SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota’s Nikita Snezhko and Denver’s Anna Riedmiller earned this week’s TicketSmarter Summit League Men’s and Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week honors, league officials announced Tuesday.
 
Snezhko helped guide North Dakota to a 2-0 weekend against IUPUI (W, 4-3) and Illinois State (W, 4-3). Against IUPUI, he teamed up with Gerhard Sullwald on the top court and sealed the doubles point with a 6-2 win. In singles action, he extended the lead to 3-0 against the Jaguars with a 6-3, 6-4 win on the No. 4 court.
 
In the win over Illinois State, Snezhko again teamed up with Sullwald on the No. 1 court and clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win over Arvid Hjalte and Zane Kohrs. On the No. 4 court in singles play, he helped UND rally from a 3-1 deficit by tying the match 3-3. He took the win over Diego Le Gal Perez with a score of 6-4, 0-6, 6-1.
 
Riedmiller helped No. 65 Denver earn its tenth victory of the season and improved to 5-0 in league play after contributing to a 7-0 win over Western Illinois. Riedmiller teamed up with Tatum Burger on the No. 3 court of doubles to help clinch the doubles point with a 6-1 victory over Paige Grice and Agatha Carbonell.
 
On the No. 1 court in singles, Riedmiller won her match 6-0, 6-1 over Lorena Castellanos improving to 6-3 on the year with her fourth-straight win.
 
Nikita Snezhko, North Dakota
Sr | Plymouth, Minn.

• Earned his first career athlete of the week honor
• Went 2-0 in both singles and doubles to help UND finish with a 2-0 weekend
• Helped UND rally from a 3-1 deficit against Illinois State by tying the match 3-3 with a singles win
• Improved to 13-5 this season in singles play and 13-4 in doubles action

Also nominated: Nam Pham, Illinois State; Evan Fragistas, Drake; Matt Summers, Denver
 
Anna Riedmiller, Denver
Gr | Wichita, Kan.

• Collected her fifth career weekly accolade and first this season
• Helped the Pioneers to their tenth win of the season and a current 5-0 league record
• Dropped just two games (singles and doubles) the entire match
• Captured her fourth-straight singles win to improve to 6-3 on the year

Also nominated: Natka Kmoskova, South Dakota; Reagan Miley, Oral Roberts; Madison Gallegos, Omaha
 
2022 Tennis Athletes of the Week
January 18
M: Daniel Krulig, Denver
 
January 25
W: Estella Jaeger, South Dakota
 
February 1
M: Edmond Aynedjian, North Dakota
W: Camille Verden-Anderson, Denver
 
February 8
M: Nicholas Herrero Cuesta, Denver
W: Habiba Aly, South Dakota
 
February 15
M: Todd Chen, Omaha
W: Oleksandra Nahurska, Oral Roberts
 
February 22
M: Mikhail Korkunov, Omaha
W: Sapir Sela, North Dakota
 
March 1
M: Cian McDonnell, North Dakota
W: Britt Pursell, Denver
 
March 8
M: Nico Herrero Cuesta, Denver
W: Britt Pursell, Denver
 
March 15
M: Matt Summers, Denver
W: Jana Lazarevic, South Dakota
 
March 22
M: Evan Fragistas, Drake
W: Michela Xibilia, Kansas City
 
March 29
M: Matija Matic, Drake
W: Andrea Jansson, North Dakota
 
April 5
M: Nikita Snezhko, North Dakota
W: Anna Riedmiller, Denver