April 2, 2008
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IRVING, Texas - Tulsa improved to 16-3 last week with wins over league foe Memphis and Hawai'i. The Golden Hurricane are still ranked in the Top 15 in the latest ITA rankings, coming in at No. 12. TU will face league rival and No. 19 Rice on Wednesday in a pivotal C-USA battle.
Tulsa's Victor Kolik is this week's Conference USA Men's Tennis Player of the Week after going 2-0 in both singles and doubles as Tulsa downed Hawai'i and league foe Memphis. Kolik is now 9-3 this spring, 5-1 at the No. 2 position.
MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK (4/1)
VICTOR KOLIK - Tulsa
Fr., Tiberias, Israel (Hof HaSharon)
Kolik went 2-0 in both singles and doubles in Tulsa's home matches against confernce foe Memphis and Hawai`i. In TU's 7-0 victory over Memphis, Kolik defeated Leon Nasemann, 6-2, 6-1, in the No. 2 position. In doubles action,the duo of Kolik and partner Alberto Sottocorno beat Spencer Heflin / Jordan Smith, 8-4. Against Hawai`i, Kolik downed No. 113 Andreas Weber, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4, in Tulsa's 5-2 victory. His doubles pairing also won, beating Spence Mendoza / Craig Faulk, 8-2. Kolik is now 9-3 on the season in singles and 9-4 in doubles. This is the first career weekly honor for Kolik.
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
M11 - Tarek Ben Soltane, UCF
M18 - Arnau Brugues, Tulsa
M25 - Bruno Rosa, Rice
A1 - Victor Kolik, Tulsa
OTHER NOTABLE C-USA TENNIS PERFORMANCES
ALEX SKRYPKO - SMU
So., Minsk, Belarus
Skrypko won his seventh and eighth-straight matches last week, as he defeated No. 102 David Galic of No. 18 Baylor and Leon Nasemann of Memphis on Saturday. Both wins came at No. 2 singles. He split in doubles action with partner Adolfo Solares.
MARKUS WESSINGHATE - Southern Miss
So., Ingelhein, Germany
Wessingate finished the week with a perfect 4-0 record in singles, playing three matches at the No. 5 spot and one at the No. 3. He finished with a 3-1 record in doubles, playing at Nos. 1 and 2. He defeted all of his singles opponents in straight sets and has won his last six singles matches.
ITA MEN'S TEAM RANKINGS
(April 1)
Rank School
12 Tulsa
19 Rice
60 SMU
54 UAB
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
(April 1)
Singles Individual
24 Arnau Brugues, Tulsa
27 Bruno Rosa, Rice
49 Christoph Müller, Rice
80 Robin Fahgen, SMU
123 David Kuczer, SMU
Doubles Team
16 Knupfer/Müller, Rice
19 Cunningham/Connelly, Tulsa
36 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
