Youngstown State's Morth and Cleveland State's Bensimon Tab Player of the Week Honors

INDIANAPOLIS -- Youngstown State junior Hugo Morth (Poitiers, France) is the Men’s Tennis Player of the Week while Cleveland State sophomore Victoria Bensimon (Cocoa Cocoa Beach, Fla.) is the Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 4-9.

The Youngstown State men’s squad hosted two dual matches this past week against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Friday and St. Bonaventure on Saturday. The Penguins picked-up their first two wins of the season defeating Saint Francis (Pa.) 6-1 and St. Bonaventure 5-2.

Morth went undefeated over the two matches competing at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles for Youngstown State. Versus Jimenez of the Red Flash, the junior won in straight-sets 6-2, 6-4. Pairing up with teammate Remi Chancerel, the duo won 6-1 facing Jimenez and Carvajal. The following day against St. Bonaventure, Morth won once again in straight-sets 6-2, 6-1 facing Blair. His second win of the match came in doubles play with Chancerel with a 6-4 victory.

Cleveland State faced No. 75 Michigan State on Saturday and fell to the Spartans, 5-2. The squad hit the court again the next day and fell to Toledo, 5-2.

Despite the team’s two losses, Bensimon produced stellar individual and doubles performances over the weekend. Facing Michigan State’s Aslina Chua at No. 2 singles, the sophomore won a tight three-set match 6-4, 3-6, 10-7. In the sole doubles victory of the match, Bensimon paired with Jana Schober at No. 1 doubles to win a 6-4 decision. On Sunday facing Toledo, the junior out matched Lexy Pitt in straight-sets 6-1, 6-3.

Youngstown State takes the court again today versus Toledo while Cleveland State takes the road to face Bowling Green on Friday and returns home Saturday to host Ball State.

Top Men’s Tennis Players of the Week:
Nathan Ponton, Detroit (Fr.): Went 2-0 at No. 2 singles, winning both matches in straight-sets. Also collected two doubles wins with teammate Patryk Koscielski at No. 2 doubles.
Mirko Radsosevic, Cleveland State (Fr.): Led the Vikings to a 1-1 week with unblemished 2-0 records at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles.
Jeffrey Schorsch, Valparaiso (So.): Went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles and 1-1 at No. 2 singles with his only loss against Northwestern’s No. 108 Strong Kirchheimer.

Top Women’s Tennis Players of the Week:
Marta Burak, Youngstown State (Sr.): Posted a perfect 3-0 singles record at No. 1 over the week while winning two of her three doubles matches at No. 1 with teammate Dominika Lackova.
Hayley Marshall, Milwaukee (So.): Went 2-0 at No. 5 singles and 2-0 in doubles play against opponents from Western Illinois and Northern Iowa.
Irina Slizoskaya, Detroit (Jr.): Tabbed a key victory for Detroit at No. 2 singles to help clinch the win over Toledo in the squad’s home opener.

Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Sept. 9: Remi Chancerel, Youngstown State
Sept. 16: Charlie Emhardt, Valparaiso
Sept. 23: Michael Tenzer, Green Bay
Oct. 7: Michael Savaglio, Valparaiso
Oct. 14: Michael Tenzer, Green Bay
Jan. 13: Joe VanMeter, Cleveland State
Jan. 20: Garrett Gardner, Valparaiso
Jan. 27: Jeffrey Schorsch, Valparaiso
Feb. 3: Hugo Morth, Youngstown State

Women’s Tennis Players of the Week
Sept. 9: Chelsea Bailey, Milwaukee
Sept. 16: Paige Heuer, Valparaiso
Sept. 23: Lauren Golick, Cleveland State
Sept. 30: Alysa Straub, Milwaukee
Oct. 7: Victoria Bensimon, Cleveland State
Oct. 14: Dominika Lackova, Youngstown State
Jan. 13: Dominika Lackova, Youngstown State
Jan. 20: Irina Slizovskaya, Detroit
Jan. 27: Marta Burak, Youngstown State
Feb. 3: Victoria Bensimon, Cleveland State