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MWC Players of the Week
Ryan Stotland and Barbora Zahnova named men's and women's player of the week, respectively.
March 3, 2004 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - New Mexico junior Ryan Stotland and BYU senior Barbora Zahnova have been named Mountain West Conference Men's and Women's Tennis Players of the Week, respectively. Stotland, a Boise, Idaho, native, went undefeated in two singles and two doubles matches last week as the 56th-ranked Lobos posted a 1-1 record. Competing at the No. 4 spot, Stotland opened the weekend with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 victory over Nils Kleimann of No. 34 Boise State, followed with a straight set win (6-3, 6-3) over Colorado's Marek Dvorak two days later. In No. 1 doubles play, he teamed with David Kowalski (ranked No. 46 in the country) to beat the Bronco tandem of Guillaume Bouvier and Thomas Schoeck, 8-3, and the Buffaloes' Marcos Digliodo and Chad Tsuda, 8-4. Zahnova, a Trnava, Slovakia, product, posted a straight set singles win at the No. 1 position and a No. 1 doubles win over in-state conference rival No. 75 Utah. Along with Hadley Macfarlane, Zahnova opened the match beating Sheri Esrock and Cinthia Saucedo, 8-4. She then went on to notch a victory over Sheri Esrock, 6-1, 6-1, as the Cougars were victorious in the first conference match of the season, 7-0. 2004 MWC Women's Tennis Players of the Week: Jan. 29 - Iva Gersic, Fr., New Mexico; Feb. 4 - Tiffany Robertson, Jr., New Mexico; Feb. 11 - Katie Tomkie, Jr., Air Force; Feb. 18 - Sofia Holden, Fr., BYU; Feb. 26 - Maja Kovacek, So., New Mexico; Mar. 3 - Barbora Zahnova, Sr., BYU.
2004 MWC Men's Tennis Players of the Week: Jan. 29 - David Kowalski, Jr., New Mexico; Feb. 4 - Divan Coetzee, Sr., New Mexico; Feb. 11 - Henner Nehles, So., UNLV; Feb. 18 - Shannon Buck, So., Air Force; Feb. 26 - Erik Nyman, Sr., BYU;
Mar. 3 - Ryan Stotland, Jr., New Mexico.
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