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weekly release No. 13: april 15, 2015
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2015 Men’s Standings -- As of Wed., April 15
- - - CONF - - -
- - - NON-CONF - - -
Upcoming Schedule/
Recent Results
- - - OVERALL - - -
StandingsW
LPct.W
LPct.W
LPct.
HOMEROAD NEUT
Drake
Wichita State
Illinois State
Southern Illinois
UMBC
Stony Brook
Hartford
11-1
13-1
2-3
4-2
4-0
1-1
5-4
2 0 1.000 19 6 .760
2 1 .667 15 5 .750
1 2 .333
8 9 .471
0 3 .000
6 12 .333
101.000 95 .643
11 .500 35 .444
01 .000 79 .438
21 6 .778
17 6 739
911.450
615.286
105 .667
46 .400
610.375
5-4
1-5
3-7
1-6
6-5
1-3
2-6
MEN’S Schedule/Results
5-1
3-0
4-1
1-7
0-0
2-2
0-0
Tuesday, April 7
Wichita State at Oklahoma State............L 0-4
Friday, April 10
UMBC at George Washington..........Cancelled
Non-Conf. 33-419-3615-11
MVC HOME
7-8
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OVERALL 40-1219-3615-11
Saturday, April 11
*Illinois State vs. Wichita State..............L 1-6
*Southern Illinois vs. Drake...................L 2-5
Hartford at Holy Cross..........................W 7-0
Stony Brook vs. Sacred Heart................W 6-1
MVC Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week
Sunday, April 12
*Stony Brook vs. UMBC.........................L 1-6
Jakub Eisner - Jr. - Illinois State (Kladno, Czech)
While Illinois State lost to Wichita State, 1-6, this past Saturday, junior Jakub
Eisner notched the lone redbird victory in the match. Eisner defeated WSU’s
Tin Ostojic in the No. 1 flight in straight-sets, 6-3, 6-4. Ostojic, who ranks
No. 40 in the country, only lost for the fourth time all season, while Eisner
recorded his seventh win, good for third-best on the team.
Friday, April 17 - Sunday, April 19
MVC Men’s Tennis Championship
*denotes conference match-up
2015 Women’s Standings -- As of Wed., April 15
- - - CONF - - -
- - - NON-CONF - - -
StandingsW
LPct.W
LPct.W
LPct.
Wichita State
Drake
UNI
Southern Illinois
Bradley
Evansville
Missouri State
Illinois State
5 0 1.000
5 0 1.000
4 1 .800
2 1 .667
13 .250
14 .200
1 4 .200
0 4 .000
14 3 .813
14 4 .777
10 4 .714
11 6 .647
97 .571
85 .615
310 .231
211 .154
WOMEN’S Schedule/Results
- - - OVERALL - - -
19 3 .905
19 4 .826
145 .737
137 .650
10
10.500
99 .500
4
14.222
215.118
Saturday, April 11
HOMEROAD NEUT
11-0 6-2
13-0 5-2
9-1
4-4
10-1 2-4
5-3 4-7
6-4 1-4
2-3 1-10
0-4
2-9
*Drake vs. Southern Illinois............................W 7-0
*Missouri State vs. Bradley.............................L 3-4
*UNI vs. Evansville.........................................W 5-2
*Wichita State vs. Illinois State.......................W 7-0
Wichita State vs. Tulsa...................................W 4-3
2-1
1-2
1-0
1-2
1-0
2-1
1-1
0-2
Sunday, April 12
*Drake vs. Evansville.....................................W
*Missouri State vs. Illinois State.....................W
*UNI vs. Southern Illinois...............................W
*Wichita State vs. Bradley..............................W
Non-Conf. 37-225-4210-9
MVC HOME 19-17 - - - --
OVERALL 56-1925-4210-9
MVC Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week
Wednesday, April 15
*Bradley vs. Illinois State............................... 3 PM
Saturday, April 18
*Drake vs. Missouri State............................... 1
*Evansville vs. Illinois State............................ 1
*UNI vs. Wichita State.................................... 1
*Southern Illinois vs. Bradley.......................... 1
Ariel Dechter - So. - Bradley (Mundelein, Ill.)
