KANSAS CITY, Missouri – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association/Great American Conference has selected Ouachita's Yarin Aebi as the league's men's tennis athlete of the week for the south division.
Aebi is Ouachita's fourth athlete of the week selection of the season. The freshman from Zurich was one of two Tigers to go undefeated at 6-0 combined in doubles and singles over the past week in wins over William Jewell and Southern Arkansas and a loss to Northwest Missouri State.
He and teammate Aaron Osmond started the week with a 6-2 doubles win at No. 3 of a 4-3 loss to Northwest Missouri State. Aebi later earned a 6-1, 6-4 singles win at No. 6.
The next day in a 5-2 victory over William Jewell, Aebi and Osmond won 6-3 at No. 3 doubles. In singles, Aebi won by a pair of 6-2 scores at No. 5.
To finish the perfect week, Aebi helped the Tigers beat Southern Arkansas 4-3 to remain unbeaten in MIAA/GAC south division play. In the win over the Muleriders, Aebi and Osmond made it a 3-0 week at No. 3 doubles with a tiebreaker victory. Aebi then clinched the team win with a tiebreaker victory at No. 5 singles.
Aebi and Osmond are second on the team this year in doubles with an overall record of 12-5, including a 9-1 record at the No. 3 line this spring. In singles, Aebi is third on the team with a 13-7 overall record.