DENVER – Fresno State’s Remi Boutillier and Utah State’s McKenzie Davis have been named Verizon Western Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week, respectively, for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5.
Boutillier, a senior from Briancon, France (Externat Notre Dame), dominated last weekend by winning three singles and three doubles matches against No. 61 Saint Mary’s, Nevada and No. 48 Santa Clara. Against St. Mary’s, Boutillier, and partner Jean-Charles Diame, clinched the doubles point with 9-7 victory over the duo of Maxime Olivan and Joakim Nordstrom. In singles, he defeated Saint Mary’s Maxime Olivan in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. Against Nevada, Boutillier, this time with partner Francis Alcantara, clinched the doubles point with a victory over Nevada’s Wessism Derbel and Fernando Sunago, 8-2. Boutillier then won his No. 1 singles match against Nevada’s 55th ranked Derbel, 6-4, 6-2. On Sunday, Boutillier and Alcantara started off the Bulldogs' victory by defeating Santa Clara's John Lambel and Ilya Osintsev, 8-4. In singles, Boutillier won the last match of the weekend, coming from behind to defeat Lambel, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Davis, a freshman from Salt Lake City, Utah (Cottonwood HS), went undefeated in both singles and doubles play last weekend as she helped Utah State to a 2-1 record, with wins against Weber State (5-2) and Montana State (5-1). Davis won all three of her singles matches in straight sets, as she went 2-0 at the No. 3 singles position and 1-0 at the No. 2 spot. In doubles play, Davis teamed with junior Jaci West for three doubles wins at the No. 1 position.
Other men’s nominees included: Hawai’i sophomore Jared Spiker … Idaho junior Abid Akbar … Nevada senior Jordan Rozenfeld … New Mexico State junior Luis Ramirez ... Utah State freshman Marcus Fritz
Other women’s nominees included: Fresno State freshman Aishwarya Agrawal … Idaho sophomore Vicky Lozano … New Mexico State senior Natalia Salum.