Marist’s Schouten and Fairfield’s Nowak Named MAAC Tennis Weekly Award Winners
Marist’s Schouten and Fairfield’s Nowak Named MAAC Tennis Weekly Award Winners
Men’s Player of the Week
Lars Schouten, Marist
Jr., Buren, Netherlands
Schouten won all four matches he competed in this week. He won two doubles matches in the No. 3 spot and two singles matches in the No. 1 spot against Quinnipiac and Rider.
Women’s Player of the Week
Amanda Nowak, Fairfield
Fr., Summerfield, NC/Northern Guilford
Nowak picked up three singles wins and two doubles wins this week. She started the week off with a singles win in the No. 1 spot against Julia Gabay of Marist (3-6, 6-3, 7-6) to clinch the win for the Stags over the Red Foxes. Against Niagara, Nowak and Aina March won at No. 1 doubles (6-2). She then took down Chhinda Som (6-2, 6-1) at No. 1 singles. Nowak finished the week with a No. 1 doubles win with Aina March (6-1) over Ana Orozco and Runsi Patro of St. Francis Brooklyn. She then defeated Jean-Na Kool (6-2, 6-4) at No. 1 singles.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.