SBU Sweeps Tennis Player of the Week Honors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Domingos Carissimo and Faiga Schmidt of Southwest Baptist have been named MIAA Tennis Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of March 22-28 as selected by a conference SID panel. Carissimo and Schmidt are both first-time honorees in 2010.
 
MIAA MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Domingos Carissimo, Fr., Southwest Baptist
Carissimo went a combined 10-2 in singles and doubles competition during the week. The freshman from Ponte Nove, Brazil, had straight set victories in four of his singles wins. He played his first doubles match of the week at No. 2 and won with Brandon Finerty before moving to the No. 1 SBU doubles with Marton Zsiga. Carissimo’s only doubles loss was a 9-7 setback at Washburn, playing with Zsiga. Carissimo’s only singles loss was at Division I Missouri-Kansas City, a three-set loss at No. 2 singles.

MIAA WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Faiga Schmidt, Fr., Southwest Baptist
Schmidt went 4-1 at No. 3 singles during the spring break week trip. The freshman from Nova Humburgo, Brazil, also went 3-2 at No. 1 doubles with partner Jolee Cook. Schmidt won in straight sets in four of her five singles matches. Her only loss was a three-set loss to Truman’s Kelsey Kuykendall. After dropping their first two doubles matches at No. 1, Schmidt and Cook rallied to win their last three of the week to help the Bearcats improve to 5-3 overall on the season.

2010 MIAA Tennis Student-Athletes of the Week
3/24 - Men: Malcolm Harrison, Jr., NWMSU; Women: Veronica Castilla, Sr., NWMSU
3/29 - Men: Domingos Carissimo, Fr., SBU; Women: Faiga Schmidt, Fr., SBU