MAC Pepsi Player of the Week
Geoff Hiscox Fr. Bowling Green
Hometown: London, Ontario
Hiscox went 2-1 at the No. 3 singles and 3-0 at No. 2 doubles as the Falcons lost to No. 50 ranked Louisville and No. 66 ranked Rice, and defeated unranked Dayton. Hiscox won his singles matches versus Rice and Dayton. His collegiate debut at No. 1 singles was successful as he beat Dayton's Jeff Kelley, 6-2, 6-3. Hiscox is 17-9 in singles and 17-8 in doubles despite being teamed with five different partners.
Other Notable Performances
Ball State freshman Michael Westerhof (Fr., Durban, South Africa) helped the Cardinals beat Eastern Michigan 7-0 with a win at No. 4 singles (6-2, 6-0) and No. 1 doubles (8-3). Since coming to Ball State this spring semester, Westerhof has compiled a 10-2 singles record, including 3-0 in MAC play, and 4-0 in doubles play, all in MAC action.
Toledo's Gernot Kerschbaumer (So., Klagenfurt, Austria) won his only match of the week with a No. 1 singles triumph over Mathias Matheas of Rice.
Western Michigan's Ryan Tomlinson (Jr., Three Rivers, Mich.) was a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles against Northern Illinois and DePaul. He posted a No. 4 singles win over NIU's John Perlman, 6-4, 6-2, and beat DePaul's Andy Michael, 6-2, 6-4. Tomlinson teamed with Steve Pillon to up their No. 1 doubles record to 22-10 (including tournaments) and 10-6 in dual meets, with a pair of 8-6 wins.
Notes
Ball State is ranked 52nd in the nation in the latest WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis rankings. Ryan Baxter and Jason Pressel are ranked 39th nationally in doubles.
2000 MAC TEAM STANDINGS
Team MAC Overall
Ball State 3-0 1.000 13-6 .684
Bowling Green 1-0 1.000 10-6 .625
Western Michigan 1-0 1.000 9-7 .563
Toledo 1-0 1.000 6-8 .429
Northern Illinois 2-2 .500 6-12 .333
Eastern Michigan 1-2 .333 8-11 .421
Buffalo 0-5 .000 8-11 .421
This Week's Schedule
Thursday, April 6
N. Illinois @ DePaul
Friday, April 7
Toledo @ Ball State *
W. Michigan @ Buffalo *
Xavier @ Bowling Green
Saturday, April 8
W. Michigan @ E. Michigan *
Sunday, April 9
Bowling Green @ N. Illinois *
W. Michigan @ Toledo *
Last Week's Results
Wednesday, March 29
@ Louisville 7, BGSU 0
@ Marquette 7, N. Illinois 0
Friday, March 31
Rice 5, BGSU 2 @ Columbus
Rice 5, Toledo 2 @ Columbus
@ W. Michigan 6, N. Illinois 1 *
@ Butler 7, E. Michigan 0
Saturday, April 1
@ BGSU 7, Dayton 0
@ Ball State 7, E. Michigan 0 *
@ DePaul 4, W. Michigan 3
MAC matches
Singles Records
No. 1 Singles MAC Overall
Ryan Baxter (BSU) 2-0 23-8
Vitek Wild (BG) 0-0 16-10
Budi Susanto (UB) 0-5 13-12
Jason Yve (EMU) 1-1 15-14
Brent Sitarski (NIU) 2-2 4-9
Mattias Ottermark (NIU) 0-0 0-3
Mattias Ardfelt (NIU) 0-0 2-0
Jorge Morales (UT) 0-0 2-6
Gernot Kerschbaumer (UT) 1-0 3-1
Fernando Garcia (WMU) 1-0 8-8
No. 2 Singles MAC Overall
Jason Pressel (BSU) 2-0 18-10
Nicolas Lopez-Alevedo (BG) 1-0 16-12
Fery Kasiman (UB) 3-2 10-4
Jake Stricker (EMU) 1-1 9-9
Patrik Molin (NIU) 2-1 4-6
Brent Sitarski (NIU) 0-0 1-2
Mattias Ottermark (NIU) 0-1 0-2
