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Players of the Week- March 5-11
Grand Canyon's singles player Lucas Grego and Chicago State's singles player Katarina Drazic, and Grand Canyon's doubles team Freddie Grant and Grego and Kansas City's doubles team Ioanna Lathouri and Katie Fries have been named the Western Athletic Conference Tennis Players of the Week, respectively, for March 5-11.
Grego, a junior from Longwy, France, won all three of his singles this past weekend while participating in the Golden State Invite. He competed in the Invite as the fifth flight for Grand Canyon and first took down his Nevada opponent 7-5, 6-4. He continued his great play the following day as he defeated UC Davis's counterpart 6-1, 6-3 before claiming his sixth consecutive singles victory on the last day of the tournament against UT Arlington's fifth flight with a victory of 7-6 (7-4), 6-0. Grego's three wins over the weekend helped his team collect their first overall victory of the Golden State Invite.
Drazic, a freshman from Sarasota, Fla., finished with a 3-0 mark last weekend at the fourth and fifth singles flight which improved her season record to 7-4 in dual matches. She kicked off last week's slate with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 5 against Omaha's fifth flight and followed that by defeating Oakland's fifth flight by a 6-2, 6-3 margin. Drazic then concluded the weekend with a close 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 win over Lewis's fourth flight.
Grant, a freshman from Surrey, England, and teammate Grego dropped their first decision as the third flight of the weekend to Nevada's pair 6-3 before bouncing back with two victories over the pair from UC Davis 7-6 (8-6) and UT Arlington's duo 6-4.
Lathouri, a freshman from Athens, Greece, and partner Fries, a junior from Overland Park, Kan., went 2-0 over the weekend as they competed as the third flight. Their first victory of the weekend was against a duo from Northwest Missouri State downing pulling a 6-2 triumph. The next day, the pair took on Missouri State competitors as they took a 6-4 victory to go undefeated for the weekend.
Other male singles nominees: Chicago State's Christian Gonzalez earned a pair of victories as the fourth flight beginning with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-2) victory over Wright State's competition and finished with a 6-3, 6-4 win against the opponent from Lewis… Kansas City's Tom Kruse defeated Northwest Missouri State's third flight 6-1, 6-2.
Other female singles nominee: Grand Canyon's Kylie Waschuk came out victorious over Montana State's No. 6 6-4, 6-4 and Drake's sixth flight 6-0, 6-0… Kansas City's Aliona Ladutska went 5-6, unfinished against Northwest Missouri State's top competitor and defeated Missouri State 7-6, 6-0 on the top court… Seattle U's Kali McCollister defeated North Dakota's fifth flight 7-5, 4-6, 6-2… UT Rio Grande Valley's Dominique Esparza picked up a 7-6, 6-3 on the top court against Texas A&M- Corpus Christi.
Other male doubles nominees: Kansas City's Airam Castellano/Alex Pozo paired together to defeated the top duo at Northwest Missouri State 6-2… Seattle U's Emilio Monroy/Arshak Ghazaryan went unfinished against the third flights of UC Davis 2-5 and Nevada 4-3 before defeating St. Mary's College duo 6-3.
Other female doubles nominees: Chicago State's Leshia Gadacz/Lorea Gamboa competed as the second flight for the weekend as they defeated the duos of Omaha 6-3 and Oakland 6-1 before dropping a 4-6 decision against a pair from Lewis… Grand Canyon's Lana Rinaldi/Emilia Occhipinti defeated the top pair from Montana State 7-6 and lost to Drake's top duo 6-2… Seattle U's Kelli Woodman/Michelle Lui were victorious on the top court against North Dakota's pair 6-2… UT Rio Grande Valley's Doris Aleksovska/Dominique Esparza defeated Texas A&M- Corpus Christi's second flight 6-2.
2018 WAC Tournament
The 2018 WAC Men's and Women's Tennis Tournaments will be hosted by Grand Canyon on April 27-29 in Phoenix. All six teams will compete in the Tournament as the first round will be No. 4 seed against No. 5 seed and No. 3 seed takes on No. 6 seed. No. 1 and No. 2 seeds earn a ticket straight to the semifinals. The winner of the tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the WAC representative. The reigning tournament champion is Kansas City as they defeated NM State 4-3 in the Championship match last year.
TOURNAMENT LOCATION CHANGE
The tournament will still be hosted by Grand Canyon, but it will be held at the Phoenix Tennis Center instead of competing at the Paseo Racquet Center.
2017 ITA REGIONALS
The 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 ITA Regional Championships around the country.
Region/Host
Northwest: Pacific
Southwest: Pepperdine
Mountain: BYU
Texas: Texas A&M
Central: Minnesota
Midwest: Michigan
Northeast: Yale
Ohio Valley: Tennessee
Atlantic: Liberty
Carolina: Duke
Southern: LSU
Southeast: Georgia Tech
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - The 2018 Tennis National Championships will take place in Winston Salem, N.C at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex. Wake Forest will be the host May 17-28.
May 17-28
Location: Winston Salem, N.C
Host: Wake Forest