WIU's Sean Ragee-Nelson, IPFW's Amy Recht Earn Weekly Tennis Honors
Sean
Ragee-Nelson, Western Illinois
Sr., Decatur, Ill./MacArthur HS
Ragee-Nelson
claimed his second Men's Player of the Week award this season after
collecting three singles victories, all in straight sets, and a
doubles win over the weekend. In singles play, Ragee-Nelson
defeated Jorge Palacios of Southwest Baptist, 6-4, 6-3, at the No.
5 position and followed that victory up with a 6-3, 6-4, win over
Grand Valley State's Phil Claus at No. 3 and a 6-4, 6-3, triumph
over Chicago State's Ivan Mojsejev. He also teamed with Neil
Lesinski at the No. 2 doubles position for an 8-4 win over the St.
Ambrose duo of Medchill/Vretis. Ragee-Nelson's three singles
victories extended his winning streak to five and improved his
season total to a team-best 10 wins.
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;
3/10 – Gregory Sosa, IUPUI; 3/17 – Corey Paluch, SDSU;
3/24 – Jeff Hughes, SDSU; 3/31 – Bret Berryman,
UMKC.
Amy
Recht, IPFW
So., Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead HS
Recht earned
the Women's Player of the Week award for the third time this season
after posting a 3-0 record at No. 1 singles and a 3-0 mark at No. 2
doubles while leading her team to an undefeated weekend at The
Summit League Cluster in Kansas City. Recht won each of her three
singles matches in straight sets, dropping just six games along the
way, topping South Dakota State's Bryna Nasenbeny, 6-0, 6-2,
Western Illinois' Amanda Griffin, 6-1, 6-3, and IUPUI's Vanessa
Carna, 6-0, 6-0. In doubles play, Recht teamed with Sachi Janek for
three wins, two by shutout, with 8-0 triumphs over UMKC's Rist/Ball
and SDSU's Bloomberg/Jansen and an 8-2 victory over WIU's
Baumer/Meinert. Recht is now 22-2 in singles play this season,
including a 7-0 mark in Summit League matches.
Also
nominated:Vanessa Carna,
IUPUI; Ksusha Nazarova, SUU; Kim Lennartsson, 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; 3/10 – Sachi
Janek, IPFW; 3/17 – Ingrid Ballus, IPFW; 3/24 – Ana
Costa, ORU; 3/31 – Daniela Amelunge, UMKC.
