UC Irvine's Fabian Matthews and Long Beach State's Klaudia Malenovska kept their personal winning streaks intact in capturing Big West Men's and Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week plaudits.

Matthews Wins Ninth Straight Singles Match For UC Irvine
Fabian Matthews (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar HS) continued his torrid play for UC Irvine, winning his ninth straight singles match to improve to 11-2 overall on the season and earning his second Big West Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week award.

Mattthews downed Wisconsin's Ricardo Martin 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 3 position to help the No. 40 Anteaters to a 5-2 team win against the Badgers.  Matthews also paired with Ryan Cheung and the duo took their No. 3 doubles match, 8-5, over the Wisconsin tandem of Fredrik Ask and Alexander Teppert.

Others nominated: None

Malenovska Providing Jolt To Long Beach State Lineup
Long Beach State Klaudia Malenovska (Bratislava, Slovakia/Hanova 28) went a perfect 4-0 in singles and doubles to claim Big West Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week honors.

The sophomore has shown no signs of rust after missing the initial 12 matches of the season.  Malenovska rolled through both of her opponents at No. 2 singles, toppling Louisville's Mandy Brown 6-0, 6-3 and Pepperdine's Ale Granillo 6-3, 6-4.  The win over Granillo nearly helped the 49ers defeat the No. 37-ranked Waves, but LBSU fell 4-3 in a tough defeat.  Malenovska and partner Anais Dallara also won their match at No. 1 doubles in both matches, which helped the 49ers capture the doubles point.

Malenovska is now 4-0 in singles in her debut for the 49ers.

Others nominated: Alexa Lee (Cal Poly); Courtney Byron (UC Irvine); Olga Gumenyuk (Pacific)