DENVER - New Mexico State's Arthur Surreaux and Boise State's Elyse Edwards have been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Tennis Players of the Month for September.
Surreaux, a senior from Sainte-Adresse, France, was crowned champion in each of the two tournaments he participated in for the month of September. He took the singles and doubles championships at the Aggie Invite, Sept. 10-12, while also claiming the singles title at the Baylor Intercollegiate Invitational the following weekend, Sept. 24-26. Surreaux faced nationally ranked No. 22 Jeff Dadamo of Texas A&M in the championship match, defeating him 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 to win the singles main draw "A" bracket. Dadamo was the No. 3 seed in the bracket of 64. Surreaux beat out players from the Big XII, Big Ten, ACC and SEC en route to the championship title. He is currently 10-0 in singles matches and is 6-1 in doubles matches over the course of the two tournaments he has appeared in thus far.
Edwards, a sophomore from Adelaide, South Australia, led the charge for Boise State at the Cougar Classic, Sept. 24-26, as she raced to the Crimson Bracket singles title with a 6-0 record on the weekend. Edwards was so dominant she took five of six matches in straight sets. The only time she was pushed to a third set match came against teammate Marlena Pietzuch, who fell to Edwards, 4-6, 6-2, 3-0 (retired), in the semifinals. Edwards wrapped up the singles title with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Washington State's Ksenia Googe.
Other male nominees included: Boise State's Damian Hume went a combined 4-2 in singles and doubles at the One-Plus-One tournament ... Fresno State's Sebastian Hafner won all three of his singles matches at the UNLV Invitational ... Idaho's Marius Cirstea advanced to the round of 32 at the challenging Baylor Invitational after defeating No. 24 ranked Gonzalo Escobar of Texas Tech ... Nevada's Wessim Derbel advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles A flight at the Bulldog Classic ... Utah State's Sven Poslusny holds a 5-1 singles record this season and won the USU Invitational's consolation singles draw.
Other female nominees included: Fresno State's Melissa McQueen made it to the final round in the ITA Blue Singles, flight 2, and got to the quarterfinals in the consolation bracket in ITA Blue Doubles at the Cal Nike Invitational ... Idaho's Lauren Simpson went 2-1 in September and advanced to the round of 16 at the Cougar Classic ... Nevada's Aodhnait Lombard won the ITA White Singles Flight at the Cal Nike Invitational ... New Mexico State's Jodie Williams went 4-0 on her way to the Aggie Invite singles title, while also going 2-1 in doubles, Sept. 17-19 ... Utah State's Taylor Perry took first place at the BYU Fall Invitational B Draw and second place in the doubles draw with teammate Jaclyn West.