Klassen and Ryan Named MAAC Tennis Players of the Week
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MAAC Men’s Player of the Week
Dalen Klassen, Marist College
Sr., St. Louis, Mo., Christian Brothers
Senior captain Dalen Klassen won at second singles against Quinnipiac’s Eric Ambrosio, 6-3, 6-3. Klassen and teammate Trym Nagelstad also won at second doubles over Kei Ezaka and Ryoma Haraguchi, 8-6. Klassen continued his week with his win at second singles against Monmouth’s Przemyslaw Filipek, 7-6 (3-0), 6-4. Klassen teamed up again with Nagelstad to defeat Freddy Marcinkowski and Ramy Bekhiet 8-5 at second doubles. Klassen helped the Red Foxes secure their sixth consecutive regular season championship.
MAAC Women’s Player of the Week
Sharissa Ryan, Fairfield University
Sr., Bedford Hills, N.Y., Fox Lane
Sharissa Ryan posted three singles and two doubles victories in the Stags’ three matches this past week. In the 7-0 win over Manhattan on April 10, Ryan defeated the Jaspers’ Gabby Leon, 6-3, 6-1, in the No. 2 spot. Ryan then teamed up with Victoria Pirrello to down Manhattan duo Caitlin Brickette and Salva Pizano, 8-1, in the No. 2 doubles spot. In the 7-0 sweep over Siena on April 12, Ryan beat the Saints’ Carly Holloway, 6-4, 6-0, at No. 2 singles. Ryan then partnered with Allison Radde to down Siena’s Jessica Macaluso and Cassandra Braz, 8-1, at No. 2 doubles. In the match against Sacred Heart on April 14, Ryan clipped the Pioneers’ Gabriela Kaldan, 6-2, 6-2, in the No. 2 spot. Ryan battled but fell with partner Pirrello, 8-7(3) to Sacred Heart’s Katie DeRienzo and Nicole Rydzewski in the No. 2 doubles spot.