East Central's Andres Nunez and Tarleton State's Adriana Jaskova
picked up Lone Star Conference Tennis Players of the Week honors,
the league office announced today.
Tennis Athletes of the Week
MEN’S
Andres Nunez, East Central, Jr., No. 1 singles/No. 1
doubles, Santiago, Chile
Junior Andres Nunez went 4-1 at No. 1 singles and 5-0 at No. 1
doubles for East Central the past week. His only loss came in three
sets against Abilene Christian. All four singles victories came in
straight sets over McMurry College (6-2, 6-1), College of the
Southwest (6-0, 6-1), Southeastern Oklahoma (6-2, 6-2) and
Midwestern State (6-2, 6-4). He combined with Dai Edwardes-Evans to
go unbeaten in doubles play.
WOMEN’S
Adriana Jaskova, Tarleton State, Jr., Bratislava,
Slovakia
Jaskova helped Tarleton top East Central, 7-2, with wins at No. 1
singles and No. 3 doubles. The No. 41-ranked junior defeated
No. 21 Julia Arguello of ECU after dropping the first set, 6-7, and
trailing 3-0 early in the second set. Jaskova overcame the deficit
and won 13 of the next 18 sets to win the match (6-7, 7-5,
6-3). She and partner Carole Julen won their doubles match,
8-0.
Tennis Other Top Performers
Jeff Sasser, Cameron, playing at the #3 doubles
spot and #6 singles spot, CU’s Jeff Sasser was one of two
Aggies on the #20 Cameron men’s tennis team to sweep both of
his matches when #19 Oklahoma Christian came to town this week.
Teaming with Jorge Gerosi, Sasser won the #3 doubles match 8-4.
Sasser then went on to win a very intense three-set match over one
of OCU’s better players, 7-5, 3-6, 10-8. Sasser has been
counted on for victories all season, but his two this week were
arguably his biggest wins.
Amanda Moberg, Cameron, had yet another perfect
week for the Black and Gold. The region’s top player swept
both of her matches when nationally-ranked #19 Oklahoma Christian
came to town, winning at #1 doubles 8-2 and #1 singles 6-3, 6-3.
The very next day, Moberg almost led CU to a big Lone Star
Conference victory over Central Oklahoma by coming up with two more
wins in singles and doubles. Moberg teamed with Julia Puckhaber to
win the top doubles match 8-2, and Moberg followed with a 6-4, 6-1
win at #1 singles.
Marta Valles, East Central, went 5-1 at No. 2
singles and 5-1 at No. 1 doubles for ECU the past week. Four of her
five wins came in straight sets while the other was by injury
default after she won the first set (6-4) and was leading 3-0 in
the second. Valles won three singles sets during the week by 6-0
counts. She teamed with Julia Arguello to win five of six matches
at No. 1 doubles.
Hannah Kelley, Abilene Christian, was a perfect
9-0 last week as the seventh-ranked Wildcats rolled to five wins
over Northwest Missouri, Hardin-Simmons, Southwest, East Central,
Central Oklahoma and Stillman College by a combined score of
36-1... Kelley was 4-0 in singles play and 5-0 in doubles play as
the Wildcats improve to 19-3 on the season.
Tennis Notes (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Abilene Christian
The ACU women’s tennis team finished last week with a 5-0
mark, winning the five matches by a combined score of 36-1. ... LSC
opponent Central Oklahoma was the only opponent to win a match
against the Wildcats on the week. ... With a 19-3 record, the
Wildcats need just one more victory to record their 12th straight
20-win campaign. ... In the previous 11 years, the Wildcats’
lowest win total in a season was the 20 wins posted by the 1999
squad. ... The ACU men were 3-2 last week as they improved to 11-7
on the season. ... ACU suffered a disappointing 5-1 loss to
Northwest Missouri State, but pulled out a clutch 5-4 conference
win over East Central later in the week.
Cameron
This week the nationally-ranked Cameron Aggie men’s (#20) and
women’s (#33) tennis teams were both in action... the CU
women opened up the week with a tough 5-4 loss to nationally-ranked
Oklahoma Christian, and then fell to Central Oklahoma 6-3 in
another very close match. The women host a trio of teams at the CU
Tennis Complex this weekend with big LSC and NCAA Regional
implications. On Friday (April 2) the Aggie ladies host St.
Mary’s at 9:00am and Northeastern State at 2:00pm. The next
day (April 3) CU hosts the annual Red River Rumble match-up with
the Midwestern State Mustangs. CU and MSU hit the court at 9:00am
that morning... Cameron’s men’s tennis team lost their
only match this week, a 6-3 loss to nationally-ranked Oklahoma
Christian at home. CU took victories at #3 doubles, and at #4 &
#6 singles. Cameron’s men’s squad hits the court on
Friday (April 2) at the CU Tennis Complex for a 6:00pm match-up
with St. Mary’s University.
Central Oklahoma
UCO went 3-2 last week, splitting league matches with Abilene
Christian and Cameron . . . The Bronchos had a 10-match winning
streak stopped last Thursday with a 5-4 loss to Drury and then fell
to ACU two days later . . . UCO followed the ACU loss with a win
over Hardin-Simmons in Abilene and then returned home to defeat the
Aggies 6-3 on Wednesday, overcoming a 2-1 doubles deficit . . . UCO
is 12-3 on the year and 2-1 in the league.
East Central
Midwestern State
Northeastern State
Southeastern Oklahoma
Tarleton State
The TexAnns picked up a 7-2 Lone Star Conference match win over ECU
in Stephenville on Monday. No. 2 and No. 3 doubles were victorious
as were No. 1 and No. 3-6 singles. One of the more exciting matches
in singles play included Tarleton’s No. 41-ranked Adrianna
Jaskova downing ECU’s No. 21-ranked Julia Arguello after
being downed 6-7 in the first set and being down 3-0 early in the
second set. Jaskova overcame the deficit and won 13 of the next 18
sets to win the match. Tarleton takes another break from LSC play
this week and will host St. Mary’s on Saturday, April 3, in a
crucial south central region match.