DENVER –
Idaho’s Lachlan Reed and Nevada’s Michelle Okhremchuk have been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Tennis Players of the Week for March 14-20.
Reed, a senior from Brisbane, Australia, improved to 12-1 in singles and 12-1 in doubles with two wins in both over the weekend. On Saturday, he defeated San Francisco's Mark DeCastro (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) at No. 2 singles. In doubles, he teamed with Jose Bendeck to pick up a win at No. 2 doubles, 9-7. The following day, he led Idaho to its first win over Boise State since April of 1989, defeating Filipp Pogostkin at No. 2 singles in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. He and Bendeck also defeated the Broncos' Jeff Mullen and Erik Sheldon at No. 2 doubles, 8-6. Reed has won 10 consecutive singles matches dating back to Jan. 28, when he fell at Oregon. The Vandals are off to their best start in program history at 11-2.
Okhremchuk, a freshman from Doneck, Ukraine, went 2-0 in Nevada’s only match last week, winning at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles in the Wolf Pack's 4-3 win over Hawai’i. In singles, she picked up a 6-2, 6-1 win over No. 87 Katarina Poljakova. At No. 1 doubles, she and partner Florence De Vrye defeated Poljakova and Barbara Pinterova, 9-7.
Other male nominees included: Damian Hume, Boise State; and Luis Ramirez, New Mexico State.
Other female nominees included: Victoria Lozano, Idaho.