CHICAGO – Three College of Chicago student-athletes acquired athlete of the week recognition on Monday from the College Athletic Affiliation (UAA) and Faculty Convention of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW).
For the second time this 12 months, ladies’s lacrosse goalie Rachel Keefe was the CCIW Defensive Pupil-Athlete of the Week. The Maroon rookie put collectively a pair of dominant performances final weekend, posting a mixed .833 save proportion. She set a brand new college file with 18 saves in an 11-4 win versus Colorado Faculty, and in addition helped safe the third shutout in program historical past with a 19-0 victory at Hamline College. On the season, Keefe owns a 7-1 file with a 7.07 objectives in opposition to common and a .562 save proportion.
Arjun Asokumar was picked because the UAA Males’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for the second time. The sophomore went an ideal 3-0 at first and second singles and 3-0 at second doubles through the workforce’s spring break journey to Texas. The Maroons handily defeated three nationally-ranked groups, together with No. 25-ranked Kalamazoo Faculty (9-0), No. 23-ranked Southwestern College (9-0) and No. 5-ranked Trinity College Texas (7-2). Asokumar’s doubles wins alongside first-year Andrei Leonov have been by scores of 8-2, 8-4 and 8-2. Up to now this season, he’s 12-3 in singles and 12-3 in doubles.
Shianna Guo additionally collected her second UAA Ladies’s Tennis Athlete of the Week accolade. Throughout UChicago’s spring break, Guo helped her workforce to highway wins over No. 24-ranked Trinity Texas (9-0) and No. 14-ranked Southwestern (6-3). The Maroon first-year was 2-0 with straight-set victories at No. 2 singles. She additionally mixed with first-year Sylwia Mikos to go 2-0 at No. 1 doubles with scores of 8-3 and 8-5. Guo possesses season marks of 13-5 in singles and 20-3 in doubles.
