TicketSmarter WAC Tennis Women’s and Men’s Athletes of the Week Announced
Arlington, Texas – Tarleton’s women’s singles player Elsa Boisson and Grand Canyon’s women’s doubles team Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Players of the Week. Abilene Christian’s men’s singles playerDario Kmet and UT Arlington’s men’s doubles teamAnton Shepp and Solano Caffarena have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Players of the Week, for the competition week ending on Apr. 11.
Boisson, a junior from Fontenay-le-Comte, France, went 2-0 at the No. 3 position in Tarleton’s 2-0 week this past week with wins over Grand Canyon and NM State. Boisson defeated the Lopes’ Dania Deaifi 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday, then beat the Aggies’ Valeriia Ivanovskaia 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 on Saturday. The Texans are now 13-6 overall and 5-2 in WAC play, second in the WAC standings. Boisson owns the best singles record on the team at 13-4 and is 6-1 against WAC opponents in singles play.
Puehse, a senior from Scottsdale, Ariz., and Strombacha, a junior from Berlin, Germany, defeated Tarleton’s Martha Makantasi and Elsa Boisson in the No. 1 position 6-3, 6-3 on April 6th. The duo went on to defeat Abilene Christian’s Masha Vrsalovic and Olivia Sears in the No. 1 position 6-3. Puehse and Strombacha improved to 14-4 and 6-1 as a team.
Kmet, a junior from Sydney, Australia remained undefeated in WAC No. 1 singles with victories this past week. Kmet secured wins over UT Arlington’s Anton Shepp (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) and UTRGV’s Emilien Burnel (6-3, 6-2).
Shepp, a sophomore from Hamilton, New Zealand, and Caffarena, a junior from Santa Fe, Argentina, hold a 11-3 record as the primary No. 1 doubles team for the Mavericks. They remain undefeated in WAC play with wins over UTRGV, Abilene Christian and NM State. In their most recent match against NMSU, the duo defeated Yehor Opanasenko and Jordy Visser by a score of 6-2.
2023 TicketSmarter WAC Tennis Weekly Awards
WAC Women's Tennis Singles Player of the Week
Elsa Boisson, Tarleton (Apr. 12)
Anna Pinaieva, NM State (Apr. 5)
Elena Kraleva, Seattle U (Mar. 29)
Emma Persson, Tarleton (Mar. 22)
Ksenia Mamontova, Stephen F. Austin (Mar. 15)
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 (Apr. 12)
Liliya Dimiva and Elena Kraleva, Seattle U (Apr. 5)
Lea Karren and Barbara Martinez, UTRGV (Mar. 29)
Tara Gorinsek and Paula Jimenez, UT Arlington (Mar. 22)
Martha Makantasi and Clara Sobius, Tarleton (Mar. 15)
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
Dario Kmet, Abilene Christian (Apr. 12)
Dario Kmet, Abilene Christian (Apr. 5)
Lachlan Robertson, UT Arlington (Mar. 29)
Anton Shepp, UT Arlington (Mar. 22)
Daniel Morozov, Abilene Christian (Mar. 15)
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
Anton Shepp and Solano Caffarena, UT Arlington (Apr. 12)
Jordy Visser and Yehor Opanasenko, NM State (Apr. 5)
Santiago Giamichelle and Dante Teramo, UT Arlington (Mar. 29)
Emilien Burnel and Borna Devald, UTRGV (Mar. 22)
Emilien Burnel and Borna Devald, UTRGV (Mar. 15)
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)