April 20, 2004
WACO, Texas -
Baylor senior Matias Marin of Rosario, Argentina and Oklahoma State sophomore Juan Felipe Diaz of Bogota have been selected as Big 12 Conference Co-Men's Tennis Players of the Week for matches of Apr. 13-19, 2004, the conference office announced Tuesday.
Marin capped a Big 12 championship regular season for his team by downing SMU's Henrik Soderberg in singles to win a school-record 100th career singles match. He also raised his dual match singles win tally to 74 and advanced to 19-6 on the 2004 campaign. Marin teamed with Benjamin Becker to defeat SMU's No. 28 nationally doubles team of Soderberg-Johna Brunstrom 8-4 at No. 1 doubles to help seal a 5-2 victory over the Western Athletic Conference power. This is the seventh Big 12 Player of the Week honor achieved by a Baylor player. Benedikt Dorsch has been honored three times, Benjamin Becker and Marin have each been honored twice.
Diaz kept the Cowboys in strong contention for an NCAA bid by going 2-0 last week against intrastate rival Oklahoma and Texas Tech. He came from one set down to capture the next pair of sets by identical 6-2 scores in a victory over OU's Lee Gregg before scoring a straight sets' triumph over Texas Tech's Dimitrio Martinez 6-2, 7-5. Diaz raised his season's mark to 12-6 in singles with the pair of triumphs.
2004 Season Winners Men/Women
Feb. 10 - Benedikt Dorsch, BU, /(co) Maria Rosenberg, KSU; Jessica Roland, A&M
Feb. 17 - Matias Marin, BU/Lynzee Kever, CU
Feb. 24 - Mohamed Dakki, A&M/(co) Mary Barry, MU; Jessica Roland, A&M
Mar. 2 - Jakob Paulsen, TT/Katie Ruckert, UT
Mar. 9 - Benedikt Dorsch, BU/Jessica Roland, A&M
Mar. 16 - Mark Van Elden, OSU/Katja Kovacic, TT
Mar. 23 - Benjamin Becker, BU/(co) Morgan Sall, CU; Jessica Roland, A&M
Mar. 30 - (co) Daniel Byrnes, OSU; Mark Van Elden, OSU/Christine Skoda, KU
Apr. 7 - Benjamin Becker, BU/(tri) Carolin Walter, BU; K. Strandemo, CU; Roland, A&M
Apr. 13 - Benedikt Dorsch, BU; Lester Cook (Texas A&M)/Klara Zrustova BU
Apr. 20 - Matias Marin, BU; Juan Philipe Diza, OSU/Yelena Olshsnskaya, MU; Kendra Strom, UT
