SDSU’s Curcija Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
SDSU’s Curcija Named #SummitMTN Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State's Lovro Curcija was named The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance April 14-20. The award marks the final weekly honor of the season.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Lovro Curcija
Jr. // Karlovac, Croatia
Curcija received his first Player of the Week award after posting a 2-0 Summit League singles record to close out the regular season. In SDSU's victory over Western Illinois, Curcija won in straight sets (1 and 0) over Surya Sawhney at No. singles. Against Fort Wayne, Curcija swept Martin Muadi (4 and 4) at the No. 4 position. Curcija finished the regular season on a five-match win streak and is tied for the team lead with 14 singles victories this season.
Also nominated: Alex Toliver, IUPUI
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; March 24 – Karl Wangensten-Oye, Fort Wayne; March 31 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; April 7 – Alex Gasson, Denver; April 14 – Henry Craig, 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 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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