ORU's Pehnec Tabbed as #SummitMTN Player of the Week

ORU's Pehnec Tabbed as #SummitMTN Player of the Week

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ORU's Pehnec Tabbed as #SummitMTN Player of the Week

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oral Roberts' Jan Pehnec was named Summit League Men's Tennis Player of the Week for his performance April 12-18.

JAN PEHNEC, ORAL ROBERTS
 So. // Zagrab, Croatia

  • Collected second career Player of the Week award
  • Won in straight-sets by blanking (6-0, 6-0) Omaha's Matt Dunn at No. 2 singles
  • Notched his team-leading 13th match victory and is 7-3 in his last 10
  • Helped lead team to shutout win (7-0) over league foe Omaha

Also nominated: David Fox, Denver; David Beasley, IUPUI

Previous recipients: 1/19 - Lovro Curcija, South Dakota State; 1/26 – Jan Pehnec, Oral Roberts; 2/2 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; 2/9 – Zach Fryer, Denver; 2/16 – David Beasley, IUPUI; 2/23 – Henry Craig, Denver; 3/1 – Patrick McAuley, IUPUI; 3/8 – Yannik James, Denver; 3/15 – Amar Saletovic, Oral Roberts; 3/22 – Yannik James, Denver; 3/29 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; 4/5 – Akshay Verma, IUPUI; 4/12 – Diogo Rocha, Denver

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