
Smith won at No. 2 singles against Drake's Irina Kalashnikova in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, on Sunday, marking her fourth singles win this season.
Both the Butler University men's and women's teams suffered defeat at the hands of the Illinois State Redbirds last weekend. Despite a rally attempt, the men fell 4-3, while the women were defeated 6-1. The Bulldogs return to action this weekend with the women taking on Dayton on Friday, Feb. 16 and the men facing Kentucky (Feb. 17) and Bradley (Feb. 18).
With wins this weekend over IPFW, IUPUI and Xavier, the Cleveland State University men's tennis team ran their string of victories to five straight. The Vikings, who have not lost since a Jan. 20 setback to Michigan State, are now 8-1. The team did not reach the eight win mark last season until April 1 when they defeated Wright State 5-2.
The University of Detroit Mercy women (1-4) can climb back to the .500 mark with one very successful stay in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Within a 24-hour span, the Titans will take on three opponents starting with Bradley at 2 p.m. on Feb. 16, followed by Evansville at 9 a.m. and Robert Morris at 2 p.m. on the 17th.
The University of Illinois at Chicago women's tennis team fell to Western Michigan and Drake in weekend play, extending its winless steak to five matches. The 10-time defending Horizon League champions did not lose more than three straight all of last season, a fate they suffered only once when they were defeated by Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge and Long Beach State in successive matches from March 18-21, 2006. The Flames look to snap their streak on Saturday as they travel to Illinois State for a 1 p.m. contest.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's tennis team marked two firsts with wins over Coe College and Creighton this weekend. During the 6-1 win over Coe, the Panthers picked up the doubles point for the first time in five spring matches, while their victory over Creighton was the first over a Division I opponent this season.
After an idle week, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women return to the courts to face League foe UW-Milwaukee on Friday, Feb. 16. Last season, the Phoenix's only win in League play came against the Panthers, a 5-2 victory on March 5.
The Youngstown State University women are idle this week as they prepare to open League play against Cleveland State on Feb. 23. After four spring duals, the Penguins are still looking for their first team win. Last season, YSU defeated the Vikings 4-3 behind wins from the lower four singles position players (Gina Peretti, Michelle Fuleky, Nicole Haralambopolous and Irena Lanc) all of which returned for the Penguins this year.
Valparaiso University sophomore Alex Lau notched the first point of the spring for the Crusader men when he defeated Jordan Nestrud 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6 singles in a 6-1 loss to Eastern Illinois over the weekend. With the loss, Valparaiso fell to 0-4 on the season. On the women's side, the Crusaders suffered their first setback of the spring, losing to EIU 5-2. Kim Sajevic and Lindsey Gustafson picked up the lone singles wins for Valpo at No. 4 and No. 6 respectively.
