KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Marton Zsiga (Southwest Baptist), Alyssa Castillo (Washburn) and Jolee Cook (Southwest Baptist) have been named MIAA Tennis Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of March 29-April 4, as selected by a conference SID panel. Zsiga, Castillo and Cook are all first-time honorees in 2010. This marks the second straight week for SBU tennis players to earn the awards, with Domingos Carissimo and Faiga Schmidt taking the honor last week. Ironically the four players comprise the top doubles teams for the Bearcat men and women.
 
MIAA MEN'S TENNIS STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Marton Zsiga, Sr., Southwest Baptist
Zsiga went 4-0 combined in singles and doubles action as SBU picked up two MIAA wins. The senior from Szeged, Hungary, handed previously unbeaten Malcolm Harrison of NWMSU his first singles loss of the season with a three-set win Thursday. Zsiga defeated UNO's Drew Mercier in a third-set super tiebreaker with the match already in hand. Zsiga now stands at 13-4 in singles play on the season, and 6-1 in doubles since being paired with Domingos Carissimo.

MIAA WOMEN'S TENNIS STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Alyssa Castillo, So., Washburn
Castillo went a combined 4-0 for the week, winning both matches at No. 1 doubles and No. 4 singles.
 
Jolee Cook, Sr., Southwest Baptist
Cook went a combined 7-0 during the week as SBU went 3-1 against a quartet of MIAA teams. In singles play, three of her four wins were in straight sets, and she also won a three-set thriller over Traci Moklestad of UNO. Cook, a senior from Rowlett, Texas, picked up three doubles wins with Faiga Schmidt. SBU did not play doubles matches with FHSU due to rain. Cook is now 9-4 in singles play at No. 1 for SBU and 8-4 in doubles.

The SBU Bearcat men and women host Graceland (Iowa) and Arkansas-Ft. Smith for dual matches this weekend. On Friday at 1 p.m., Graceland and Arkansas-Fort Smith will meet in men's and women's matches. Then following that at approximately 6 p.m. Friday, both SBU teams will take on Graceland. On Saturday morning, the SBU squads will take on Arkansas-Fort Smith at 9 a.m.

2010 MIAA Tennis Student-Athletes of the Week
3/24 - Men: Malcolm Harrison, Jr., NWMSU; Women: Veronica Castilla, Sr., NWMSU
3/29 - Men: Domingos Carissimo, Fr., SBU; Women: Faiga Schmidt, Fr., SBU
4/6 - Men: Marton Zsiga, Sr., SBU; Women: Alyssa Castillo, So., WU, Jolee Cook, Sr., SBU