Meystrik, Guimaray named CCAC Players of the Week
CHICAGO --- St. Ambrose swept the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tennis Player of the Week awards as Catherine Meystrik (Jefferson City, Mo.) won the women's award and Gabriel Guimaray (Lima, Peru) claimed the men's honor.
Meystrik, along with teammate Julia Turek, provided the SAU women with its only victory in doubles play, a 6-3 win at No. 2, in a match versus Wartburg College (Iowa) last Wednesday.
Needing four wins in singles play to secure the team victory after losing the team doubles point, the freshman battled back from being down a set to win 5-7, 6-2, 10-5 in a third-set tie-breaker. That enabled the Fighting Bees to defeat Wartburg 4-3.
The win pushed St. Ambrose's overall record over the .500 mark at 7-6.
Guimaray won each of his two matches last week to claim the prize. The senior teamed with Sebastian Arevalo for a 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles before coming out victorious in a 6-2, 6-3 decision at No. 2 singles. Both efforts came in a 5-2 victory over Wartburg on Wednesday.
St. Ambrose is 10-3 on the year.