Fort Wayne’s Cobos Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
Fort Wayne’s Cobos Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Andres Cobos was named The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance through Jan. 20-26.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne
Sr. // Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cobos collected his second career Player of the Week honor after opening the season with a perfect 3-0 mark in both singles and doubles matches. Playing the No. 3 singles position, Cobos posted straight-set victories over Chicago State's Julian Chavez (2 and 2) and St. Francis' Eli Cerdan (3 and 1) to lead the Mastodons to team victories. He accounted for his team's point in a loss to Illinois State by rallying to post a 0-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Jacob Wilson. Cobos teamed with Daniel Cardenas at No. 2 doubles to score 6-2 victories in each of his team's three matches.
Also nominated: Adam Reinhart, IUPUI; Colin Buckley, Omaha
Previous recipients: Jan. 20 – Adam Reinhart, IUPUI.
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 nine institutions, including four 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), Oral Roberts University, 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 along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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