DENVER ?“ Fresno State?™s Katharina Winterhalter has been named the Xbox Live Western Athletic Conference Women?™s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of April 3. This is her second-straight honor for the spring.
Winterhalter, a senior from Heitersheim, Germany, went 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles last week for the Bulldogs. In singles, Winterhalter beat two ranked opponents, Elisa O?™Riain of Harvard and Katy Williams of Long Beach State, both in straight sets. Winterhalter also helped Fresno State to an upset of then-No. 20 Long Beach State with solid play in doubles. Winterhalter is currently 28-7 overall in doubles and 18-8 overall in singles.
Other women?™s tennis nominees: Chloe Bihag of Hawai'i was 2-1 in singles and 2-0 in doubles last week.