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San Diego State's Maiberger and Becker Sweep McLeodUSA Mtn. West Tennis Weekly Honors Maiberger posts six victories during the week, as Becker helps Aztecs upset #31 Oregon. (3/29)
March 29, 2000
Colorado Springs, Colo. San Diego State sweeps this week's tennis honors as freshman Oliver Maiberger (Lorsh, Germany) and sophomore Katey Becker (Orange, Calif.) claim the McLeodUSA Mountain West Conference Men¹s and Women¹s Tennis Players of the Week, respectively. This is the second player of the week honor for Maiberger and the first for Becker. SDSU has claimed five men¹s awards and two women¹s honors this season. Maiberger posted three singles and three doubles victories en route to helping the Aztec men¹s team to a 3-0 record for the week. SDSU posted a 7-0 victory over Denver and 6-1 wins over both conference foes Utah and UNLV. The SDSU men improved to 13-6 on the season, 3-1 in Mtn. West matches and No. 28 in the latest ITA Rankings.
Maiberger started the week with a three-set (4-6, 6-1, 6-3) win over Denver¹s Tomasz Wawrzyniak in
the No. 1 position and teamed with Travis Hasson for a 9-8 win over the team of Wawrzyniak/Turkie in
No. 1 doubles. Against Utah, Maiberger claimed a 7-6, 6-4 win over Trevor Ferguson at No. 2 singles.
He capped the week by rallying for a three-set win over UNLV¹s Nenad Zivkovic (4-6, 6-2, 6-2). In the conference doubles matches, he paired with Valentino Pest for two wins in the No. 2 slot. Listed No. 67 in the latest national rankings, Maiberger improved to 19-1 overall and 18-0 in dual matches and stands 13-4 in doubles, 9-2 when playing with Hasson and 2-0 when teamed with Pest.
In a busy week for the Aztec women, Becker registered a 3-1 record at No. 5 singles and went 1-0 in doubles as she helped the team to victories over two higher-ranked opponents and a 2-2 record for the week. SDSU upset No. 31 Ohio State, 5-3, on Tuesday, then fell to No. 6 California, 7-2, Friday. The Aztecs claimed a 5-4 win over conference foe No. 41 BYU on Saturday, then finished the week with a 6-3 loss to No. 42 Oregon Sunday. SDSU is now 9-7 overall and vaulted to No. 27 in the national rankings. Becker has won nine of her last 10 matches, seven of those in straight sets, and improved to 14-8 overall and 9-5 in duals. She started the week with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Laura Maloney from Ohio State. She took California¹s Lisa Owierniak to 7-5 in the second set before falling 6-2, 7-5. Becker claimed a 6-2, 6-4 conference win over BYU¹s Tara Ferguson, then rallied for a three-set (3-6, 6-2, 6-2) win over Oregon¹s Valerie Young. She teamed with Lindsey Hedberg at No. 3 doubles to claim a crucial doubles victory over BYU¹s team of Khoudoiarova/Reynolds in that 5-4 team victory. McLeodUSA Mountain West Conference Men¹s Tennis Players of the Week: Feb. 2 Oliver Maiberger (Fr.) SDSU, Feb. 9 Tom DeAngelis (Sr.) AFA, Feb. 16 Danny Erez (Jr.) UNLV, Feb. 21 Alex Waske (Sr.) SDSU, Mar. 1 Gert Vilms (So.) BYU, Mar. 8 Vladimir Pavicevic (Jr.) UNLV, Mar. 15 Alex Waske (Sr.) SDSU, Mar. 22 Alex Waske (Sr.) SDSU, Mar. 29 Oliver Maiberger (Fr.) SDSU. McLeodUSA Mountain West Conference Women¹s Tennis Players of the Week: Feb. 2 Katarina Malec (Sr.) UNLV, Feb. 9 Megan Payne-Dorny (Sr.) Utah, Feb. 16 Katarina Malec (Sr.) UNLV, Feb. 21 Whitney Wells (Jr.) SDSU, Mar. 1 Kim Kelly (Sr.) BYU, Mar. 8 Dominika Gerwin (Sr.) UNM, Mar. 15 Melanie Roberts (Sr.) Wyoming, Mar. 22 Katarina Malec (Sr.) UNLV, Mar. 29 Katey Becker (So.) SDSU. |
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