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WAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Missouri-Kansas City's Mike Psarros and Seattle U's Kelli Woodman have been named Western Athletic Conference Tennis Players of the Week, respectively, for April 11-17.
Psarros, a junior from Athens, Greece went undefeated on the week against Saint Louis and Illinois State. He has won five straight doubles matches at No. 1 and has 12 wins from the No. 4 position, which is the most in school history at that spot. Psarros set the school record with partner Airam Castellano for most doubles wins in a season at 22 and extended the record for most doubles wins from the No. 1 spot. The juniors 20 singles wins this season are the third most in UMKC history trailing on Castellano and Amaury Navette from this season. He also set the UMKC record with his 49th career doubles victory.
Woodman, a junior from Denver, Colo. (Cherry Creek HS) won her fifth straight singles match, the Redhawks' longest active streak. In doubles, she and partner Michelle Lui bumped their win streak up to a team-leading four straight matches.
Other men's nominees: Grand Canyon's Mitch Maroscher helped solidify GCU's first win over in-state rival Northern Arizona since being a member of Division 1. The junior picked up his eighth win in doubles and is now 9-10 in singles.
Other women's nominees: UT Rio Grande Valley's Doris Aleksovska went 1-1 in singles and 1-1 in doubles over the weekend. She defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Kerry Galhos 7-6, 0-6, 12-10 to record the Vaqueros lone point against the Islanders. With the win, Aleksovska finished with an 11-6 record. In doubles, Aleksovska teamed with Dominique Ibarra to defeat Texas State's Pippa Carr and Ammaarah Tim 6-0 on court three. It was Aleksovska's ninth doubles win of the season and her fourth with Ibarra.
CHICAGO STATE
The Chicago State men's tennis played its final home match of the 2016 season on a sunny Wednesday afternoon at the CSU Tennis Courts against UIC, but it fell by a 7-0 margin to the visiting Flames. Chicago State men's tennis opened its final road regular-season road swing of the 2016 season here this afternoon by posting a dominant 7-0 victory over host Western Illinois at the WIU Tennis Facility. They closed out its regular season schedule here Sunday evening by dropping a 7-0 decision to 67th-ranked Iowa at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex.
GRAND CANYON
The GCU men's tennis team won its last game of the regular season on Saturday afternoon against Northern Arizona University. The final score was 6-1 as the Lopes won two doubles matches to earn a point and also took five of the six singles matches. Grand Canyon ends the regular season with a record of 13-7 while NAU falls to 11-11 for the year.
MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY
The UMKC men's tennis squad continued to roll on Tuesday afternoon, taking out Saint Louis by a 4-1 margin on the road. UMKC men's tennis picked up its 15th win of the season after taking down Missouri Valley foe Illinois State 6-1 on Friday afternoon at the Plaza Tennis Center.
NM STATE
The NM State men's tennis team gave its seniors a great sendoff on Saturday, defeating Western New Mexico 6-1. The Mustangs (13-9, 4-0 RMAC) gave NM State a scare at the start of the match, taking both doubles matches on courts No. 1 and No. 3. However, the Aggies (10-9, 4-1 WAC) dominated WNMU in singles play with a sweep on all six courts. The NM State women's tennis team dropped the Battle of I-10 to UTEP, 4-1, on Friday afternoon at the El Paso Tennis Club. The NM State women's tennis team dropped its final match of the regular-season to Rio Grande Rival, New Mexico, on Sunday at the NMSU Tennis Center 4-0. The Aggies finished the regular-season with a 10-9 record and undefeated mark in Western Athletic Conference play (5-0).
SEATTLE U
Audrey Scott and Kailyn Skjonsby stepped in to play for two of Seattle U's missing starters, while Scott earned a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles …the Redhawks earned their first win since Apr. 1 and will host Idaho next weekend on Senior Day (Apr. 23) before the WAC Tournament in two weeks.
UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY
The Vaqueros dropped their final two matches of the season as they fell 3-4 to Texas State and 1-6 to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi over the weekend. Freshman Tara Donaho finished with a team best 12-5 record as the Vaqueros had three others win at least 10 singles matches with freshman Doris Aleksovska (11), senior Reegan Greenwood (10) and freshman Dominique Ibarra (10). The Vaqueros now prepare for the WAC Tournament, which they host from April 29-May 1 at the Brownsville Tennis Center.
3-WAY TIE FOR MEN'S REGULAR SEASON TITLE
Grand Canyon, NM State and Missouri-Kansas City tied for the WAC Regular Season Title with all teams going 4 and 1 in conference play. Although Grand Canyon is not eligible for postseason competition, they are not excluded from the regular season standings, which are used to determine the WAC tournament seeds. Because Grand Canyon, UMKC and New Mexico State all concluded WAC play with a 4-1 record, a tiebreaker was necessary. Following the policy from the WAC Code Book, we used head-to-head competition first. Because that three-way tie cannot be broken, the next tiebreaker is ITA rankings. Based on these rankings, the men's tournament seeds are as follows:
1. UMKC
2. NM State
3. UTRGV
4. Seattle U
5. Chicago State
NM STATE WOMEN OUTRIGHT CLINCH REGULAR SEASON TITLE
The Aggie women captured their first regular-season WAC title as Lindsay Harlas, a Las Cruces native clinched the match for NM State beating Seattle U 6-1. With the regular-season championship in sight, NM State reeled off five-straight wins in singles action to notch its eight-straight victory. The last time NM State won eight-straight matches dated back to the 2002 season when it won 13-straight. The Aggies only recorded eight-straight victories two other times in program history (1996, 2000).
Women's Tournament Seeding
There were no ties on the women's side, so the seeding for the tournament is as follows:
1. NM State
2. UTRGV
3. UMKC
4. Seattle U
5. Chicago State
WAC CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2016 WAC Tennis Championship travels to Brownsville, Texas from April 29th to May 1st. This year's championships will be hosted by Texas Rio Grand Valley. The New Mexico State men will look to repeat a WAC title. The Grand Canyon women won the regular season while New Mexico State won the tournament last season.
April 29-May 1
Location: Brownsville, Texas
Host: Texas Rio Grande Valley
Admission: Free
2016 USTA/ITA REGIONALS
The USTA/ITA Regional Championships will feature some of the top men's and women's players across the country. Over 8,000 student-athletes from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, Junior and Community Colleges compete across 85 USTA/ITA Regional Championships around the country.
Region/Host
Midwest: Notre Dame
Mountain: New Mexico
Northeast: Yale
South: Alabama
Central: Arkansas
Southeast: Florida
Northwest: Washington
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - The 2016 Tennis National Championships will take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Tulsa will be the host May 19-30.
May 19-30
Location: Tulsa, Okla.
Host: Tulsa
Admission: Free