Van Eck, Rys Named MAAC Tennis Players of the Week
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ - Marist’s Joris Van Eck and Fairfield’s Paulina Rys
have been named the MAAC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Players of the Week,
respectively.
Van Eck, a freshman from Ospel, Netherlands, has won his last three
singles matches including two last weekend at third singles against
opponents from Cornell and Binghamton. He started the streak at the
Army Invite when he defeated Johnny Lucero 6-2, 6-4. His second
straight set victory came against Bastian Bornkessel as he surrendered
just three games in the match. Van Eck won 6-2, 6-1. On Saturday he
went the distance to win at third singles against Jeremy Feldman of
Cornell, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1. In doubles action, Van Eck has won three of his
last four matches since joining the team in January. He has teamed with
Nicolas Pisecky as they pair defeated Mirza Klis and Jonathan Jaklitsch
8-6. The streak started at the Army Invite as the pair defeated teams
from Monmouth and Binghamton.
Rys, a senior from Forest Hills, New York, has split both of her
singles and doubles matches to start the 2010 campaign. In the Stags
7-0 victory in the season opener against Fordham, Rys topped Martina
Featherston, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 2 singles. She also notched an 8-4 win at
No. 1 doubles. Against Stony Brook, Rys battled it out with Prerana
Appineni at the second spot, but was edged 6-3, 6-2. At No. 1 doubles,
Rys and partner Kristen Liu were down 7-3 but making a comeback when
play was stopped due to time. Rys is 7-5 overall in singles play this
season.
The MAAC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships will take place from
April 23rd through April 25th at the USTA Billie Jean King National
Tennis Center in Flushing, New York.