Denver’s Slattery Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Maureen Slattery was named as The Summit League's Women's Tennis Player of the Week following her performance April 1-7.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Maureen Slattery, Denver
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Slattery garnered her second career award after posting 3-0 records in both singles and doubles play at the weekend's Summit League cluster in Fort Wayne. Playing the No. 1 singles position, Slattery posted straight-set wins in each of her matches, topping South Dakota's Rynna Maslova (1 and 0), IUPUI's Rachael Bridegroom (0 and 0) and South Dakota State's Florencia Magni (1 and 1). At the No. 2 doubles position, Slattery paired with Caroline Schnell for an 8-1 win against USD's duo and teamed with Kathryn Hughes for wins over IUPUI (8-0) and SDSU (8-1). Slattery helped Denver record 7-0 victories in each of its three opening matches in Summit League play.
Also nominated: Bobbi Modesto, IUPUI; Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; Alex Tran, Omaha; Tacy Haws-Lay, South Dakota State.
Previous honorees: 1/28 – Maureen Slattery, Denver; 2/4 – Kathryn Hughes, Denver; 2/11 – Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; 2/18 – Evy Van Genechten, Denver; 2/25 – Sonja Radosevic, Denver; 3/4 – Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; 3/11 – Sonja Radosevic, Denver; 3/18 – Yuliya Sidenko, South Dakota; 3/25 – Caroline Schnell, Denver; 4/1 – Iasmin Rosa, South Dakota State.
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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