ORU's Kotsuik, IPFW's Hager Earn Tennis Weekly Awards
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Alex Kotsuik, Oral
Roberts
Jr.,
Kiev, Ukraine
Kotsuik earns Athlete of the
Week honors after posting three singles victories and a pair of
doubles wins at The Summit League Men's Tennis Cluster last weekend
to lead Oral Roberts to a perfect 3-0 record. At No. 1 singles,
Kotsuik beat UMKC's Serge Ristivojevic (7-5, 6-1), Centenary's Mark
Rodgman (6-1, 6-2) and IPFW's Carlos Gonzalez (6-1, 6-2). At No. 1
doubles, he teamed with Alex Dargel to defeat Ristivojevic and
Patrick Smith of UMKC, 8-2, and Rodgman and Jacob Dawson of
Centenary.
Also nominated: Hermann
Kuschke, IPFW; Jorge Yunes, IUPUI; Patrick Smith, UMKC; Francisco
Ortiz, Western Illinois.
Previous winners: March 25 -
Steve Grantz, South Dakota State; 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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Hanna Hager,
IPFW
Sr., Wapakoneta,
Ohio/Wapakoneta HS
Hager receives Athlete of the
Week honors after going undefeated in a pair of duals last week. At
No. 2 singles, she blanked both Robert Morris' Libby Shaw and St.
Francis' Eva Keresztes. She also teamed with Mollee Carpenter at
No. 2 doubles to defeat Ashley Zalewski and Julianna Gustafson of
St. Francis, 8-0.
Also nominated: Andrea
Burkhardt, IUPUI; Lindsay Grimmer, Oakland; Yana Meinert, Western
Illinois.
Previous winners: March 25 -
Kateryna Drynova, Southern Utah; 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.
