MAC Pepsi Player of the Week
Jason Presse * So. * Ball State
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Pressel went 2-0 at No. 2 singles and 1-1 at No. 1 doubles in a win against Bowling Green (6-1) and a loss to Notre Dame (5-2). Pressel's 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over the Falcons' Nicolas Lopez-Alevedo helped the Cardinals to their fifh consecutive MAC victory. Pressel was also victorious against 29th ranked Matt Daly of Notre Dame, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 (13-11).
Other Notable Performances
Northern Illinois' Mattias Ottermark (Fr., Gothenberg, Sweden) went 1-1 at No. 3 singles with a win against Illinois-Chicago and a loss to Toledo, and 2-0 at No. 3 doubles.
Toledo's Josh Weinstein (Sr., Toledo, Ohio) won in straight sets at No. 4 singles and posted an 8-2 doubles win against Northern Illinois.
Western Michigan's Jeff Brink (Sr., Grand Rapids) won at No. 6 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 triumph versus Bowling Green. He also teamed with Frenando Garcia for an 8-3 win at No. 3 singles in a 4-3 loss to the Falcons.
Notes
Ball State is ranked 49th in the nation in the latest WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis rankings. Ryan Baxter and Jason Pressel are ranked 37th nationally in doubles.
Western Michigan is ranked 72nd in the nation in the latest WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis rankings.
Bowling Green's Vitek Wild, a sophomore, lost his first ever MAC regular season match when he fell to Ball State's Ryan Baxter. Wild rebounded to win over Western Michigan's Fernando Garcia to improve to 9-1 all-time in MAC regular-season action.
If Bowling Green beats both Eastern Michigan and Toledo, and Western Michigan defeats Ball State this week, there will be a three-way tie for the MAC championship.
Team MAC Overall
Ball State 5-0 1.000 15-7 .682
Western Michigan 4-1 .800 12-8 .600
Bowling Green 3-1 .750 13-7 .650
Toledo 2-2 .500 7-11 .389
Northern Illinois 2-4 .333 7-14 .333
Eastern Michigan 1-3 .250 8-13 .381
Buffalo 0-6 .000 8-12 .400
This Week's Schedule
Wednesday, April 19
Buffalo @ St. Franics
Thursday April 20
E. Michigan @ Toledo
Friday, April 21
Bowling Green @ E. Michigan *
Saturday, April 22
Ball State @ W. Michigan*
Bowling Green @ Toledo *
Last Week's Results
Wednesday, April 12
Canisius @ Buffalo - cancelled (weather)
@ N. Illinois 7, Illinois-Chicago 0
Thursday April 13
Ball State 6, @ Bowling Green 1 *
Saturday, April 15
@ Bowling Green 4, W. Michigan 3 *
Toledo 6, @ N. Illinois 1 *
Wright State 6, @ E. Michigan 1
Notre Dame 5 @ Ball State 2
* -MAC matches
Singles Records
No. 1 Singles MAC Overall
Ryan Baxter (BSU) 4-0 25-9
Vitek Wild (BG) 2-1 19-11
Budi Susanto (UB) 0-6 13-13
Jason Yue (EMU) 1-3 15-18
Brent Sitarski (NIU) 2-4 5-11
Mattias Ottermark (NIU) 0-0 0-3
Mattias Ardfelt (NIU) 0-0 2-0
Jorge Morales (UT) 2-1 4-7
Gernot Kerschbaumer (UT) 1-0 3-1
Fernando Garcia (WMU) 1-1 8-9
Steve Pillon (WMU) 2-2 2-2
Fernando Garcia (WMU) 1-1 8-9
No. 2 Singles MAC Overall
Jason Pressel (BSU) 4-0 21-10
Nicolas Lopez-Alevedo (BG) 3-1 19-13
Fery Kasiman (UB) 3-3 10-5
Jake Stricker (EMU) 1-3 10-12
Patrik Molin (NIU) 2-3 5-8
Brent Sitarski (NIU) 0-0 1-2
Mattias Ottermark (NIU) 0-1 0-2
Gernot Kerschbaumer (UT) 1-2 3-7
Carlos Lomena (UT) 0-0 1-0
Dipesh Rao (UT) 0-1 1-2
John Weinstein (UT) 0-0 0-1
Steve Pillon (WMU) 1-1 4-1
