BOISE STATE’S MEREDITH NAMED WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Boise State’s James Meredith has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Tennis Player of the Week for April 5-11. This is his second honor of the season and third of his career.
A sophomore from Christchurch, New Zealand, Meredith went a combined 4-0 at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles as Boise State picked up a pair of WAC wins last weekend. He picked up straight-sets victories over New Mexico State’s Jim Brouleau and Nevada’s Laurent Garcin. In doubles, Meredith teamed with Jeff Mullen to defeat Brouleau and Orlando Superlano of NM State and Garcin and Augy Myard of Nevada. Meredith is now 4-0 in singles against WAC opponents and is 8-1 in his last 10 matches, with one match unfinished.
Other nominees included: Fresno State’s Tejesvi Veerepalli went 2-0 at No. 4 singles and 1-0 at No. 3 doubles last week … Stanislav Glukhov of Idaho went 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles on the week ... Nevada’s Wessim Derbel went a combined 3-1 on the week … Amit Maharaj of Utah State won the sole Aggie point at No. 4 singles in a loss at Weber State last week.
WAC IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
In the April 13 ITA team rankings, the WAC has four teams ranked in the top 75. Fresno State leads the way at No. 30, followed by Hawai`i at No. 42, Boise State at No. 48 and Idaho at No. 74.
Individually, Boise State’s James Meredith is ranked No. 42, while Dennis Lajola of Hawai’i is No. 110.
In doubles, the WAC has three ranked teams. Fresno State’s Rikus de Villiers and Remi Boutillier are No. 22, Hawai’i’s Philipp Eberhard and Andreas Weber are No. 73 and Mirko Zapletal and Taylor Leiby of Fresno State are No. 88..
WAC TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD IN FRESNO
The 2010 WAC Tennis Tournament will be held April 29-May 2 in Fresno, Calif., where Hawai‘i will look for its third-straight crown. Last year, the Rainbow Warriors knocked off top-seeded Boise State, 4-2.