Gernot Kerschbaumer (UT) 0-0 2-5
Carlos Lomena (UT) 0-0 1-0
Dipesh Rao (UT) 0-1 1-2
John Weinstein (UT) 0-0 0-1
Steve Pillon (WMU) 0-1 3-1
No. 3 Singles MAC Overall
Andrew Seni (BSU) 2-0 13-14
GeoffHiscox (BG) 0-0 17-9
Justin Brtko (UB) 1-4 12-9
Rob Harrigan (EMU) 1-1 12-13
Mattias Ottermark (NIU) 1-2 3-6
Radovan Zivkovic (NIU) 0-0 0-4
Jon Perlman (NIU) 1-0 1-0
Carlos Lomena (UT) 1-0 3-1
Dipesh Rao (UT) 0-0 1-5
Josh Weinstein (UT) 0-0 1-0
Anthony Lipp (UT) 0-0 0-1
Christian Brattstrom (WMU) 1-0 3-2
No. 4 Singles MAC Overall
Edgardo Rivera (BSU) 0-1 17-9
Michael Lopez-Alevedo (BG) 1-0 18-8
Dave Emihovich (UB) 0-5 5-16
Mike Case (EMU) 1-1 12-13
Jon Perlman (NIU) 1-2 1-6
Radovan Zivkovic (NIU) 1-0 3-3
Nick Gryfakis (NIU) 0-0 3-1
Carlos Lomena (UT) 0-0 2-4
Anthony Lipp (UT) 0-0 0-2
Manuel Scherer (UT) 1-0 3-0
Dipesh Rao (UT) 0-0 0-1
Ryan Tomlinson (WMU) 1-0 2-0
No. 5 Singles MAC Overall
Michael Westerhof (BSU) 3-0 10-2
Mike Kossof (BG) 1-0 15-12
Tim Powell (UB) 0-5 6-16
Shani Amarasinghe (UB) 0-1 0-1
Hunter Stenzel (EMU) 1-1 8-15
Nick Gryfakis (NIU) 2-2 4-8
Brent Sitarski (NIU) 0-0 2-0
Tim Freesen (NIU) 0-0 1-1
Josh Weinstein (UT) 0-0 3-2
Hector Arroyo (UT) 1-0 2-0
Manual Scherer (UT) 0-0 1-1
Anthony Lipp (UT) 0-0 1-2
Kyle Gernhofer (WMU) 1-0 6-7
No. 6 Singles MAC Overall
Eric Butorac (BSU) 3-0 13-11
Kevin Burentt (BSU) 2-0 15-4
Chris Varga (BSU) 2-0 9-7
Brandon Gabel (BG) 1-0 15-8
Sean Kelley (UB) 0-5 7-10
Mike Adanti (EMU) 0-1 1-4
Tim Freesen (NIU) 2-1 7-6
Radovan Zivkovic (NIU) 0-1 0-2
Jon Schmidt (NIU) 0-0 0-1
Eddie Bimbuain (UT) 1-0 2-0
Manual Scherer (UT) 0-0 1-1
Anthony Lipp (UT) 0-0 1-2
Josh Weinstein (UT) 0-0 0-2
Hector Arroyo (UT) 0-0 1-2
Jeff Brink (WMU) 1-0 10-2
Doubles Records
No. 1 Doubles MAC Overall
Baxter/Butorac (BSU) 1-0 6-2
Gabel/Wild (BG) 1-0 13-10
Westerhof /Varga (BSU) 1-0 1-0
Sustano/Brtko (UB) 0-3 0-3
Susanto/Kasiman (UB) 0-2 4-5
Yve/Harrigan (EMU) 1-1 11-4
Sitarski/Molin (NIU) 2-2 6-5
Sitarski/Zivkovic (NIU) 0-0 1-3
Ardfelt/Sitarski (NIU) 0-0 2-0
Weinstein/Lomena (UT) 0-0 3-6
Lipp/Rao (UT) 0-0 1-1
Scherer/Kerschbaumer (UT) 1-0 1-0
Tomlinson/Pillon (WMU) 1-0 10-6
No. 2 Doubles MAC Overall
Seni/Westerhof (BSU) 2-0 2-0
Butorac/Seni (BSU) 1-0 1-1
Hiscox/M. Lopez-Alevedo(BG) 1-0 5-3
Ksiman/Emihovich (UB) 0-3 0-3
Emihovich/Brtko (UB) 0-2 2-5
Stricker/Case (EMU) 1-0 12-9
Ottermark/Gryfakis (NIU) 2-1 5-9
Ottermark/Freesen (NIU) 0-1 0-1
Gryfakis/Freesen (NIU) 0-0 2-0
Arroyo/Morales (UT) 0-0 0-1
Lipp/Rao (UT) 0-0 4-4
Scherer/Kerschbaumer (UT) 0-0 1-0
Lomena/Rao (UT) 1-0 1-0
Arroyo/Weinstein (UT) 0-0 0-1
Gernhofer/Maarschalk(WMU) 1-0 6-10
No. 3 Doubles MAC Overall
Burnett/Varga (BSU) 1-0 3-2
Rector/Rivera (BSU) 1-0 1-0
Burnett/Vizzone (BSU) 1-0 2-3
Kuresman/N./ Lopez-Alevedo (BG) 0-0 3-0
Powell/Persia (UB) 0-3 0-3
Powell/Kelley (UB) 0-2 4-4
Gernhofer/Williams (EMU) 0-1 1-3
Perlman/Freesen (NIU) 1-1 1-4
Zivkovic/Freesen (NIU) 1-0 3-4
Perlman/Gryfakis (NIU) 0-1 0-1
Arroyo/Morales (UT) 0-0 2-2
Lipp/Rao (UT) 0-0 0-1
Scherer/Kerschbaumer (UT) 0-0 1-4
Arroyo/Bimbuain (UT) 1-0 2-0
Garcia/Brink (WMU) 1-0 10-6