Pacific Tennis Teams Sweep Athlete Of The Week Awards

The Pacific tennis teams swept the weekly awards as junior Arnar Sigurdsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) and sophomore Vana Mrazovic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro) were honored as Big West Men's and Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week, respectively. The honors cover matches that took place from Jan. 31 through Feb. 6.

Sigurdsson earned his second Big West Athlete of the Week award this season as he posted a 3-1 record at No. 1 singles and doubles for the Tigers. In Pacific's 5-2 win over conference foe Cal Poly on Feb. 4, Sigurdsson romped to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Davey Jones. He and teammate Vladimir Zdrakovic then posted an 8-2 victory over the Mustang duo of Jones and Travis Crawford. The Tigers dropped a 6-1 team decision to No. 41 Boise State on Feb. 6, but Sigurdsson picked up the team's lone point with a win over a ranked opponent, defeating No. 90 Thomas Schoeck 6-3, 7-6 (3). The only setback for Sigurdsson occurred in doubles as he and Zdravkovic fell 8-6 to Ikaika Jobe and Matias Silva. Sigurdsson is ranked No. 75 in the nation in singles.

Mrazovic led the Tigers to a 4-0 record after the team posted three straight 7-0 sweeps against San Jose State (Feb. 4), Montana State (Feb. 5) and Nevada (Feb. 6). At No. 1 singles, Mrazovic breezed to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over SJSU's Elke Harms, fought to a 6-3, 7-5 win over MSU's Nicole Luefolt and outmatched Fiorella Velez of Nevada 6-1, 6-1. In No. 1 doubles play, Mrazovic teamed with Katharina Heil to lose just a combined five games in their three matches. Mrazovic has not dropped a set in singles in 2005.

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