April 23, 2003

Chicago, Ill. - Senior Tennis player Nick Bodmer took his second-straight Horizon League Men's Tennis Player of the Week honors.

Bodmer won twice at No.1 singles and once at N.3 doubles, as the Flames split a pair of league matches over the weekend. Bodmer beat Robert Shamel of UWGB, 6-3, 7-5, then defeated Brian Butt of Wright State, 7-6 (3), 6-4, to extend his singles winning streak to five. Doubles matches were not played with UWGB, but Bodmer did win a No.3 doubles match against Wright State, 9-8 (6) with Amol Desai.

UIC defeated Wright State, but lost to UW-Green Bay.

On Tuesday, the Flames knocked off Valparaiso and will play on Saturday, April 26 in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament. The third-seeded Flames will take on #6 Youngstown State at 9:00 a.m. at North Central H.S. in Indianapolis.