DENVER ?“ Boise State?™s Luke Shields has been named the Xbox Live Western Athletic Conference Men?™s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of April 12. Shields?™ brother, Clancy, has also earned honors this season.
Shields, a sophomore from Grand Junction, Colo., led Boise State, ranked No. 22 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, to three wins last week. The Broncos knocked off Santa Clara (7-0), Idaho (6-1), and Montana State (6-1). Shields, the nation's 29th ranked singles player, went 3-0 in each of his matches at the first position. Shields knocked off Santa Clara's Jan Macek, 6-4, 4-6, 10-4, Idaho's Tim Huynh, 6-3, 6-3, and Montana State's Federico Ueltschi (No. 122), 6-4, 7-5.
Shields and senior Thomas Schoeck, 2005 All-Americans and ranked No. 18 by the ITA, also went 2-0 in doubles this weekend. The duo defeated Santa Clara's McQuaid and Shields, 8-2, and Montana State's Gebicki and McDonald, 8-2. Shields is now 23-8 this season in singles and 18-9 in doubles with Schoeck.
Other men?™s tennis nominees: Jakub Cech of Fresno State was 1-1 in singles and doubles last week and almost captured a win over No. 6 Scott Doerner ... Milos Popovic of Nevada was 2-0 last week in singles … Roman Stoisavljevic of New Mexico State won in singles and doubles last wee as the Aggies defeated College of Santa Fe.