Oct. 1, 2002

Chicago, Ill. - The University of Illinois at Chicago swept the Horizon League weekly tennis honors this week, as Zorica Malesevic and James Wonneberg were named the Horizon League Tennis Athletes of the Week, it was announced today.

Malesevic rolled over the competition in Flight 4 of the Bowling Green State Invitational over the weekend, winning three matches, including the clincher over Heidi Romer of Bowling Green State, 6-4, 6-4, in the Flames' first competition of the fall season.

Wonneberg had similar success at the Marquette Invitational, winning the Flight 6 consolation title after going 3-1 in Milwaukee, including the consolation championship win over Zac Breneman of IUPUI, 6-4, 6-4. He also paired with teammate Pat Zufan to win the Flight 3 doubles crown with a 3-0 mark.

The UIC women's tennis team will hit the courts again on October 11, when the Flames participate in the Northwestern Wildcat Invitational. The men's squad will host Chicago State this Saturday, October 5, at 10:00 a.m. at Flames Courts.