Tennis Release #1

Jan. 21, 2009

iNDIANAPOLIS -

Complete Release in PDF Format

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Jan Alafriz
Wright State
Sophomore
Oakville, Ontario


Alafriz had a perfect week at No. 3 singles and won a pair of doubles matches at No. 1 with partner Mihkel Kruusmagi. In singles play, he defeated opponents from Duquesne (6-1, 6-1) and IPFW (6-1, 7-6(4)). In doubles, he and Kruusmagi defeated competitors from IPFW and the #55-ranked duo from Duquesne by identical scores of 8-6.

Becky Jenkins
Butler
Junior
Elmhurst, Ill.


Jenkins picked up a win at both doubles and singles play to help the Bulldogs win their season-opener against Indiana State on Saturday. She teamed with Molly Casperson to post a decisive 8-0 win at the No. 2 position before winning at No. 3 singles 6-4, 6-0.

Other Men's Top Performers

Bastian Harbo
UIC
Junior, Oslo, Norway
Harbo narrowly loss his doubles match against Marquette's top pairing, falling 8-7 before dropping his singles match at the No. 1 position 7-6, 6-2.

Other Women's Top Performers

Svetlana Flankova
Detroit
Sophomore, Riga, Latvia
Flankova won her singles and doubles matches to help the Titans post a 4-3 win over IPFW. She swept her singles match at No. 3 (6-0, 6-4) and teamed with Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom for an 8-4 victory at No. 3 doubles.

Mariya Kovaleva
UIC
Freshman, Almaty, Kazakhstan
In her collegiate debut, Kovaleva won her matches at No. 1 doubles (8-7) at No. 2 singles (6-2, 4-6, 6-1) as the Flames lost 4-3 to Marquette.

Tanisha Welch
Youngstown State
Junior, Cleveland, Ohio
Welch went undefeated last weekend at No. 4 singles, defeating her foes from Bowling Green 7-5, 5-7 (10) and Toledo 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.