Cal Poly's Andre Dome, UC Santa Barbara's Taylor Chavez-Goggin and Cal State Northridge's Jennifer Sher all posted impressive victories against opponents either individually ranked or from nationally ranked squads to capture tennis weekly honors. Dome and Chavez-Goggin shared Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week, while Sher was selected Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week.
Dome, Chavez-Goggin Roll To Solid Singles Victories
Cal Poly sophomore Andre Dome (Arroyo Grande, Calif./Arroyo Grande HS) and UC Santa Barbara senior Taylor Chavez-Goggin (Summerland, Calif./Santa Barbara HS) were named Big West Men’s Tennis Co-Athletes of the Week after winning convincing singles matches against opponents from nationally ranked squads.
Dome tried his best to help Cal Poly avert a 4-3 loss to No. 62 Santa Clara. He topped Bronco No. 1 player Kyle Dandan 6-2, 6-1, and teamed with Alexander Sonesson to hand Dandan and Nicholas Vinel an 8-5 defeat, helping the Mustangs clinch the doubles point.
In UC Santa Barbara’s 5-2 win against No. 48 Hawai’i, Chavez-Goggin rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 win against Jeremey Tweedt at No. 3 singles. He and teammate Alex Konigsfeldt also won an 8-6 battle at the No. 1 position against Leo Rosenberg and Danilo Casanova to help the Gauchos claim the doubles point.
Others nominated: Connor Coates (UC Davis); Fernando Ristow (Pacific)
Sher Helps Matadors To Successful Island Stint
Jennifer Sher (Hong Kong/Concordia) went a combined 7-1 in singles and doubles to help Cal State Northridge to a 3-1 week, including a win over No. 62 San Diego State, and the junior earned Big West Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week accolades.
Sher earned a comeback 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles over San Diego State’s Alicia Aguilar to clinch the game-winning point in the 4-3 team victory. She also knocked off Hawaii’s Barbara Pinterova 6-2, 7-5 in the 6-1 Matador win.
At No. 1 doubles with partner Brooke Doane, the No. 78-ranked Matador duo won all three matches with relative ease, including a dominating 8-2 triumph over the No. 46-ranked SDSU tandem of Aguilar and Julia Wais.
Others nominated: Florence Lehane (Cal Poly); Sarah Cantlay (Long Beach State); Dahra Zamudio (UC Davis); Kristina Smith (UC Irvine)