Fort Wayne’s Guell Named Summit League Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Gerard Guell was named as The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance Feb. 11-17.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Gerard Guell, Fort Wayne
So. // Barcelona, Spain
Guell received his first career league honor after recording a 3-0 singles record and a pair of doubles victories during the week. Playing the No. 4 singles position, Guell defeated Rowan Isaaks (0 and 2) of Horizon League favorite Green Bay, Michael Treis (3 and 4) of MAC favorite Western Michigan and Ricardo Pineda (5 and 4) of Wright State. Guell teamed with Martin Muadi for No. 2 doubles victories over the tandems from Green Bay (6-3) and Wright State (6-5 (7-6)).
Also nominated: Alex Clinkenbeard, Denver; Manuel Laboy, IUPUI; James McManus, Omaha; Christoph Haertel, Western Illinois.
Previous honorees: 1/21 – Gary Notkin, South Dakota State; 1/28 – Henry Craig, Denver; 2/4 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; 2/11 – Diogo Rocha, Denver.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State 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 eight NCAA Champions, 62 All-Americans and 50 Academic All-America selections.
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