Zamjaoui Earns Second Straight OVC Weekly Honor

4/18/2007 5:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Murray State's men's tennis player Fadi Zamjaoui was selected as the Ohio Valley Conference Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week, the league office announced today from its Brentwood, Tenn., headquarters. This is the second straight week Zamjaoui has been recognized as the athlete of the week.

Zamjaoui went 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles over the past week. He was a perfect 3-0 in singles matches against OVC opponents and remains unbeaten (8-0) against league foes in 2007.

He has won 17 straight singles matches against OVC opponents, dating back to the 2006 season.

All of his singles and doubles matches were played at the No. 1 position. Zamjaoui beat two of his three singles opponents in straight sets.

Murray State's men's tennis team begins play in the 2007 O'Reilly Ohio Valley Conference Men's Tennis Tournament on Friday. The sixth seeded Racers will face third seeded Samford University at 2 p.m., at the Centennial Sportsplex in Nashville, Tenn.