April 14, 2008
Northwestern Spring Sports Weekly Release #5
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern has named Joe Muraski (Rothschild, Wis./D.C. Everest) of baseball and Lauren Lui (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid) of women's tennis as its Hilton Garden Inn Athletes of the Week. Muraski tossed back-to-back complete-game shutouts, leading Northwestern to a pair of victories last week. In Tuesday's 13-0 win against Chicago State, the left-hander blanked the Cougars on five hits in five-plus innings, while striking out four without a walk. He followed up the effort with a stellar outing Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader with Minnesota. Muraski held the Golden Gophers at bay by surrendering just two hits while tying a career high with six strikeouts in the 10-0 victory. Lui won three singles and two doubles matches last week en route to helping the Wildcats earn their 10th-consecutive regular-season Big Ten title. Lui won in straight sets in her first two matches, before clinching a third set `superbreaker' win Sunday. Her two doubles wins included a dominating 8-1 victory at Iowa. Lui is currently ranked No. 42 nationally in singles, and has won 16-straight matches. She is 19-0 from No. 4 this season, and has not lost from that position in her last 26 attempts. Lui is also ranked in the top 15 nationally with two doubles pairings. For the complete weekly release, click the .pdf link above |
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