WICHITA, Kan.- Women's tennis player Carla Venticinque has
been named the Missouri Valley Conference Tennis Athlete of the Week.
The sophomore from Mallorca, Spain went 6-0 on the week in
all competition. In singles, she defeated Carmen Borau Ramos from Big 12
opponent Kansas State, 6-2, 6-3. She also defeated Kelsey Costales of
Evansville 6-2, 6-0, and came back after dropping the first set to defeat
Gisela Cairo Baza of Southern Illinois, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2. She and her doubles
partner Lutfiana Budiharto also won all of their doubles contests on the week,
including a tough 9-7 victory over Natasha Tomishima and Jennifer Dien of
Southern Illinois, to help the Shockers capture the doubles point on their way
to victory.
Carla has a singles record of 11-7 in the dual match season
and is 3-0 in conference play. She is on a six-match winning streak and has won
eight out of her last ten contests.
The Shocker women are back in action next weekend when they
travel to Normal, Ill. to take on Illinois State on Saturday, April 14th.
The next day, they will head to Peoria, Ill. for a match against Bradley.
-WICHITA STATE-
