Weekly Men's Tennis Release #8

New Mexico's Amgwerd climbs to number six in the nation. (3/23)

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March 23, 2000

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National Rankings:

Mtn. West Teams in Top-75
(Mar. 22)
Rk  Pvs School          Rec
37  56  BYU             9-2
27  27  San Diego State 10-6

Mtn. West Player in Singles
(Mar. 1)
Rk  Pvs Individual
6   8   Matt Amgwerd, UNM

Mtn. West Player in Doubles
(Mar. 1)
15  22  Nic Losee/Carlos Lozano, BYU
22  15  Damien Ward/Gert Vilms, BYU
25  48  Matt Amgwerd/Nic Dubey, UNM

Alex Waske, Sr., San Diego State
San Diego State senior Alex Waske (Frankfurt, Germany) is this week¹s McLeodUSA Mountain West Conference Men¹s Tennis Player of the Week.

Playing in the No. 1 position, Waske helped SDSU to a 4-0 record for the week as he went 3-1 in singles and 3-0 in doubles. His loss came when he retired with an ankle injury after claiming the first set 7-5 over New Mexico¹s Matt Amgwerd on March 19. He started the week with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Tyan Shupe from Texas Tech, then defeated Greg Royce of Yale 7-5, 6-2 and Central Florida¹s Grayden Moore 6-3, 6-1. In doubles, Waske teamed with Valentino Pest for a trio of wins in the top-slot. Waske is now 8-1 in singles, all at the No. 1 position, and stands 7-0 in doubles, 4-0 when playing with Pest.

This is the third player of the week honor for Waske, who is the first player to earn consecutive awards. SDSU has claimed four men¹s honors this season.

Mountain West Conference Men¹s Tennis Players of the Week: Feb. 2 ­ Oliver Maiberger (Fr.) SDSU, Feb. 9 ­ Tom DeAngelis (Sr.) AFA, Feb. 16 ­ Danny Erez (Jr.) UNLV, Feb. 23 ­ Alex Waske (Sr.) SDSU, Mar. 1 ­ Gert Vilms (So.) BYU, Mar. 9 ­ Vladimir Pavicevic (Jr.) UNLV, Mar. 22 ­ Alex Waske (Sr.) SDSU.

New Mexico Host of 2000 Mtn. West Men¹s Tennis Championship
The inaugural Mountain West Conference Men¹s Tennis Championship will be hosted by the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. All six Mtn. West mens¹ tennis teams will compete in the single-elimination team event for the first league title April 20-22. Seedings will be decided by regular-season dual match results in conference matches. All requests for media credentials for the inaugural Mountain West Conference Men¹s Tennis Championship should be submitted in writing to Director of Communications Elaine Adams at the Mtn. West office or New Mexico Media Relations contact Georgette Lombardo prior to the event.

Team-By-Team Notes
Air Force has won 23 consecutive home matches dating back to last season. Senior Doug Fike finished with a perfect 17-0 record in home matches, he is now 14-2 on the season playing in the No. 3 singles slot. The Falcons will play their final six matches on the road, five of those in California from Mar. 26-31.

No. 37 ranked BYU began a four-match road trip to California with a loss at Cal Mar. 21 and continues through Mar. 25 at Fresno State.

In a light week of action, New Mexico faces Drake on Mar. 25. Matt Amgwerd continues to rank among the nation¹s top-10 in singles and top-25 in doubles with partner Nic Dubey for the Lobos.

After vaulting to No. 27 in the nation last week, San Diego State reeled off five wins to hold that spot in the rankings. Capping that run was a 5-2 win at Mtn. West foe New Mexico on Mar. 19. The Aztecs will play conference matches vs. Utah and UNLV in Las Vegas this week.

After going 1-2 at the Blue-Gray Invitational last week, UNLV is looking forward to its first home match since Feb. 13 when it opens a four-match stand against conference opponents facing Utah on Mar. 24.

In the midst of its longest roadtrip of the season, Utah returned from California 2-3 and ready to travel to Las Vegas where the Utes will meet UNLV and SDSU in conference action.