MWC Weekly Tennis Awards

San Diego State's Dontia Haynes and Colorado State's Emily Kirchem win honors

SDSU's Dontia Haynes wins MWC men's tennis player of the week
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April 7, 2005

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -¬ San Diego State's Dontia Haynes and Emily Kirchem of Colorado State have been selected the Mountain West Conference Men's and Women's Tennis Players of the Week, respectively.

Haynes, a senior from Bellflower, Calif., helped lead the Aztecs to four wins last week, including three victories over ranked teams. San Diego State defeated Utah (No. 57), BYU (No. 58) and UNLV (No. 40) in Mountain West Conference play, as well as a victory over UC Santa Barbara. The Aztecs were unranked last week but are now ranked No. 41. Haynes won all three of his singles matches and two of his four doubles matches for SDSU. At No. 5 singles, he rallied from a set down to defeat Jonathan Sanchez of BYU, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (3), and also defeated Utah (at No. 4 singles) and UNLV (No. 5 singles) in straight sets. The singles wins over BYU and UNLV clinched the two team victories for the Aztecs. With partner Daniel Jung, the duo defeated their Utah and UNLV opponents at No. 2 doubles.

Kirchem, a sophomore from Fairview, Ore., led Colorado State to two victories last week in three matches. The Rams defeated Wyoming in a thriller, 4-3, and also beat Air Force, while falling to No. 37 New Mexico. Moving up to No. 1 singles due to an injury to No. 1 player Dasha Zhurin, Kirchem won all three of her singles matches and two out of three doubles matches, including a three-set decision over then-No. 61 Maja Kovacek, 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (7), of New Mexico. Kirchem also saved six match points to defeat Kat Bushey of Air Force, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6). She teamed with Anne Anderson to win two doubles matches.

Mountain West Conference Tennis Players of the Week:

Jan. 26 - Benedikt Stronk, San Diego State; Emily Kirchem, Colorado State

Feb. 2 - Max Jones, New Mexico; Olga Boulytcheva, BYU

Feb. 9 - Justin Lau, Air Force; Andrea Hermansen, San Diego State

Feb. 16 - Henner Nehles, UNLV; Dasha Zhurin, Colorado State

Feb. 23 - Joel Kielbowicz, UNLV; Nora Quintal, New Mexico

March 2 - Nick Coutts, Utah; Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis, UNLV

March 9 - Benedikt Stronk, San Diego State; Dita Hauerlandova, San Diego State

March 16 - Joel Kielbowicz, UNLV; Anastasia Sourkova, BYU

March 23 - Henner Nehles, UNLV; Elena Gantcheva, UNLV

March 30 - Armando Carrascosa, San Diego State; Maja Kovacek, New Mexico

April 7 - Dontia Haynes, San Diego State; Emily Kirchem, Colorado State

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