UMKC's Hasandedic and SDSU's Nasenbeny Named Players of the Week

UMKC's Hasandedic and SDSU's Nasenbeny Named Players of the Week

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ELMHURST, Ill. - UMKC's Nino Hasandedic and South Dakota State's Bryna Nasenbeny were named men's and women's tennis players of the week as announced by The Summit League for their performances March 8-14.


Nino Hasandedic, UMKC
So., Munich, Germany/Univ. of Central Florida
Hasandedic earns his second award of the season in his Summit League campaign after collecting a pair of singles victories and a doubles win during the week. Playing the No. 1 singles position, Hasandedic rolled to a straight-set win over Wichita State's Vlad Marinescu (6-3, 6-2) and rallied to defeat Saint Louis' Joe Flanagan (4-6, 6-2, 6-1). His lone loss came to Calin Paar of #31 Nebraska (4-6, 6-7). At No. 1 doubles, Hasandedic teamed with Grant Fleming for an 8-6 victory over the WSU duo of Mihai/Marinescu. Hasandedic owns a 6-3 singles record this spring.

Also nominated: Nick Volz, IUPUI; Carl Lundberg, South Dakota State.

Previous winners: Feb. 2 - Nino Hasandedic, UMKC; Feb. 9 - Nick Volz, IUPUI; Feb. 15 - Joel Modesitt, IUPUI; Feb. 22 - Roberto Cabrini, IPFW / Ivan Mojsejev, IUPUI; March 1 - Nick Volz, IUPUI; March 8 - Daniel Kang, IPFW.


Bryna Nasenbeny, South Dakota State
Jr., Aurora, Ill./ Waubonsie Valley
 Nasenbeny earns her first career award after collecting four singles victories and three doubles wins during the Orlando Classic. Playing the No. 3 singles position, Nasenbeny scored a trio of straight-set victories over opponents from Mount St. Mary's (Kelly Conroy, 6-4, 6-1), St. Joseph's (Maggie Mullaney, 6-4, 6-2) and Indianapolis (Meghan Teums, 6-1, 6-1) and added a win over Bucknell's Elena Vidrascu (6-2, 3-6, 10-6). In doubles play, Nasenbeny teamed for wins over St. Joseph's Walsh/Dowd (8-2), Florida A&M's Gomez/Holt (8-4) and Indianapolis' Barger/Teums (8-4). Nasenbeny improved her season singles record to 5-4.

Also nominated: Alex Forsyth, IPFW; Jesika Bays, IUPUI; Suzan Lisenby, UMKC.

Previous winners: Feb. 2 - Ingrid Ballus, IPFW; Feb. 9 - Yuka Kobayashi, IPFW; Feb. 15 - Amy Recht, IPFW; Feb. 22 - Laura Bouet, UMKC; March 1 - Caterina Kiefer, IPFW; March 8 - Raquel Vescovi, IPFW.

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