April 1, 2008

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IRVING, Texas - 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. The Golden Hurricane's Thalia Diaz-Barriga is the Women's Tennis Player of the Week. Diaz-Barriga defeated nationally-ranked Michaela Babicova in Tulsa's upset of No. 52 South Alabama and now has 10 singles wins at the No. 2 position and 12 overall.

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.

WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK (4/1)
THALIA DIAZ-BARRIGA - Tulsa
Jr., Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico (Univ. of Miami Online)
Diaz-Barriga defeated No. 123 Michaela Babicova in three sets, 1-6, 7-6(8-6), 1-0 (11-9) in Tulsa's 5-2 upset of No. 52 South Alabama, Saturday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Diaz-Barriga along with partner Marta Marcinkowska also won in doubles, 8-1 over Katie Welch / Michaela Babicova. Diaz-Barriga's victory gives her 10 wins at the No. 2 position and 12 overall. This is the second weekly honor for Diaz-Barriga in 2008 (Mar.18), and the second of her career.