Nike #HLTennis Players of the Week (March 24)
INDIANAPOLIS – Cleveland State swept the weekly honors on the men’s side for the second-straight week as Matthew Terry picked up a pair of wins to earn Nike #HLTennis Men’s Singles Player of the Week, while the duo of Luke Phillips and Nico Mostardi also grabbed two wins receiving the Nike #HLTennis Men’s Doubles Team of the Week award. On the women’s side, Oakland’s Nirva Patel went 2-0 on the weekend, earning Nike #HLTennis Women’s Singles Player of the Week, while Youngstown State’s Eliska Masarikova and Tamara Teufl picked up two big wins for the second weekend in a row to claim the Nike #HLTennis Women’s Doubles Team of the Week honors as the Horizon League announced its weekly tennis awards on Wednesday.
#HLTennis Men’s Singles Player of the Week
Matthew Terry | Cleveland State | Senior | Alpharetta, Ga.
Terry went 2-0 at the top of the singles lineup against Xavier, helping the Vikings pick up wins in both matches to extend their current win streak to four. Terry earned a 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-3 win in the first match of the weekend and followed that up with a 6-0, 6-1 win in the weekend finale. The senior finished the weekend in sole possession of fifth place on the CSU Singles Wins List with 83 career victories. He owns a 6-3 record on the season, including a perfect 4-0 mark over the last four matches. This is the second week in a row he has received Player of the Week honors.
#HLTennis Men’s Doubles Team of the Week
Luke Phillips | Cleveland State | Senior | Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nico Mostardi | Cleveland State | Redshirt Senior| Cleveland, Ohio
The duo went 2-0 at the top of the doubles lineup, helping the Vikings earn the doubles point in both matches against Xavier. Cleveland State has now won the doubles point in nine of its 11 matches this season. Phillips and Mostardi picked up a 6-1 win in the first match, and followed that up with a 6-2 victory in the second match. The pair own a team-best 5-1 record on the year, while they own a 20-9 career record as a tandem, just shy of moving onto the CSU Team Doubles Wins List. This is the second week in a row Phillips has been on a Doubles Team of the Week, and the third time overall this duo has won the honor.
#HLTennis Women’s Singles Player of the Week
Nirva Patel | Oakland | Sophomore | Somerset, United Kingdom
Patel went a perfect 2-0 at the No. 2 singles position helping Oakland win their first two matches of the season over IUPUI to go 2-0 in Horizon League play. She defeated Gabrielle Ochalik in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, in Oakland’s 5-2 win and followed that up with a hard-fought three-set win over Christina Stankovic, 5-7, 6-1, 7-5, helping the Golden Grizzlies to a 4-3 win to complete the weekend sweep.
#HLTennis Women’s Doubles Team of the Week
Eliska Masarikova | Youngstown State | Freshman | Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic
Tamara Teufl | Youngstown State | Senior | Purkersdorf, Austria
The pair earned two victories against Cleveland State last weekend. Their 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles against Blance Lenoan and Kateryna Avram clinched the doubles point for YSU on Saturday. On Sunday, Teufl and Masarkiova picked up a 6-1 win at No. 2 to help the Guins clinch the doubles point. The tandem improved to 10-5 this spring and has won eight straight matches. This is the second week in a row they have received Doubles Team of the week honors.
2021 Nike® #HLTennis Men’s Singles Player of the Week
February 3 – Vasilis Vardakis, Youngstown State
February 10 – Ethan Mardanus-Budiono, IUPUI
February 17 – Ethan Mardanus-Budiono, IUPUI
February 24 – Will Everett, Youngstown State
March 3 – Laurentiu Mandocescu, Youngstown State
March 11 – Emilien Burnel, Northern Kentucky
March 17 – Matthew Terry, Cleveland State
March 24 – Matthew Terry, Cleveland State
2021 Nike® #HLTennis Men’s Doubles Team of the Week
February 3 – Luke Phillips/Nico Mostardi, Cleveland State
February 10 – Alex Jochim/Colton Morehart, IUPUI
February 17 – Alex Jochim/Colton Morehart, IUPUI
February 24 – Luke Phillips/Nico Mostardi, Cleveland State
March 3 – Matthew Terry/Kade Mindry, Cleveland State
March 11 – Anthony Nguyen/Gustavo Schwebel, UIC
March 17 – Clark Bilinovich/Luke Phillips, Cleveland State
March 24 – Luke Phillips/Nico Mostardi, Cleveland State
2021 Nike® #HLTennis Women’s Singles Player of the Week
February 3 – Cecilia Rosas, Youngstown State
February 10 – Georgia Gulin, UIC
February 17 – Lucie Prochazkova, UIC
February 24 – Greta Carbone, Milwaukee
March 3 – Elvira Esteo, Youngstown State
March 11 – Tamara Malazonia, UIC
March 17 – Agnes Gustafsson, UIC
March 24 – Nirva Patel, Oakland
2021 Nike® #HLTennis Women’s Doubles Team of the Week
February 3 – Elvira Esteo/Cecilia Rosas, Youngstown State
February 10 – Miruna Vasilescu/Klara Mrcela, Cleveland State
February 17 – Nell Arendt/Agnes Gustafsson, UIC
February 24 – Mayya Perova/Nikki Milner, Milwaukee
March 3 – Elvira Esteo/Cecilia Rosas, Youngstown State
March 11 – Mayya Perova/Nikki Milner, Milwaukee
March 17 – Eliska Masarikova/Tamara Teufl, Youngstown State
March 24 – Eliska Masarikova/Tamara Teufl, Youngstown State