Weekly Notebook (PDF)

Singles Player of the Week
 
Sandra Maletin, So., Bradley (Belgrade, Serbia)
With her playing status for the weekend in question due to a mid-week bout with the flu, Maletin continued her stellar play at the top of the Bradley lineup, sweeping her two matches at No. 1 Singles in straight sets … Maletin dominated her Saturday match, breezing to a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Western Illinois’ Ana Bjelica to give the Braves a 3-0 advantage in their 4-0 victory against the Leathernecks … In Sunday’s match against Chicago State, Maletin clinched the team victory with her 7-5, 6-2 triumph at No. 1 Singles … With her two wins, Maletin now stands at 16-3 in singles action this year, including 8-1 at No. 1 Singles during the dual match portion of the year … Her eight wins at No. 1 Singles already is tied for the sixth-best single-season total at the position in Bradley Women’s Tennis history.
 
Doubles Team of the Week
 
Bozana Lojpur, So., Bradley (Burnaby, British Columbia)
Malini Wijesinghe, Sr., Bradley (Apple Valley, MN)
Bradley’s No. 2 Doubles duo helped get the Braves off on the right foot in each of the two weekend wins versus Western Illinois and Chicago State … The duo rolled to a 6-1 against Western Illinois to clinch the doubles point for the Braves, then battled for a 6-4 win against the Chicago State tandem of Borodina/Drazic, setting the stage for another team doubles victory Sunday … The Lojpur/Wijesinghe tandem improved to 13-6 on the year, including 7-2 in the No. 2 position during the dual match season, cracking the school’s single-season top 10 for doubles wins by a team and moving up to seventh for wins at the No. 2 position.
 
Other Top Performances:
 
Singles:
 
Liza Petushkova, Drake
Liza Petushkova defeated Ines Absisan (OMAHA) 6-7, 6-4, 10-8 in the No. 1 singles match … she also teamed with Kenya Williams in the No. 1 doubles match and won it 6-3 … Petushkova is 5-2 overall this season, including 4-2 in No. 1 matches.
 
Randi Wind, Valparaiso
Senior Randi Wind swept her pair of matches this weekend, capturing dramatic three-set victories in both instances. Wind started the week with a 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 victory over Dayton’s Mary Brascia at fifth singles on Saturday. That success carried over into Sunday’s match, when the senior earned the team’s lone win in a 6-1 loss to Western Michigan. She moved up a spot in the lineup to fourth singles and continued her success, beating Gabriela Slavova 3-6, 7-5, 10-6. Wind has rapped off four straight wins with three of them coming in three-set battles. She has 31 career singles victories, seven shy of cracking the Top 10 in school history.
 
Doubles:
 
Megan Webb/Kelsey Neville, Drake
The Bulldogs claimed the doubles points over the Mavericks with a win by Megan Webb/Kelsey Neville in the No. 3 match 6-3 … they are 4-5 this season