Fort Wayne’s Wangensten-Oye Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
Fort Wayne’s Wangensten-Oye Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Karl Wangensten-Oye was named The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance March 17-23.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Karl Wangensten-Oye, Fort Wayne
So. // Oslo, Norway
Wangensten-Oye received his first weekly award after posting a 3-0 singles record. He capped his performances with a victory at No. 6 singles over Drew Dawson of No. 36 Notre Dame, 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 1-0 (10-5). Earlier in the week, Wangensten-Oye defeated Toledo's Stephen Miller, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6) and Cleveland State's Colton Buffington, 7-6, 0-6, 1-0 (11-9) at the No. 6 position.
Also nominated: Parker Lawley, South Dakota State
Previous recipients: Jan. 20 – Adam Reinhart, IUPUI; Jan. 27 – Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne; Feb. 3 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; Feb. 10 – Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne; Feb. 17 – Henry Craig, Denver; Feb. 24 – Alex Gasson, Denver; March 3 – Ciaran Lavers, Oral Roberts; March 10 – Daniel Cardenas, Fort Wayne; March 17 – Akshay Verma, IUPUI.
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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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