Dechter was bumped up to the top spot in Bradley’s lineup for the first time this spring,
but the move into the No. 1 singles position, as well as a change in doubles partners,
did not prevent her from building upon her record-setting season ... Dechter posted a
3-1 combined record on the weekend, including a 2-0 record at Missouri State to end
Bradley’s 49-match Valley losing streak and a singles win at #32 Wichita State for the
first point scored in Valley play against the Shockers this season. In Sunday’s dual at
#32 Wichita State, Dechter became the first Valley player to win a point against the
Shockers this season by pulling out a 3-set win ... Not only was Dechter’s win Sunday the first by a Valley player
in five matches versus Wichita State this season, it was the first by a Valley No. 1 singles player against the
Shockers in regular-season or tournament play since April 13, 2013 (16 matches when the No. 1 singles match
was counted in the team result).
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6-1
4-3
5-2
6-1
PM
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Sunday, April 19
*Drake vs. Wichita State.............................. 10
*Evansville vs. Bradley................................. 12
*UNI vs. Missouri State................................ 10
*Southern Illinois vs. Illinois State................ 10
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MVC tennis weekly release No. 13
april 15, 2015
u Athletes of the Week
u Noteworthy
In addition to the league’s Tennis Athlete of the Week selection,
several other notbale performances are recognized, and they inlcude:
MEN
Alen Salibasic (Drake) - Lott won both of his matches to lead
No. 31 Drake to a 5-2 road win over No. 52 Wichita State.
Lott was the first singles match to finish as he defeated
Tomislav Gregurovic 6-4, 6-1. Lott and Ravi Patel earned
Drake’s only doubles win with an 8-3 victory at No. 3.
Ilija Cuic (Wichita State) - Cuic posted a 6-3, 6-3 win at
No. 3 singles to help WSU to a 6-1 dual victory at Illinois
State in the regular season finale. It was his ninth win in
his last 11 decisions and upped his dual match singles
record to 13-4. Earlier in the week, Cuic battled No. 98
Lucas Gerch to a near draw (5-7, 4-3) in an unfinished
match against No. 25 Oklahoma State.
WOMEN
Nell Boyd (Drake) - Boyd improved her conference record
to 5-0 in singles and 5-0 in doubles as she went 4-0 for
the week and helped Drake remain on top of the league
standings with a 7-0 win over Southern Illinois and a 6-1
victory over Evansville. Boyd became the second Bulldog
win program history to win 100 career singles matches
with her 6-4, 6-0 victory over Evansville’s Marina Moreno
at No. 4. She is just three wins away from becoming the
winningest singles player in school history. Boyd came back
from being down a set to beat SIU’s Athena Chrysanthou
0-6, 7-5, 10-6 at No. 3. In doubles, Boyd and Maddie
Johnson recorded a pair of 8-4 victories at No. 2.
Marketa Trousilova (Evansville) - Marketa Trousilova
finished the weekend 3-1. Her lone loss came against
Northern Iowa’s Erica Medlin at flight one singles. Trousilova
took Medlin to three sets but lost the match by a score
of 6-7, 6-1, 6-4. In doubles action against Northern Iowa
though, Trousilova along with Marina Moreno were able
to get the victory at flight one doubles over Medlin and
Elvira Lopez by a score of 8-7. Against Drake, Trousilova
was able to defeat Mariel Ante at flight one singles by a
score of 6-4, 2-6, 10-8. In doubles action against the
Bulldogs, Trousilova and Moreno were able to defeat
Ante and Adrienne Jensen 8-7 (7-4) at flight one doubles.
