Principia College's Dan Batchelor, a junior from Surrey, UK (Ardirgley College), has been named the SLIAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of April 14-20.

Batchelor went undefeated at 3-0 in both singles and doubles play last week. He won 6-1, 6-2 versus Concordia (Mo.), 6-0, 6-1 versus Greenville and 6-2, 6-1 versus Webster at #2 singles, while also posting three straight victories at #1 doubles with teammate Graham Wightman.

Maryville University's Matt Schlueter, a senior from Jefferson City, Mo. (Helias), has been named the SLIAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of April 7-13. It marks the second time this season that Schlueter has received the honor.

Schlueter went 1-0 at both #1 Singles and #1 Doubles to help lead the Saints to a 7-2 victory versus Principia College. He posted a 6-3, 6-1 victory in singles play versus Graham Wightman, who defeated Schlueter in the second round of the conference tournament last season. Schlueter and teammate Tyler Tate also posted an 8-5 victory at #1 Doubles to help the Saints remain undefeated in SLIAC play.

Westminster College’s Andrew Darkow, a junior from Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge), has been named the SLIAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of March 31-April 6.

Darkow won all six of his matches during the week including three at #2 singles and three at #1 doubles with Chris Claypool.  His singles victories included Conference wins over Greenville (6-0, 6-1) and Fontbonne (6-0, 6-0), and a non-Conference win over Cornell, Iowa (6-4, 6-3).  Darkow/Claypool registered 9-7, 8-1 and 8-0 wins over Greenville, Cornell and Fontbonne, respectively.

Maryville University’s Matt Schlueter, a senior from Jefferson City, Mo. (Helias), has been named the SLIAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of March 24-30.

Schlueter went 3-0 at both #1 singles and #1 doubles.  He lost just three games in three the three matches that included a 6-0, 6-0 win over Greenville, a 6-1, 6-1 win over Westminster and a 6-0, 6-1 win over Eureka.  Schlueter teamed with Tyler Tate to post doubles wins by scores of 8-2, 8-5 and 8-1 over Greenville, Westminster and Eureka, respectively.

Westminster College’s Parker Stanza, a senior from St. Louis, Mo. (Kirkwood), has been named the SLIAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of March 17-23.

Stanza went 3-1 at #3/4 singles and 2-2 at #2 doubles last week. He won at both #4 singles and #2 doubles in the Blue Jays 6-2 victory versus Frostburg State University and in their 6-3 win versus Franklin College. Stanza was also the lone singles winner at the #4 position in Westminster's 7-2 loss to Messiah College.

Westminster College’s Josh Ray, a junior from West Plains, Mo., has been named the SLIAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the week of March 10-16.

Ray went 4-0 during the week with two wins at #6 singles and two wins at #3 doubles with Josh Brown.  In singles play, Ray won 6-0, 6-0 in the Blue Jays’ 5-4 loss to Missouri Baptist and won 6-3, 6-4 in the team’s 6-3 loss to Piedmont.  Ray/Brown recorded an 8-5 win against Mo. Bap. and an 8-1 win over Piedmont.