Starke Picks Up Two Victories At No. 1 Singles

Pacific junior Moritz Starke (Bamberg, Germany) earned Big West Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week after helping the Tigers to a pair of non-conference victories during the period of March 17-23.

Starke won both of his matches at No. 1 singles as Pacific toppled Georgia Southern (6-1) and Marquette (4-3) in a doubleheader on Monday, March 17.  He defeated Emmanuel Nkoueleue of GSU by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 and then came back to beat the Golden Eagles' Trent Hagan 6-4, 6-4.

He captured one of two doubles matches as he and partner Artem Gramma outlasted Nkoeleue and Borja Malet of Georgia Southern, 8-6.

Starke is now 7-4 on the season in singles dual matches and 6-5 in doubles.  His record in singles play over his three-year career at Pacific is 39-16.

Koichumanova Stays Perfect In Doubles

Cal State Northridge senior Kanykey Koichumanova (Bishkek, Kyrgystan) garnered Big West Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week accolades for the period of March 17-23.  She moved to 12-0 with partner Brooke Doane in dual doubles matches with three wins at the No. 2 position.

Koichumanova and Doane defeated duos from Yale, Minnesota and Boise State, helping the Matadors to a 1-2 record for the week.

In singles, Koichumanova went 2-1 at the No. 2 slot.  She breezed past Yale's Jessica Rhee, 6-4, 6-1 and took care of Boise State's Polina Kokoulina 6-4, 6-2.  Her only setback occurred against Golden Gopher counterpart Lindsay Risebrough, dropping a tough three-set battle 6-7 (2), 6-1, 3-6.