March 17, 2007

LAS VEGAS - UNLV sophomore Elliot Wronski has been named the Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the second time in a month, the league announced.

In his lone match of the week, Wronski shocked the nation's third-ranked singles player, defeating Wake Forest's Todd Paul in straight sets (6-1, 7-5) during his team's 6-1 loss to 12th-ranked Wake Forest on Monday. Before the upset, Paul, who was ranked No. 1 in the nation as recently as March 5, was 10-0 in 2007 and had not lost even a set in dual matches this season.

Wronski, a sophomore from Cheltenham, England, earned his first MWC honor on Feb. 22. He is the first Rebel to win the award more than once in a season since Henner Nehles and Joel Kielbowicz were both tabbed by the league twice each in 2005.

BYU's Anastasia Surkova was named the women's player of the week.