WIU's Hammers, UMKC's Lisenby Named Players of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. - Western Illinois' Patrick Hammers and UMKC's
Suzan Lisenby were named as The Summit League's men's and women's
tennis players of the week for their performances April 13-19.
Patrick Hammers, Western Illinois
Fr., Peru, Ill./LaSalle-Peru
Hammers garnered his first career award after posting a
3-0 singles record and a 3-0 doubles mark in non-league action
during the week. The freshman notched straight set victories over
Bradley's Brock Reiman (6-0, 6-1) at the No. 4 position and
Quincy's Baxter Grace (6-0, 6-0) at the No. 2 spot before posting a
win over St. Francis' Scott Surges (4-6, 6-1, 6-1) at No. 2. In
doubles play, Hammers teamed with Francisco Ortiz for a trio of
wins at No. 3 against Bradley (8-3), Quincy (8-2) and St. Francis
(8-4). Hammers the regular season with a 14-11 overall singles
record, including a 1-1 mark in Summit League play. Western
Illinois is the No. 4 seed in this weekend's league
championship.
Previous Winners: 1/20 - Igor Sobolta, ORU; 1/26 - Junya
Saruta, IPFW; 2/2 - Joel Modesitt, IUPUI; 2/9 - Patrick Smith,
UMKC; 2/16 - Bret Berryman, UMKC; 2/23 - Junya Saruta, IPFW;
3/2 - Francisco Sigaud, IPFW; 3/9 - Joel Modesitt, IUPUI;
3/16 - Dominic Russetto, SDSU; 3/23 - Dmitry Suslov, ORU; 3/30 -
Mikhail Trukshanin, ORU; 4/6 - Patrick Smith, UMKC; 4/13 - Patrick
Smith, UMKC.
Suzan Lisenby, UMKC
Fr., Wichita, Kan./Wichita Southeast
Lisenby received her first career award after totaling
perfect 3-0 singles and doubles records during league play and
helping her team to its first Summit League Tournament appearance
since 2000. Playing the No. 4 singles position, Lisenby posted
straight-set wins over Oakland's Gabrielle Gogas (6-0, 7-5) and
IUPUI's Ashley Haskett (6-0, 6-0) and a victory over South Dakota
State's Megan McDougall (6-2, 3-6, 7-5). Against league champion
IPFW, Lisenby led reigning player of the week Katie Brien 7-5, 4-6,
2-1 when the match was decided. Lisenby teamed with Laura Bouet at
the No. 2 doubles position and collected wins against Oakland
(10-8), IUPUI (8-2) and South Dakota State (8-2). The Kangaroo duo
also led IPFW's tandem of Forsyth/Brien 7-6. Lisenby's season
singles win total of 11 is tied for third most in school history
and her 11 doubles wins are tied for the UMKC season record. The
Kangaroos are the No. 3 seed in this weekend's league
championship.
Also nominated: Shelby Hullett, IUPUI; Yuka Kobayashi, IPFW;
Olia Tatarchenko, SUU; Yana Meinert, WIU.
Previous
Winners: 1/20 - Lina Semenova, ORU; 1/26 - Alexandra Forsyth, IPFW;
2/1 - Hunter Bullock, IUPUI; 2/9 - Amy Recht, IPFW; 2/16 - Amy
Recht, IPFW; 2/23 - Alexandra Forsyth, IPFW; 3/2 - Laura Bouet,
UMKC; 3/9 - Ingrid Ballus, IPFW; 3/16 - Laura Bouet, UMKC; 3/23 -
Ana Costa, ORU; 3/30 - Amy Unzicker, WIU; 4/6 - Raquel Vescovi,
IPFW; 4/13 - Katie Brien, IPFW.
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