INDIANAPOLIS – With a pair of regional contests in its pocket, Hillsdale earned both Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s & Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week selections on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Chargers’ men played against Wayne State and toppled No. 4 Atlantic Region-ranked Edinboro while the HC women recorded a historic win for the program against Ferris State.
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Dugan Delp
Hillsdale
Senior
Toledo, OH (Central Catholic HS)
 
Delp had a match for the ages in a three-set thriller in against Wayne State’s Derek Sammons. After Delp won the first set, 6-3, he had a second-set setback with a 6-0 defeat.
 
Delp regrouped in the third set for a 10-8 win to account for Hillsdale’s lone point in a tough loss against its former conference rival.
 
He won both his singles and doubles contests against Edinboro as the Chargers performed a clean team sweep on Saturday. He won the No. 5 singles slot in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, before partnering with John Ciraci to win a tightly-contested doubles match, 9-7.
 
The Chargers are now 3-3 overall this season.
 
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Halle Hyman
Hillsdale
Junior
Oakland Township, MI (Rochester Adams HS)
 
After going a combined 15-8 in singles the last two seasons, Hyman is one of the reasons why the Chargers were picked as the preseason coaches poll favorite on the women’s side.
 
The former GLIAC Freshman of the Year kept up her solid play as the Chargers brought home a big win against Ferris State, the first win against the Bulldogs in a six-year span.
 
Hyman won her singles matchup in straight sets, using a tiebreaker to decide the first set, as the Chargers improved to 2-2 overall this year.