Tennis Weekly Release #6
March 14, 2005
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Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Eric Winn, Cleveland State, Senior, Austin, Texas
Winn tallied a pair of wins at No. 1 singles and added two wins at No. 1 doubles in a 7-0 win over Illinois Wesleyan and a 4-3 win over Rhode Island on March 13. His single's win against Rhode Island clinched the win for the Vikings and helped move the team to .500 on the season.
Women's Tennis Player of the Week
Tiffani Foster, Wright State, Sophomore, Huber Heights, Ohio
Foster lost only four games between the singles and doubles match combined on Saturday as the Raiders defeated the Akron Zips, 5-2. Foster defeated Amy Sherlock, 6-2, 6-1 in the two spot after teaming up with Jessica Lee to defeat Courtney Brenkus and Mindy Price, 8-1. Foster improved to 12-12 in singles play in her first year as a Raider.
Other Top Men's Performers
Andy Bartish, Butler, Junior, Cincinnati, Ohio
Bartish turned in a pair of strong showings, helping the Bulldogs to a split of two matches over the weekend. In Sunday's win over Horizon League foe UIC, Bartish posted a 7-5, 6-2 win at the No. 2 singles spot. In Saturday's loss at No. 43 Michigan, Bartish stretched the Wolverines' Michael Rubin to three sets, falling 10-6 in the third-set super tiebreaker. Butler is now 8-11 on the spring season and 2-0 in Horizon League action.
Ivan Kovalev, UIC, Junior, Almaty, Kazakhstan
The junior accounted for both of UIC's point against Horizon League rival Butler this past Sunday. Kovalev helped the Flames get an early 1-0 advantage with a doubles win, teaming with Andy Lockhart to down Andy Bartish and Eric Breitenbech 8-1. Then Kovalev notched an impressive comeback singles victory over Butler's No. 1, James Low, taking a clutch 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) win.
Other Top Women's Performers
Andrea Buter, Detroit, Senior, North Muskegon, Mich.
Buter split four singles matches last week, helping the Titans to victories over Lipscomb and Western Kentucky during their spring break trip. Playing No. 3 singles, Buter stopped Lipscomb's Samantha Duggan in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, and then came back to defeat WKU's Amy Underdonk, 6-2, 6-1. Buter also teamed with Ashley Cummins for No. 2 doubles wins in each of those Detroit victories.
Christina Oum, UIC, Sophomore, St. Laurent, Quebec
Oum played solid for the short-handed Flames during their Florida trip. The sophomore's weekend was highlighted by an impressive win over Barry University's Lorna Willie in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, for UIC's only point of the match.
