Vitek Wild
So.
Bowling Green
Hometown: 21-11, 4-1 MAC
Prague, Czech Republic
Vitek Wild went 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles as the Falcons tied Ball State
and Western Michigan as MAC champions. BGSU defeated Eastern Michigan, 7-0,
and Toledo, 6-1 to gain a share of the league title for the first time since
1964. Wild lost just three games en route to a win over EMU's Jake Stricker at
No. 2 singles, and dropped just four games in a win over Toledo's Jorge Morales
at No. 1 singles. Wild teamed with Brandon Gabel for two wins at the No. 1 doubles flight.
Notes
With Bowling Green's wins over Eastern Michigan and Toledo, and Western Michigan's triumph
over Ball State last week, there was a three-way tie for the 2000 MAC regular season title. In
a drawing conducted Monday afternoon, Western Michigan received the No. 1 seed, Bowling Green
No. 2 and Ball State No. 3.
Ball State was ranked 49th in the nation in last week's WingspanBank.com Collegiate
Tennis rankings and Western Michigan was ranked No. 72. Ball State's No. 1 doubles team of
Ryan Baxter and Jason Pressel were ranked 37th nationally.
This week's MAC Player of the Week, Bowling Green's Vitek Wild, a sophomore,
improved his career mark in MAC regular season singles matches to 11-1. His only loss
came this year against Ball State's Ryan Baxter.
2000 MAC TEAM STANDINGS
Team MAC Overall
Ball State 5-1 .833 15-8 .652
Bowling Green 5-1 .833 15-7 .682
Western Michigan 5-1 .833 13-8 .619
Toledo 3-3 .500 8-12 .400
Northern Illinois 2-4 .333 7-14 .333
Eastern Michigan 1-5 .167 8-15 .348
Buffalo 0-6 .000 8-13 .381
This Week's Schedule
MAC Championship at Toledo, Ohio
Thursday, April 27
Match 1: #4 Toledo vs. #5 Northern Illinois, 9 a.m.
Match 2: #2 Bowling Green vs. #7 Buffalo, 9 a.m.
Match 3: #3 Ball State vs. #6 Eastern Michigan
Friday, April 28
Match 4: #1 Western Michigan vs. Match #1 Winner, 9 a.m.
Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 3, 1 p.m.
Saturday, April 29
Match 6: Winner Match 4 vs. Winner Match 5
Last Week's Results
Thursday April 20
@ Toledo 7, E. Michigan 0
Friday, April 21
Bowling Green 7, @ E. Mich. 0 *
Saturday, April 22
@ W. Michigan 4, Ball State 3*
Bowling Green 6, @ Toledo 1*
* MAC matches