Fernando Garcia (WMU) 2-1 2-1
No. 3 Singles MAC Overall
Andrew Seni (BSU) 4-0 15-15
Geoff Hiscox (BG) 2-1 20-10
Justin Brtko (UB) 1-5 12-10
Rob Harrigan (EMU) 1-3 13-16
Mattias Ottermark (NIU) 1-4 4-8
Radovan Zivkovic (NIU) 0-0 0-4
Jon Perlman (NIU) 1-0 1-0
Carlos Lomena (UT) 2-2 4-3
Dipesh Rao (UT) 0-0 1-5
Josh Weinstein (UT) 0-0 1-0
Anthony Lipp (UT) 0-0 0-1
Christian Brattstrom (WMU) 1-1 3-3
Ryan Tomlinson (WMU) 3-0 7-9
No. 4 Singles MAC Overall
Michael Westerhof (BSU) 4-0 11-2
Edgardo Rivera (BSU) 1-1 18-10
Mike Kossof (BG) 3-1 17-13
Dave Emihovich (UB) 0-6 5-17
Mike Case (EMU) 1-3 12-17
Jon Perlman (NIU) 1-4 2-8
Radovan Zivkovic (NIU) 1-0 3-3
Nick Gryfakis (NIU) 0-0 3-1
John Weinstein (UT) 0-2 0-2
Carlos Lomena (UT) 0-0 2-4
Anthony Lipp (UT) 0-0 0-2
Manuel Scherer (UT) 1-0 3-0
Dipesh Rao (UT) 1-2 1-2
Hector Arroyo (UT) 1-0 2-0
Ryan Tomlinson (WMU) 1-1 2-1
Kyle Gernhufer (WMU) 3-0 3-2
No. 5 Singles MAC Overall
Michael Westerhof (BSU) 5-0 13-2
Michael Lopez-Alevedo (BG) 1-1 19-9
Ed Kuresman (BG) 0-2 15-10
Tim Powell (UB) 0-6 6-17
Shani Amarasinghe (UB) 0-1 0-1
Kory Gernhofer (EMU) 0-2 7-13
Nick Gryfakis (NIU) 3-3 5-9
Brent Sitarski (NIU) 0-0 2-0
Tim Freesen (NIU) 0-0 1-1
Eddie Bimbuain (UT) 1-0 2-0
Josh Weinstein (UT) 0-0 3-2
Manual Scherer (UT) 1-2 2-3
Anthony Lipp (UT) 0-0 1-2
Kyle Gernhofer (WMU) 2-0 7-7
Jeff Brink (WMU) 2-0 3-3
Ryan Maarschalk (WMU) 1-0 1-0
No. 6 Singles MAC Overall
Eric Butorac (BSU) 4-1 14-12
Chris Varga (BSU) 4-0 11-7
Kevin Burentt (BSU) 2-0 15-4
Brandon Gabel (BG) 2-2 17-10
Sean Kelley (UB) 0-5 7-10
Brent Persia (UB) 0-1 1-6
Mike Adanti (EMU) 0-1 1-4
Hunter Stenzel (EMU) 1-1 8-18
Tim Freesen (NIU) 2-1 7-6
Radovan Zivkovic (NIU) 1-2 1-3
Jon Schmidt (NIU) 0-0 0-1
Eddie Bimbuain (UT) 1-0 2-0
Manual Scherer (UT) 1-2 2-3
Anthony Lipp (UT) 0-0 1-2
Josh Weinstein (UT) 0-0 0-2
Hector Arroyo (UT) 0-0 1-2
Jeff Brink (WMU) 2-0 11-2
Ryan Maarschalk (WMU) 2-0 2-0
Doubles Records
No. 1 Doubles MAC Overall
Baxter/Butorac (BSU) 1-0 6-2
Baxter/Pressel (BSU) 2-0 11-5
Gabel/Wild (BG) 2-2 15-10
Westerhof /Varga (BSU) 1-0 1-0
Sustano/Brtko (UB) 0-4 0-4
Susanto/Kasiman (UB) 0-2 4-5
Yve/Harrigan (EMU) 1-3 12-17
Sitarski/Molin (NIU) 2-4 7-7
Sitarski/Zivkovic (NIU) 0-0 1-3
Ardfelt/Sitarski (NIU) 0-0 2-0
Weinstein/Lomena (UT) 1-2 4-8
Lipp/Rao (UT) 0-0 1-1
Scherer/Kerschbaumer (UT) 1-0 1-0
Tomlinson/Pillon (WMU) 5-0 14-6
No. 2 Doubles MAC Overall
Seni/Westerhof (BSU) 2-0 2-0
Butorac/Seni (BSU) 2-1 2-2
Hiscox/M. Lopez-Alevedo(BG) 1-0 5-3
Hiscox/Kuresman (BG) 1-2 4-2
Ksiman/Emihovich (UB) 0-4 0-4
Emihovich/Brtko (UB) 0-2 2-5
Stricker/Case (EMU) 1-3 12-8
Ottermark/Gryfakis (NIU) 3-1 6-9
Ottermark/Freesen (NIU) 2-1 3-1
Gryfakis/Freesen (NIU) 0-0 2-0
Arroyo/Morales (UT) 0-0 0-1
Lipp/Rao (UT) 0-3 4-7
Scherer/Kerschbaumer (UT) 0-0 1-0
Lomena/Rao (UT) 1-0 1-0
Arroyo/Weinstein (UT) 0-0 0-1
Gernhofer/Maarschalk(WMU) 5-0 10-10
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
Rivera/Westerhof (BSU) 1-0 3-0
Kosoff/N./ Lopez-Alevedo (BG) 1-1 8-2
Lopez-Alevedo/M. Lopez-Alevedo(BG)1-1 2-4
Powell/Persia (UB) 0-3 0-3
Powell/Kelley (UB) 0-3 4-5
Gernhofer/Williams (EMU) 0-2 1-5
Stenzel Adanti (EMU) 1-1 3-6
Perlman/Freesen (NIU) 1-2 1-5
Zivkovic/Freesen (NIU) 1-0 3-4
Perlman/Gryfakis (NIU) 1-2 2-2
Arroyo/Morales (UT) 0-2 2-4
Lipp/Rao (UT) 0-0 0-1
Scherer/Kerschbaumer (UT) 0-0 1-4
Arroyo/Bimbuain (UT) 1-0 2-0
Garcia/Brink (WMU) 3-0 12-6
Garcia/Blache (WMU) 2-0 2-0