Cal Poly senior Andre Dome and Pacific freshman Hana Ritterova sparkled in conference play to take home Big West Men's and Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week honors.
Dome Ties Record For Athlete of the Week Citations
Senior Andre Dome (Arroyo Grande, Calif./Arroyo Grande HS), ranked No. 25 nationally in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, lived up to his lofty ranking with two impressive victories as the Big West Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week.
Dome helped Cal Poly rise to the top of the Big West standings as the Mustangs won two crucial road matches against UC Davis and Pacific by identical 5-2 scores. Dome notched singles victories from the No. 1 draw against both opponents in quick fashion. He pinned a 6-2, 6-3 defeat on Aggie counterpart Toki Sherbakov and downed Tiger top player Sem Verbeek in a 6-2, 6-0 match. That aided the Mustangs in pulling off the upset against the No. 66-ranked Tigers and displacing them from first place in the Big West standings.
In addition to improving to 17-2 in dual singles matches, Dome partnered with Jordan Bridge to notch a pair of doubles wins at No. 1. The Mustang duo knocked off UCD duo Sherbakov and Adam Levie, 8-4, and eked past Denis Stolyarov and Alex Hamilton of the Tigers by an 8-6 score.
Dome, who claimed his third honor this season, moved into a tie for the all-time Big West career record of 10 held by Pacific's Arnar Sigurdsson.
Others nominated: Tyler Pham (UC Irvine); Mbonisi Ndimande (UC Santa Barbara); Daniel Alameh (Pacific)
Ritterova Defeats Pair Of Big West Opponents
Pacific freshman Hana Ritterova (Ricany, Czech Republic/Stredni Skola Podnikatelska Akademie) notched two singles wins and split in doubles to be selected as the Big West Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week.
Ritterova picked up one of two Tiger points in a 5-2 loss to northern California rival Pacific in a Big West match on Friday. She won 6-2, 6-2 over Aggie opponent Layla Sanders at the No. 2 spot on the ladder.
In Sunday's 4-3 upset win against No. 69 UC Santa Barbara, Ritterova helped Pacific collect two of the points. She teamed with Iveta Masarova to clinch the doubles point when they toppled Paola Cos and Priscila Garcia, 8-4, at the No. 1 position. Ritterova then knocked Kiersten Meehan in No. 2 singles, taking a straight sets 7-5, 6-1 decision.
Ritterova improved to 12-9 in singles dual matches for the season.
Others nominated: Nicole Koehly (UC Davis); Kristina Smith (UC Irvine)