Bobcat Tennis Players Earn Final Big Sky Player of the Week Kudos
MSU Sports Information
4/21/2009
Montana State's Jakub Dybala claimed the final men's Tennis Player of the Week award of the 2009 season. He was awarded for matches played the week of April 14-21 and has received the honors twice season.
Dybala and Montana State improved to 5-2 in conference play last week with a pair of home wins over Idaho State and rival Montana.
The Bobcats close out the regular season on Thursday afternoon against Sacramento State. Montana State has already secured a berth to the Big Sky Tournament and will be the No. 3, 4 or 5 seed depending on Thursday's result.
The native of Lodz, Poland edged Idaho State's Alex Buceta 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 2 singles on Friday. He teamed with Pawel Turzanski at the top doubles spot for an 8-3 win over Javier Royo and Ross Dechant. The Bobcats beat the Bengals 7-0.
In the team's 4-3 win over Montana on Sunday, Dybala defeated Mikolaj Borkowski 6-3, 6-4 in singles play. The senior also notched another doubles victory with Turzanski. The duo beat Borkowski and Carl Kuschke 8-1 at the No. 1 spot.
Jasper, a native of Bozeman, Mont., helped the Bobcats secure the No. 2 seed to this year's championship with wins over the Bengals and the Wildcats last week.
She went 4-0 at the No. 1 singles and doubles spots.
The sophomore beat Weber State's Keya Jenkins 6-1, 6-0 in singles, after teaming with Missy Harris for an 8-5 doubles win on Friday. She turned around to knock off Idaho State's Lisel Lewis on Saturday 6-3, 6-0. Jasper and Harris also shut out the Bengals top doubles team in that win.