March 4, 2008
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IRVING, Texas - Five Conference USA Women's Tennis teams are ranked in the latest ITA Tennis rankings, led by Marshall at No. 55. UAB is No. 57, followed by Tulsa at No. 58, No. 63 East Carolina and No. 75 Rice.
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.
WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK (3/4)
ALEXANDRA KICHOUTKIN - Tulsa
Fr., New York, N.Y. (Rothberg)
Kichoutkin moved to 12-2 for the No. 38-ranked Golden Hurricane after winning both of her singles matches this weekend in Wichita, Kan. Against Middle Tennessee State, she defeated Ann Siljestrom, 6-3, 6-2 at position No. 1 in Tulsa's 7-0 victory. KIchoutkin along with partner Jie Zeng also won in doubles, downing Shannon Hartmann and Stphanie Parkison, 8-7 (7-4). In TU's 4-3 loss to No. 47-ranked Wichita State, Kichoutkin beat Anna Egorova at the No. 1 position, 6-4, 6-7 (7-10), 6-1. In doubles, Kichoutkin norrowly lost to Florentina Hanisch, 8-7 (9-7). Kichoutkin along with partner Zeng is 10-2 on the season in doubles. This is Kichuotkin's third weekly honor of 2008 (Feb. 5, Feb. 19).
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 - Kellie Schmitt, Marshall
J29 - Kellie Schmitt, Marshall
F5 - Alexandra Kichoutkin, Tulsa
F12 - Natalia Bubien, SMU
F19 - Dominique Karas, Rice
Alexandra Kichoutkin, Tulsa
F26 - Kseniia Tokarieva, SMU
M4 - Alexandra Kichoutkin, Tulsa
OTHER NOTABLE C-USA TENNIS PERFORMANCES
Kellie Schmitt - Marshall
Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa.
No. 39 Schmitt took her first loss of the season at No. 1 doubles when she was defeated by No. 33 Tatsiana Uvarova of VCU, 6-2, 6-3. In doubles, she and partner Karolina Soor downed Uvarova/Konstantinova 8-6. Schmitt is now 11-1 at the No. 1 singled line and 10-0 at the No. 1 doubles spot in 2008.
KRISTEN REID - SMU
Jr., McKinney, Texas
Reid had a dominant couple of matches at No. 5 singles last week for the Mustangs. Reid defeated Kerryn Potgieter of Texas Tech Friday in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. At No. 33 UNLV, Reid beat Adrienn Hidvegi 7-6, 6-1. Reid's wins this weekend take her to 8-4 on the season.
ITA WOMEN'S TEAM RANKINGS
(Mar. 4)
Rank School
55 Marshall
57 UAB
58 Tulsa
t63 East Carolina
75 Rice
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
(Mar. 4)
Singles Individual
107 Kellie Schmitt, Marshall
Doubles Team
16 Schmitt/Soor, Marshall
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
