WAC Tennis Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER- UT Rio Grande Valley's Dominique Ibarra and Kansas City's doubles team Katie Fries and Grace Ball have been named the Women's Western Athletic Conference Tennis Athletes of the Week for April 17-22.
Ibarra, a senior from Barcelona, Spain, has won 13-straight singles matches and improved to 13-2 on the season. Her most recent victory came against an opponent from Texas A&M-Kingsville. Ibarra's last lost occurred on January 19 as she has now tallied 64-career singles victories, which ties second-most in program history.
Fries, a senior from Overland Park, Kan., and Ball, a sophomore from Wichita, Kan., continue a six-match win streak adding two more over the weekend against Saint Louis and Oral Roberts. The duo is undefeated this year when paired together and helped the Roos' to their tenth team win of the season.
Other female singles nominees: Kansas City's Katie Fries recorded her 12th win of the season extending her record to 8-2 within the last ten games and posting six wins in a row.
Other female doubles nominees: UT Rio Grande Valley's Marine Darzyan and Dominique Ibarra improved to 11-4 on the season winning four-straight matches.