Gallegos, Fedele Win Weekly Tennis Awards
MAAC Sports
MAAC
Men's Player of the Week
BRANDON
GALLEGOS, NIAGARA
Jr.,
5-7, Santa Cruz, Calif./Apots High School
Junior Brandon
Gallegos went 2-0 in singles and split a pair of doubles matches as Niagara
went 2-0 in matches at Mount St. Mary's and Loyola over the weekend. Gallegos
cruised to two singles wins to improve his mark to 5-3 in the spring season.
The team captain defeated the Mount's Mike Zabetakis, 6-2, 6-1 in No. 3 singles
and topped Loyola's Pierce Norton, 6-3, 6-1, in No. 2 singles in the Purple
Eagles' conference opening win on Saturday. In doubles, Gallegos was edged in
top doubles, 8-6, against the Mount, but he and his doubles partner David
Raymond bounced back to defeat Loyola's Norton and Kevin Zingler in No. 1
doubles, 8-4.
MAAC
Women's Player of the Week
SABRINA
FEDELE, LOYOLA
So.,
Short Hills, N.J./Millburn
Fedele helped the Greyhounds to a 4-0 week, going
undefeated in both singles and doubles matches. Fedele combined with partner
Tiffany Ash to go 4-0 in doubles matches for the week. The pair won against
Catholic University, 8-2, and followed that with a, 6-1, 6-1, win over La
Salle's Courtney Babo and Pearl Wilkins. They also combined for a, 6-3, 6-1,
victory over Jenna McClune and Rachel Zilka, helping Loyola to a win in the
team's conference opener over Niagara. They finished the week with an 8-2
win over Isabella Novella and Kourtney Passero of Robert Morris.
In singles play, Fedele dropped just one set while
going 4-0 in the No. 3 slot. She started the week with a, 6-0, 6-0, sweep over
Catholic University's Caitlin Porter, and then came from behind after losing
the first set at La Salle to win, 3-6, 6-0, 8-1. Against Niagara, Fedele came
up with the match-clinching point, beating Ashley Ta, 6-2, 6-3. Finally, Fedele
beat Robert Morris' Samatha Alves, 6-3, 6-4, to help Loyola to is 26th-straight
season with 10 or more wins.