Feb. 11, 2009
MAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
Jose Perdomo ? Ball State
Senior - Trujill Alto, Puerto Rico/Colegio San Jose
Perdomo helped the Cardinals improve to 4-2 on the season with 7-0 wins over IUPUI and Detroit Mercy. Perdomo improved to 4-2 overall winning all of the his singles and doubles matches this past weekend. He did not drop a set to Dan Klingenberg Saturday of IUPUI at No. 2 singles winning the match, 6-2, 7-5. Perdomo also posted an 8-3 victory at No. 1 doubles. Against Detroit Mercy Perdomo captured a No. 1 singles victory over Pjotrs Necajevs. Perdomo also won at No. 1 doubles.
Additional Nominees
Kirill Kolomyts ? Buffalo
Junior - Moscow, Russia (Moscow High School 155)
Kolomyts remained undefeated in dual meet play this season scoring singles and doubles wins versus Youngstown State to go 3-0 in both disciplines for the spring. He needed to rally in his singles match against Tariq Ismail after dropping the first set tiebreaker 10-8 winning the third set super-tiebreaker by an identical 10-8 score. Kolomyts is 14-3 in singles and 10-4 in doubles this season.
Jurica Grubisic ? Northern Illinois
Freshman ? Sibenik, Croatia
Grubisic posted wins at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles in the Huskies' 4-3 outdoor win over in-state rival Western Illinois Saturday, NIU's first victory of the season. At No. 1 singles, Grubisic recorded a 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 win over the Leathernecks' top player, Zach Frisch. After WIU had picked up the doubles point, Grubisic's match proved to be the decisive factor in the contest. After winning the third set, the Huskies clinched the 4-3 team win. In doubles action, Grubisic teamed up with Pawel Poziomski at the No. 1 flight, and posted an 8-6 win, NIU's lone doubles victory in the dual-match.
Levi Bent-Lee ? Toledo
Freshman - Toronto, Canada (Queens University) (SCLA)
Bent Lee-Lee won two matches against IPFW last Sunday. Bent-Lee secured a 6-1, 6-2 win in the No. 4 singles. In addition, he and partner Aleksandar Elezovic won their No. 3 doubles match 8-4.
Previous Honorees
Jan. 20: Jurica Grubisic ? Northern Illinois
Jan. 27: Sven Buurus, Toledo; and Michael Calderone, Western Michigan
Feb. 4: Michael Calderone, Western Michigan
Upcoming Schedule
February 11 ? Wednesday
Michigan State at Western Michigan, 1 p.m.
Ferris State at Western Michigan, 6:30 p.m.
February 13 ? Friday
Buffalo at Niagara, 3 p.m.
Indiana State at Toledo, 7:30 p.m.
February 15 ? Sunday
Ball State at Northwestern, 11 a.m.
Bradley at Northern Illinois, 1 p.m.
Cleveland State at Toledo, 11 a.m.
Last Week’s Results
February 6 ? Friday
Chicago at Chicago State, results not available
February 7 ? Saturday
at Ball State 7, IUPUI 0
at Buffalo 5, Youngstown State 2
at Michigan State 5, Toledo 2
Northern Illinois 4, at Western Illinois 3
February 8 ? Sunday
Toledo 6, at IPFW 1
at Ball State 7, Detroit 0
at Notre Dame 7, Toledo 0