Fort Wayne’s Kiefer Named Player of the Week
Fort Wayne’s Kiefer Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Caterina Kiefer was named as The Summit League's women's tennis player of the week for her performance Feb. 5-11.
Caterina Kiefer, Fort Wayne
Sr., Balingen, Germany
Kiefer earns her third career award and first of the season after posting a 3-0 singles record and two doubles victories during the week. Playing the No. 3 singles position, Kiefer recorded straight-set victories over Valparaiso's Michele Fredlake (1 and 1) and Wright State's Amy Nini (4 and 4) and a three-set win over Ball State's Ayaka Terashi (7-6, 6-7, 10-8). Competing at No. 1 doubles, Kiefer added 8-1 wins over both the Valparaiso and Wright State tandems while helping lead the Mastodons to victories in their dual matches. She improved her season records to 5-1 in singles and 4-2 in doubles.
Also nominated: Bobbi Modesto, IUPUI.
Previous recipients: 1/28 – Ffion Davies, South Dakota State; 2/5 – Eva Dalvai, Kansas City.
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Entering its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 144,000 at nine universities, four of which are located in top 58 U.S. metro populations (Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Omaha). Member institutions include: Fort Wayne (Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), Kansas City (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced 54 All-Americans, 37 Academic All-America selections and seven NCAA Championships. For more information about the league and its history, visit www.thesummitleague.org to "See The Summit" or follow on Twitter @thesummitleague.
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