Lone Star Conference Tennis Weekly Release (03/08/18)

1. Angelo State | Cameron | Eastern New Mexico | Midwestern State | Tarleton State | Texas A&M-Commerce
Texas A&M-Kingsville | Texas Woman’s | UT Permian Basin | West Texas A&M | Western New Mexico
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LONE STAR CONFERENCE TENNIS WEEKLY RELEASE
March 8, 2018
TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
MEN’S
Przemyslaw Zielinski, Cameron University, JR, Szubin, Poland
Zielinski led the Aggies, going 2‐1 in singles play and 3‐0 in doubles play last week. The CU No. 1 singles player started
out with a 6‐1, 6‐1 win against No. 35 Thomas Pudney of CSU‐Pueblo. Zielinski's one loss came against No. 6Sherif
Abohabaga of Southwest Baptist, 6‐3, 6‐2. He responded with a 7‐5, 6‐4 win over MSU‐Denver's No. 1 player. Zielinski
also teamed up with Mateo Velasco to get wins in the No. 1 doubles spot in all three of CU's matches.
WOMEN’S
Zhenia Shviadok, Cameron University, JR, Brest, Belarus
Shviadok went 3‐1 this past week in singles, as Cameron went 2‐2 against CSU‐Pueblo, No. 18 Southwest Baptist, MSU‐
Denver, and No. 11 Northeastern State. The junior started out the week with a dominant 6‐1, 6‐1 win in the No. 1 singles
spot against CSU‐P. Against the ranked Bearcats, Shviadok recorded a 6‐4, 6‐4 win in the top singles spot. She saved her
most impressive win for the final match of the weekend as she took down Metro State's Tabitha Porter, who is ranked
No. 6 in the ITA singles rankings, 6‐3, 6‐3. Shviadok's one loss came against No. 23 Tatjana Stoll from NSU. She went 2‐2
in doubles play last week.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Men’s
F‐22 Nolan McCaig, Midwestern State
M‐1 Liam Fraboulet, Western New Mexico
M‐8 Przemyslaw Zielinski, Cameron
Women’s
F‐22 No nominees
M‐1 Alicia Barbaroux, Tarleton State
M‐8 Zhenia Shviadok, Cameron
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Angel Palacios, Midwestern State University, went 3‐0 in both singles and doubles this week, helping the Mustangs
to a pair of wins. The Everman product was dominant in singles, only dropping a combined six games in his three
matches. The sophomore extended his singles winning streak to five to improve to 6‐1 on the season, with two wins

2. coming at No. 2. Partnered with Alex Martinez Roca in doubles, Palacios got three wins in pairs play to move to 5‐1 on
the year.
Virginie Becht, Angelo State University, earned three wins last week and was the only Belle to go undefeated in
singles play. The Florida native started off the week by winning ASU's only singles point against No. 8 St. Mary's in a 7‐2
loss. She then won a doubles match and a singles match at Dallas Baptist, who the Belles defeated 6‐3 overall.
Sherine Salem, Tarleton State University, went undefeated in back‐to‐back regional matches against RMAC rivals,
Metro State and Colorado State‐Pueblo last weekend. The freshman from The Netherlands started things off with a 6‐4,
6‐2 win over Metro State on Friday then followed up with a 6‐1, 6‐1 win over Samantha Cachutt of Pueblo on Saturday.
In addition to her two singles wins, Salem partnered with Alicia Barbaroux for two wins in the No. 1 doubles matches,
beginning with a thrilling 8‐6 victory against Metro and an 8‐2 win over Pueblo. Salem improved to 4‐2 on the season in
singles and 5‐1 alongside Barbaroux in doubles.
Maddy Coffman, Midwestern State University, went 3‐0 in singles this past weekend, all at the No. 1 line. The Flower
Mound product ran her winning streak to four with an upset of Central Oklahoma's Alli Hodges, the nation's No. 29 and
region's No. 3 singles player, 6‐3, 6‐0. Additionally, Coffman and partner Ashley Ramirez went 2‐1 in doubles.
LSC NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
Belles went 1‐1 on the week, dropping a match to No. 8 St. Mary's 7‐2 and defeating Dallas Baptist 6‐3 for their first in‐
region win of the season.
Cameron
The Aggie women went 2‐2 last week, beating regional opponents CSU‐Pueblo and Metro State but falling to top‐20
ranked opponents Southwest Baptist and Northeastern State. The CU men went 2‐1 with wins against the
Thunderwolves and Roadrunners and a loss to No. 13 Southwest Baptist.
Midwestern State
The MSU Texas men's and women's tennis teams dropped a tight match to nationally ranked Southwest Baptist at the
MSU Tennis Center on Thursday. The men's team bounced back, earning a doubleheader sweep on Friday while the
women defeated Southern Nazarene on Saturday. Sophomore Angel Palacios went a perfect 3‐0 in both singles and
doubles on the men's side while junior Maddy Coffman tallied a 3‐0 singles record and 2‐1 doubles mark to lead the
team.
Tarleton State
Texas A&M‐Kingsville
UT Permian Basin
Western New Mexico
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