March 4, 2008
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IRVING, Texas - Tulsa moved up to No. 12 in the latest ITA men's tennis rankings, while Rice is just behind in 13th. SMU comes next at No. 65 and UAB is also not ranked at No. 75.
SMU's David Kuczer is this week's Conference USA Men's Tennis Player of the Week after going undefeated last weekend against No. 32 Virginia Tech and No. 21 VCU at the No. 2 singles and doubles line. Kuczer is now 9-2 on the season and on a seven-match singles win streak. Alexandra Kichoutkin of Tulsa is the women's tennis Player of the Week after she moved to 12-2 with wins at the No. 1 singles spot against Middle Tennessee State and No. 47 Wichita State.
MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK (3/4)
DAVID KUCZER - SMU
Sr., Szcecin, Poland
Kuczer went undefeated last weekend, playing at No. 32 Virginia Tech and No. 21 VCU. Against Va. Tech, Kuczer notched a straight-set win over Nicolas Delgado de Robles at No. 2, taking the match 6-3, 6-4. In doubles, he paired with Adolfo Solares at No. 2 to defeat Brandon Corace and Albert Larregola, 8-4, helping the Mustangs win the doubles point. At VCU, Kuczer dropped the first set to Damien Lacombe, 6-2, but overcame his slow start to take the next two sets, 7-5, 6-4. In doubles, he paired with Adham el-Effendi at No. 2 to defeat 48th-ranked Thibaut Charron and Martin Schulhauser, 8-5, to again help the Mustangs win the doubles point, and nearly upset the Rams. With the wins, Kuczer is now 9-2 on the season and on a seven-match singles win streak and a five-match doubles win streak. The C-USA weekly honor is the first of Kuczer's career.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Conference USA will name a male and female tennis Athlete of the Week throughout the regular season. The weekly accolades are selected by the media relations department and announced every Tuesday throughout the season.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
J22 - Bruno Rosa, Rice
J29 - Amrit Narasimhan, Memphis
F5 - Christoph Müller, Rice
F12 - Bruno Rosa, Rice
F19 - Will Gray, Tulsa
F26 - Dan Cornei, UAB
M4 - David Kuczer, SMU
OTHER NOTABLE C-USA TENNIS PERFORMANCES
ARNAU BRUGUES - Tulsa
Jr., Barcelona, Spain
Brugues led the Golden Hurricane to 5-2 victory over No. 47-ranked Oklahoma in Tulsa. At the No. 1 position, the No. 38-ranked Brugues defeated the No. 34-ranked Andrei Daescu, 6-3, 6-4. In doubles, Brugues and Ricardo Soriano, who are ranked No. 39, rolled over the Sooner pair of Alexandru Joitoiu and Vlad Marinescu, 8-2. Bruges is 8-4 in singles and 11-1 in doubles on the season.
ITA MEN'S TEAM RANKINGS
(Mar. 4)
Rank School
12 Tulsa
13 Rice
65 SMU
t75 UAB
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
(Mar. 4)
Singles Individual
37 Christoph Müller, Rice
41 Arnau Brugues, Tulsa
44 Bruno Rosa, Rice
62 Robin Fahgen, SMU
105 Ricardo Sorinao, Tulsa
110 Ralph Knupfer, Rice
117 David Kuczer, SMU
Doubles Team
16 Knupfer/Müller, Rice
25 Cunningham/Connelly, Tulsa
35 Soriano/Brugues, Tulsa
WEEKLY RELEASE
The Conference USA media relations staff will produce a weekly release each Tuesday throughout the season, including Athlete of the Week selections and updated standings. Complete league statistics and results will be updated daily throughout the season on the Conference website.
ON THE WEB
For the latest Conference USA tennis match recaps, scores, standings, stats and weekly notebooks please log on to the league's official website: www.ConferenceUSA.com
