Cameron's Thomas Peixoto and Amanda Moberg were named Lone Star
Conference Tennis Players of the Week for their efforts last week,
the league office announced today.
Tennis Athletes of the Week
MEN’S
Thomas Peixoto, Cameron, So., Campo Grande,
Brazil
Peixoto had a very productive week for the Black and Gold, as his
singles and doubles victories against Midwestern State and
Southeastern Oklahoma State helped the Aggies to go 2-0 on the
week. Peixoto teamed with Manuel Barroetavena to win their doubles
match versus MSU 8-5, which he followed up with a 6-4, 6-4 singles
victory. Against SOSU, Peixoto again went undefeated as he won both
his singles and doubles matches. Peixoto is a big reason the No. 23
Aggie men’s tennis team is 14-5 on the season and headed to
the NCAA Regional Championship tournament.
WOMEN’S
Amanda Moberg, Cameron, Fr., Norkoping,
Sweden
Moberg, the Region’s top women’s tennis player,
continued her winning streak this week with five straight singles
and doubles victories. Moberg went undefeated over the week to help
Cameron mount a four-match winning streak and come within a match
victory of clinching a berth to the regional championship
tournament. The No. 33 Aggies (11-5) defeated 4 regional teams last
week, 3 of which were LSC schools. Moberg’s No. 1 singles
victory over Zuzanna Orinska in CU’s big win over No. 16
Northeastern State proved to be the clincher in the 5-4 win for the
Black and Gold. Moberg won it 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, which is impressive
considering she lost the first set.
Tennis Other Top Performers
Julia Shviadok, Central Oklahoma, led UCO to a
1-1 week in Lone Star Conference action, going a combined 4-0 in
singles and doubles play. The sophomore standout teamed with
Eli Abramovic to go 2-0 in doubles and went 2-0 in singles,
including a 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 triumph over No. 41-ranked Adrianna
Jaskova of Tarleton State. Shviadok is 12-4 on the year in
singles and 11-6 in doubles.
Tennis Notes (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Abilene Christian
Cameron
Last week the No. 33 Cameron Aggie women’s tennis team (11-5)
got themselves within a win of clinching an NCAA Regional
Championship berth by going 4-0 in their four matches. CU had an
extraordinary weekend of tennis, beating St. Mary’s,
Midwestern State, and Northeastern State. Cameron started out the
weekend with a huge 5-2 win over Midwestern State University on
Friday. The Aggies then swept a tough St. Mary’s Rattlers
squad 5-0 to close out Friday’s play. CU’s ladies won
their third and final match Saturday, beating nationally-ranked No.
16 Northeastern State in the morning in a down-to-the-wire 5-4
match. The Aggies came back during singles to tie with Northeastern
at 4-4, and were forced to wait on the No. 1 singles match between
Amanda Moberg and NSU’s Zuzanna Orinska to decide the winning
team. Moberg lost her first set 6-2, but won her second 7-5 and the
third set 6-3 to bring a win for the Aggies, 5-4 overall. Against
the Mustangs, Cameron’s No. 1 and No. 3 doubles teams won
their matches 8-3 and 8-2, respectively, while the No. 2 doubles
team lost 8-2. The sweep against St. Mary’s was the result of
a strong performance by all three of Cameron’s double teams.
CU needed only two wins in the singles matches, which were executed
quickly by Moberg and doubles partner Julia Puckhaber at the No. 2
singles spot. Cameron’s No. 1 doubles team won 8-2, No. 2
doubles Sara Flores and Daniela Stevenson won 8-4, and No. 3
doubles Elvira Sholles and Carolina Mullor won 8-4. The Black and
Gold then hosted Southeastern Oklahoma State on Tuesday and won by
the score 7-2. Cameron’s women swept their doubles matches,
and only lost the bottom two singles battles. The Aggies could not
hold onto the No. 5 or No. 6 singles matches, although both were
very close... On the men’s side, the No. 23 Aggie men’s
tennis team (14-5) went 2-0 in their two matches last week. The
Aggies began with a big 6-3 LSC victory over Midwestern State on
the road. The Aggies took two of the three doubles to start the
match. The doubles scores included outstanding performances from
Thomas Peixoto and Manuel Barroetavena as well as Jorge Gerosi and
Jeff Sasser. At the bottom four singles spots Barroetavena,
Peixoto, Gerosi, and Sasser were all able to mount victories and
secure the CU win. Peixoto won 6-4, 6-4, Gerosi won 6-0, 6-1,
Barroetavena won 6-1, 6-3, and Sasser finished things off with a
score of 6-1, 4-6, 10-8. In CU’s match with SOSU on Tuesday,
the men won handily by the score 8-1. The men only dropped the No.
3 doubles match by the score 8-6... Cameron’s tennis teams
take a three-match swing through South Texas this week for a trio
of important regional matches. On Thursday (April 8) the Aggies
take on St. Edward’s at 1:00pm in Austin. The next day (April
9), Cameron takes on Incarnate Word at 9:00am and St .Mary’s
at 2:00pm. Both Saturday matches will be held in San Antonio.
Central Oklahoma
Central Oklahoma went 2-1 in three LSC matches last week, beating
Cameron and Southeastern Oklahoma while falling to Tarleton State .
. . The Bronchos are 13-4 on the year and 3-2 in league play . . .
UCO overcame a 2-1 doubles deficit to win five of the six singles
matches in rallying past Cameron last week . . . Sophomore Julia
Shviadok led the Bronchos, teaming with Eli Abramovic for a perfect
3-0 doubles record while going 2-1 at No. 1 singles.
East Central
Midwestern State
Northeastern State
Southeastern Oklahoma
Tarleton State