Marist Sweeps First Weekly Tennis Awards
MAAC Sports
MAAC
Men's Player of the Week
DALEN
KLASSEN, MARIST
Jr.,
5-11, St. Louis, Mo./Christian Brothers
Klassen was
perfect in Marist's 4-3 victory over its Hudson Valley rival Army on Sunday,
winning both his singles' and doubles' matches. Pairing with his two-year
partner Billy Bishop, Klassen won at the second doubles' position by an 8-5
score. With Bishop, Klassen has now won seven doubles' matches this season.
Moving up to the second singles' slot, Klassen continued his dominating 2012-13
campaign, winning easily with a 6-0, 7-5 score. He is now 17-5 on the year in
singles' play, including 5-2 so far this spring.
MAAC
Women's Player of the Week
MARIELLE
CAMPBELL, MARIST
Jr.,
Patterson, N.Y./Carmel
Campbell has been the leading performer for
the Red Foxes in their opening weeks of play in 2013 as she has combined to
earn three wins in two matches. In Marist's season opening match versus Albany
on Feb. 1, the junior swept both the singles and doubles in dominant fashion.
In singles, Campbell won 6-3, 7-5, while in doubles she teamed with Sabrina
Tahir and didn't drop a point with an 8-0 final score. In the Red Foxes' second
match on Feb. 16 at Colgate, Campbell was successful once again in
straight sets in singles 6-3, 6-3. In doubles' play, she lost a hard fought
match in tie-breaker action by a score of 9-8 (10-8).