TicketSmarter WAC Tennis Women’s and Men’s Athletes of the Week Announced
Arlington, Texas – Grand Canyon’s women’s singles player Madeline Lamoreaux and women’s doubles team Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Players of the Week. UTRGV’s men’s singles player Emilien Burnel and Seattle U’s men’s doubles team Veselin Kiselkov and Clement Hamel have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Players of the Week, for the competition week ending on Mar. 9.
Lamoreaux, a graduate from Mesa, Arizona, defeated Paulo Baranano of Baylor 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 on March 4. Lamoreaux has won her last three matches and has a 6-4 record this season.
Puehse, a senior from Scottsdale, Arizona, and Strombacha, a junior from Berlin, Germany, defeated Baylor's Paula Baranano and Daniella Dimitrov 6-4. Puehse and Strombacha clinched the doubles point and extended their winning streak to six matches.
Burnel, a junior from La Teste-De-Bush, France, went 2-0 in the No. 1 singles flight, picking up a pair of straight-sets victories to help the Vaqueros go 1-1 on the week. On Friday, Burnel defeated BYU’s Wally Thayne in an extremely competitive No. 1 match, 7-6 (3), 7-5, to tie the team score at 3-3 and keep UTRGV alive as the Vaqueros defeated BYU 4-3. On Sunday, Burnel was electric in his No. 1 battle with rival Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Avery Zavala, showing his athleticism to cover the court and make highlight-reel plays as he went on to earn a solid 7-5, 6-3 win. Burnel is 8-6 in dual matches this spring with seven wins in the No. 1 flight.
Kiselkov, a sophomore from Burgasm Bulgaria, and Hamel, a graduate from Caen, Normandie, France, won both of their matches this weekend. During their dual match against Weber State, Kiselokov and Hamel defeated Connor Kruger and William Zulch, 6-3. The next day, in their dual match against Idaho State, Kiselokov and Hamel pulled off a close win against Andreas Kramer and Valentino De Pellegrin.
2023 TicketSmarter WAC Tennis Weekly Awards
WAC Women's Tennis Singles Player of the Week
Madeline Lamoreaux, Grand Canyon (Mar. 10)
Santa Strombacha, Grand Canyon (Feb. 22)
Emma Persson, Tarleton (Feb. 15)
Martha Makantasi, Tarleton (Feb. 7)
Martha Makantasi, Tarleton (Jan. 31)
Isabelle Bahr, UTRGV (Jan. 24)
WAC Women's Tennis Doubles Players of the Week
Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha, Grand Canyon (Mar. 10)
Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha, Grand Canyon (Feb. 22)
Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha, Grand Canyon (Feb. 15)
Ximena Morales and Laure Razet, Tarleton (Feb. 7)
Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha, Grand Canyon (Jan. 31)
Isabelle Bahr and Yaiza Vazquez, UTRGV (Jan. 24)
WAC Men's Tennis Singles Player of the Week
Emilien Burnel, UTRGV (Mar. 10)
Emilien Burnel, UTRGV (Feb. 22)
Jonathan Da Silva, Grand Canyon (Feb. 15)
Emilien Burnel, UTRGV (Feb. 7)
Chris Lawrance, UTRGV (Jan. 31)
Martim Marujo, Grand Canyon (Jan. 24)
WAC Men's Tennis Doubles Players of the Week
Veselin Kiselkov and Clement Hamel, Seattle U (Mar. 10)
Dario Kmet and Daniel Morozov, Abilene Christian (Feb. 22)
William Alsterback and Alfred Almasi, Grand Canyon (Feb. 15)
Emilien Burnel and Borna Devald, UTRGV (Jan. 24)