SDSU's Grantz, SUU's Drynova Earn Tennis Weekly Awards

SDSU's Grantz, SUU's Drynova Earn Tennis Weekly Awards

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Steve Grantz, South Dakota State

Sr., Rapid City, S.D./Stevens HS

Grantz earns Athlete of the Week honors after running his singles win streak to seven with five victories during the team's Spring Break trip to Florida. At No. 4 singles, he earned victories against Siena, Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wagner, Grinnell and Taylor. He and partner Brian Hylle also posted a 4-1 record at No. 2 doubles, with their only loss coming against Wisconsin-La Crosse. South Dakota State went 3-2 in the five duals to improve to 4-8 on the season.

Also nominated: Arturo Salgado, IPFW; Jorge Yunes, IUPUI; Dennis Schwarz, UMKC; Oleksandr Kotsuik, Oral Roberts; Martin Boström, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: March 18 - Gerry Lozano, Centenary; March 13 - Zach Frisch, Western Illinois; March 4 - Martin Boström, Western Illinois; Feb. 26 - Francisco Siguad, IPFW; Feb. 20 - Gabriel Garcia, IUPUI; Feb. 12 - Zach Frisch, Western Illinois; Feb. 5 - Gregory Sosa, IUPUI; Jan. 29 - Martin Boström, Western Illinois; Jan. 23 - Gregory Sosa, IUPUI.

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Kateryna Drynova, Southern Utah

Fr., Kiev, Ukraine/Juab HS

Drynova receives Athlete of the Week honors after going 3-1 in singles and 4-0 in doubles to lead Southern Utah to a 3-1 record at The Summit League Cluster last weekend in Tulsa, Okla. At No. 2 singles, the freshman defeated Centenary's Lindsey Ezell, IUPUI's Allison Thompson and Western Illinois' Kim Lennartsson. Her only loss came at the hands of Oral Roberts' Hayden Rush. At No. 1 doubles, she and partner Kirrily Burden went undefeated. SUU's win against IUPUI was the team's first since the 2001 season, while the Thunderbirds' 8-3 start is the best in school history.

Also nominated: Vanessa Carna, IUPUI; Emily Lindsay, UMKC; Hayden Rush, Oral Roberts; Amanda Griffin, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: March 18 - Emmi Nelson-Bulloch, Southern Utah; March 13 - Ashley Clark, Western Illinois; March 4 - Sachi Janek, IPFW; Feb. 26 - Stacy Lish, IPFW; Feb. 20 - Stacy Lish, IPFW; Feb. 12 - Ashley Clark, Western Illinois; Feb. 5 - Ashley Coulson, IPFW; Jan. 29 - Amy Recht, IPFW; Jan. 23 - Kim Lennartsson, Western Illinois.