Anelisse Torrico Moreno (Missouri State) - Missouri State
freshman Anelisse Torrico Moreno swept singles play and
competed in two close doubles matches while leading the
Bears over the weekend in two Missouri Valley Conference
duals. Playing in the No. 4 slot for Missouri State, Torrico Moreno won her first match Saturday, April 12, over
Bradley’s Ashley Thai 6-4, 6-2. She continued her success
in singles with a victory on Sunday, April 13, over Illinois
State’s Catherine Shulman 6-4, 6-2. She was one of four
Bears to win in singles Sunday, helping Missouri State
earn its first conference win of the season.
DATE MEN’S PLAYER
J20
Ben Lott
J27
Alen Salibasic
J27
Tin Ostojic
F3
Matt Frost
F10
Ravi Patel
F17
Tin Ostojic
F24
Jonny Rigby
M3
Alen Salibasic
M10 Alen Salibasic
M17
Alen Salibasic
M24
Calum MacGeoch
M31
Alen Salibasic
A7
Tin Ostojic
A15
Jakub Eisner
DATE WOMEN’S PLAYER
J20
Jordan Eggleston
J27
Aleks Trifunovic
F3
Lucia Kovalova
F10
Maddie Johnson
F17
Mariel Ante
F24
Jieke Stroobant
M3
Natasha James
M10
Ariel Dechter
M17
Natasha James
M24
Natasha Tomishima
M31
Nell Boyd
A7 Julia Schiller
A15 Ariel Dechter
SCHOOL
DU
DU
WSU
DU
DU
WSU
SIU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
WSU
ILS
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u Valley Information
April 17-19, 2015
St. Louis, Mo.
Hosted by Southern Illinois
SCHOOL
DU
WSU
WSU
DU
DU
UNI
UE
BU
UE
SIU
DU
WSU
BU
MVC Tennis Athletes of the Week oare selected each week during
the tennis season. The players are announced on Tuesday afternoon
and appear in a weekly press release. Nominees are provided by
each school’s sports information contact and voted on by a panel
appointed by the league office.
April 24-26, 2015
Evansville, Ind.
Hosted by Evansville
u In the ITA Rankings
RANK MEN’S TEAM
31 Drake
59 Wichita State Quick Links
RANK MEN’S PLAYER
41 Alen Salibasic
46 Tin Ostojic
58 Ben Lott
SCHOOL
DU
WSU
DU
RANK MEN’S DOUBLES TEAM
38 Gregurovic/Ostojic SCHOOL
WSU
RANK WOMEN’S TEAM
32 Wichita State
Athletes of the Week
All-Conference
Championship History
News
Record Book (Men)
Record Book (Women)
Schedule (Men)
Schedule (Women)
Standings/Statistics
(Men)
Standings/Statistics
(Women)
Ariadna Cairo Baza (Southern Illinois) - Ariadna Cairo
Baza came away with two of SIU’s three wins last weekend,
taking the No. 3 doubles and the No. 6 singles wins in
SIU’s 5-2 loss to Northern Iowa. Cairo Baza put up a fight
in doubles with her partner Yana Golovkina as the two
closed the match on a tiebreaker, ultimately winning 8-7.
Cairo Baza also came away with a quick two-set victory at
the No. 6 singles spot, topping her opponent 6-3, 6-2. The
senior has won 15 singles matches this season, primarily
at the No. 6 spot, and has 12 doubles victories, 10 with
her current partner Golovkina.
Lucia Kovalove (Wichita State) - Kovalova went 2-0 in
singles and 3-0 on the doubles court in her final home
matches as a Shocker, helping WSU to conference wins
over Illinois State and Bradley and a victory over No. 74
Tulsa… On Senior Day, rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win in singles
against Bradley for her 79th career victory, moving her
to 14th on WSU’s all-time wins list. The win also helped
WSU close finish the home schedule unbeaten for the
second-consecutive year.
Bradley
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Drake
■ Evansville ■
Illinois State
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Northern Iowa
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Southern Illinois
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Wichita State