Kansas City, Mo. - Southwest Baptist's Kristof Kinal has been named the MIAA Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week.

MIAA Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week
Kristof Kinal, Southwest Baptist
Kinal had an outstanding week for the Bearcats, going a combined 4-0 between #1 singles and #1 doubles while defeating 4 nationally ranked opponents. In SBUs 5-4 loss to #16 Northwest Missouri, Kinal won in straight sets over the #20 ranked singles player in the NCAA (7-5, 6-2) after defeating the #12 ranked doubles team in the NCAA (8-4). In SBUs 5-3 win over #40 Ouachita Baptist, Kinal defeated the #19 ranked singles player in the NCAA (6-3, 6-1) after taking down the #7 ranked doubles team in the NCAA (9-8). The junior is a native of Budapest, Hungary.

Others nominated: Lucas Garces, Nebraska-Kearney; Alvaro Riveros, Northwest Missouri.