DENVER Rices William Barker has been named Octobers Western Athletic Conference mens tennis player of the month.
Barker, advanced to the finals of the doubles main draw at the ITA All-American Championships with partner Richard Barker. Barker also advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles main draw. Because of his success, he received a singles at-large bid to the ITA Indoor Championships to go along with his automatic doubles bid with brother, Richard, as the defending champions.
OTHERS NOMINATED Boise State's Matias Silva fell to New Mexico's second-seeded Divan Coetzee, 6-4, 6-4, in finals of the main draw of the ITA Mountain Region Men's Tennis Championships. Silva won five singles matches to advance to the finals ... Fresno States Greg Shearer and doubles partner Stefan Suta fell in the semifinals of the main draw of the Bulldog Classic Tulsas Olof Sjolund ended October 5-3 in singles. Sjolund advanced to the ITA Region V backdraw semifinal, winning three matches.