IUPUI's Sosa and IPFW's Janek Earn Weekly Tennis Awards

IUPUI's Sosa and IPFW's Janek Earn Weekly Tennis Awards

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Gregory Sosa, IUPUI
Jr., Guayaguil, Ecuador/San Francisco Javier

Sosa claimed the Men's Player of the Week award after winning his singles match and teaming for a doubles victory over Morehead State. He accounted for the Jaguars lone point and both team wins in the dual match. Sosa topped MSU's Dusan Milovanovic, 6-3, 7-6 (6), at No. 2 singles. He paired with Jesus Diaz to defeat the MSU duo of Shafik/Hodge, 8-3, at No.3 doubles. Sosa's singles victory was his second of the season.

Also nominated:Dennis Schwarz, UMKC.

Previous winners:1/21 - E.J. Dechow, IUPUI; 1/28 - Serge Ristivojevic, UMKC; 2/3 - Patrick Smith, UMKC; 2/10 - Sean Ragee-Nelson, WIU; 2/17 - Ryan Vogt, IPFW; 2/24 – Luis Maselli, IPFW; 3/3 – Bret Berryman, UMKC.

Sachi Janek, IPFW
Sr., Fort Wayne, Ind./Northrop HS

Janek earned the Women's Player of the Week award after combining for a 4-0 record during the week. In singles play, Janek topped Cleveland State's Melissa Holzinger, 6-1, 7-5. In doubles action, Janek teamed with Amy Recht to win three matches, besting Shaw/Olausson of Robert Morris, 8-2, Gombera/Carlson of Akron, 8-4, and Holzinger/Tabb of Cleveland State, 9-7. Janek is now 7-5 on the year in singles play and owns a 9-4 when teaming with Recht in doubles.

Also nominated:Emily Holsapple, IUPUI; Amanda Griffin, WIU.

Previous winners:1/21 - Amy Recht, IPFW; 1/28 - Hayden Rush, ORU; 2/3 - Zi Wang, WIU; 2/10 - Yuka Kobayashi, IPFW; 2/17 - Alexandra Forsyth, IPFW; 2/24 – Katie Brien, IPFW; 3/3 – Amy Recht, IPFW.