Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Slump named Conference USA Athlete of the Week
4/19/2023 12:30:00 PM | Men's Tennis
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Stijn Slump tabbed Conference USA Athlete of the Week, the league office announced on Wednesday.
This would be Slump's second-time receiving this award this spring.
"Stijn is playing some great tennis and his win last week at Louisville was tough," said MTSU Head Coach Jimmy Borendame. "It's really cool to see his game development over the years and adjustments he has made and still making."
Slump continued his great play into the last weekend of the regular season. The graduate student from the Netherlands went a perfect 5-0. His singles record is 15-8 and doubles record is 17-4.
In the first match on Friday, Slump with his doubles partner, Pavel Motl, defeated Tennessee Tech's Evzen Holis and Jaime Paquet 6-2 on court No. 2. In the second match on Friday, Stijn and his doubles partner, Oskar Brostrom Poulsen picked up a 6-1 over UT Southern's Martin Cabrera and Shizuya Kubo on court No. 1.
On Sunday, Slump and Motl tallied a 6-4 victory on court No. 2 against Louisville's Alex Westbrooks and David Mizrahi. To cap off his perfect weekend, Slump clinched the win for the Blue Raiders against No. 32 Louisville with a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 28 Etienne Donnet. This would be Stijn's seventh ranked victory and MTSU's fifth ranked win as a team so far this season.
The latest ITA rankings were released on Tuesday, April 18 and Slump was slotted at No. 59, which is his highest singles ranking of the season.
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This would be Slump's second-time receiving this award this spring.
"Stijn is playing some great tennis and his win last week at Louisville was tough," said MTSU Head Coach Jimmy Borendame. "It's really cool to see his game development over the years and adjustments he has made and still making."
Slump continued his great play into the last weekend of the regular season. The graduate student from the Netherlands went a perfect 5-0. His singles record is 15-8 and doubles record is 17-4.
In the first match on Friday, Slump with his doubles partner, Pavel Motl, defeated Tennessee Tech's Evzen Holis and Jaime Paquet 6-2 on court No. 2. In the second match on Friday, Stijn and his doubles partner, Oskar Brostrom Poulsen picked up a 6-1 over UT Southern's Martin Cabrera and Shizuya Kubo on court No. 1.
On Sunday, Slump and Motl tallied a 6-4 victory on court No. 2 against Louisville's Alex Westbrooks and David Mizrahi. To cap off his perfect weekend, Slump clinched the win for the Blue Raiders against No. 32 Louisville with a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 28 Etienne Donnet. This would be Stijn's seventh ranked victory and MTSU's fifth ranked win as a team so far this season.
The latest ITA rankings were released on Tuesday, April 18 and Slump was slotted at No. 59, which is his highest singles ranking of the season.
FOLLOW THE BLUE RAIDERS
Follow Middle Tennessee men's tennis on social media on Facebook (BlueRaiderMensTennis), Twitter (MT_MensTennis) and Instagram (MT_MensTennis).
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