Niagara Sweeps Weekly Tennis Awards
MAAC Sports
MAAC
Men's Player of the Week
OLIVIER DUFOUR-COURSOL
Jr., 5-10, Lle-Bizard,
Quebec/College Ste-Anne
Olivier Dufour-Coursol continued his in-form play recently
by easing to wins in singles and doubles over Siena and Loyola as the Purple
Eagles swept the MAAC weekend. Dufour-Coursol extended his singles winning
streak to five matches. He topped Siena's Peter Collins, 6-4, 6-0, on Saturday
and followed with a straight set win over Loyola's Connor Pietrak, 6-2, 6-0.
Dufour-Coursol is now 8-2 in his last 10 matches and is 9-0 this season in
three singles. In top doubles action, Dufour-Coursol and David Raymond defeated
Siena's Eric Sumanaru and Ryan Schmitz, 8-2, and Loyola's Bobby Gorczakowski
and Pietrak, 8-6, on Sunday.The duo has won four straight matches.
MAAC
Women's Player of the Week
IVA
CELAN, NIAGARA
So.,
5-8, Mountain View, Calif./Mountain View High School
Sophomore Iva Celan
helped the Niagara Purple Eagles to a weekend sweep of conference-foes Siena
and Loyola last weekend. Celan went 4-0 in singles and doubles matches. Celan
extended her winning streak in singles to four with victories over Siena's
Cassandra Braz, 6-1, 6-2, and Loyola's Sabrina Fedele, 6-4, 6-2 in No. 5
singles. Celan and doubles partner Sarah Hellstern blanked Siena's No. 2
doubles team, 8-0, on Saturday. The duo held off Loyola's Olivia Ott and Megan
Hahn, 9-8 (3), to clinch the doubles point on Sunday.