DENVER - Grand Canyon's Mitch Maroscher and Seattle U's Michelle Lui have been named Western Athletic Conference Tennis Players of the Week, respectively, for Jan. 18-24.
Maroscher, a junior from Salem, Ohio (Salem) helped clinch a come from behind win over West Coast Conference foe Saint Mary's this week. After being the only doubles win with partner Adrian Legarreta, Maroscher turned the momentum around for GCU. He defeated Thomas Hunt in three sets to seal the victory for the Lopes.
Lui, a sophomore from Bellevue, Wash. (Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart) won both singles matches over the weekend and the Redhawks took the first point of the match in both as well, winning the doubles point in each match on the weekend … Lui and Woodman have won at No. 1 doubles in two of three matches to finish to start the spring season.
Other men's nominees: Chicago State's Rohan Wattley captured his first singles win of the dual match season on Jan. 24 at No. 4 singles against Chicago. He also teamed with freshman Felix Savard to gain a pair of wins at No. 2 doubles against UC and Illinois State. Missouri-Kansas City's Airam Castellano helped the Roos move to 2-0 on the season with a perfect weekend. He defeated one of the top NAIA players in the country in Spartak Rahachou on Friday in the season opener, coming from behind. He also posted a 2-0 mark in doubles with partner Mike Psarros in convincing fashion. UT Rio Grande Valley's Cosme Jubera went 1-1 in singles and 1-0 in doubles top open the season. He defeated UMBC's Eliot Loubatie 7-6 (3), 6-4 for his first dual match singles victory. In the second set, Jubera found himself down 0-4 before winning six straight games to take the match. In doubles, Jubera teamed with Harry Wells to defeat UMBC's Biyik Akinshemoyin and Kevin Hsieh 6-4 to give UTRGV the doubles point. Jubera and Wells remained undefeated in doubles as their match against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi went unfinished.
Other women's nominees: Chicago State's Monica Pulgar garnered her first collegiate singles victory when she captured a 6-4, 6-1 win over Chicago's Kat Stevanovich at No. 6 singles on Jan. 24 in CSU's season opener. Grand Canyon's Tatum Prudhomme continued her winning ways with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles against Colorado State. Prudhomme and her partner, Susan Baklini were dominant in doubles as well with a 6-1 victory over Aina Hernandez and Madison Porter. Prudhomme picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win in singles and a 6-2 win in doubles against Air Force. The junior did not allow an opponent to win more than two sets this past weekend. Missouri-Kansas City's Melinda Johnson was perfect on the week, going 2-0 in singles at the No. 1 position, as well as No. 1 in doubles at the top position in the lineup. UMKC rolled to 7-0 victories in both home openers. UT Rio Grande Valley's Reegan Greenwood defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Jelena Dzinic 6-3, 2-6, 12-10 to record the Vaqueros lone point against the Islanders. Greenwood's singles victory was her 44th of her career and that moved her into a tie for seventh place in the program's all-time career singles victory list.