SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Three Yellowjacket student-athletes were named Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) athletes of the week during Apr. 7-13, the league announced Tuesday.
The 'Jackets swept the tennis awards as
Andreina Tejada (Quito, Ecuador/Isaac Newton) and
Igor Guetten Chaves (Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil/Colégio Adventista) received the honor, while
Jesse Ortiz (Medford, Minn./Medford) picked up the conference's track athlete of the week.
Guetten Chaves led the Yellowjackets to a pair of UMAC wins this past weekend. He won both of his singles matches in straight sets versus Crown (6-0, 6-1) and Martin Luther (6-2, 6-0), while also securing two wins in doubles play alongside
Mateo Abarca Pino (Riobamba, Ecuador/El Despertar) (6-2) and
Vitor Sakakibara (São Paulo, Brazil/Colégio Saber) (6-0). Guetten Chaves was slotted at the top spot in all four of his matches.
Tejada dominated on the court for the Yellowjackets this past weekend, taking on a trio of UMAC squads this weekend. She was slotted at the top spot in singles, sweeping her Polar counterpart 6-0, 6-0. Versus the Knights she teamed up with
Giulia Araujo De Barros (Curitiba, Brazil/Colegio Sabre) and defeated MLC 6-3 at the top doubles position, while earning another straight-set victory 6-1, 6-1. Sunday's action saw her at No. 1 doubles once again, defeating the Cougars 6-3 before earning her third singles victory 6-1, 6-0 at the top spot.
Ortiz led the Yellowjackets this past weekend at the SMU Cardinal Invite. In the long jump he finished with a mark of 6.56 meters for second place before he won the 400-meter race in 49.10 seconds. Both marks place him atop the league in the respective events, while he ranks 34th in the long jump and 17th in the 400-meters across NCAA Division III.
The Yellowjacket tennis teams will play at home for the first time this spring, playing host to Northwestern Friday. The Yellowjacket men are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., while the Yellowjacket women will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the Yellowjacket Outdoor Tennis Complex.
The Yellowjacket men's track and field team are in action this Friday, seeing action at the MSU-Mankato Invitational. Events are set to begin at 2 p.m. at the Mark Shuck Outdoor Track and Field Complex.
