Colorado State University Athletics
Hansson MWC Tennis Player of the Week
4/16/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Colorado Springs, Colo. - Colorado State senior Sanja Hansson has been named Mountain West Conference Women?s Tennis Player of the Week. This is Hansson?s first ever player of the week honor.
Hansson, a Helsingborg, Sweden, native, went 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles over the weekend, helping the Rams to victories over Utah and Wyoming. She started her week with a straight set victory over Wyoming?s Patricia Chien (6-2, 6-2) at No. 1 singles. She also teamed with Dasha Zhurin to beat Chien and Kati Gyulai at No. 1 doubles, 8-2. Against Utah, she beat Ellen Svensson, 6-1, 7-6 (1), at the No. 1 spot and teamed with Zhurin to beat Svensson and Allison Hansen at No. 1 doubles, 8-1. Hansson also defeated BYU?s Leeza Klempner in straight sets (6-2, 6-2) at No. 1 doubles. Hansson is now 24-6 overall in singles on the year, which sets the CSU school record for winning percentage in a single season. She also needs one more victory to tie Allison Lisle for most career singles victories at Colorado State.
2003 MWC Women?s Tennis Players of the Week: Jan. 29 ? Tracie Chong, So., UNLV; Feb. 5 - Yuliani Santi, Jr., Wyoming; Feb. 12 - Laura Nigro, Jr., Air Force; Feb. 19 - Maja Kovacek, Fr., New Mexico; Feb. 26 - Hadley Macfarlane, Fr., BYU; Mar. 5 - Tiffany Robertson, So., New Mexico; Mar. 11 - Gina Black, Jr., Air Force; Mar. 20 - Sandy Lukowski, Jr., New Mexico/Paulina Janus, Sr., UNLV; Mar. 26 - Lindsey Hedberg, Sr., San Diego State; Apr. 2 - Tracie Chong, So., UNLV; Apr. 9 - Katja Karrento, Sr., San Diego State; Apr. 16 - Sanja Hansson, Sr., Colorado State.
