INDIANAPOLIS - The ninth pairing of Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men’s & Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week for the 2018-19 season was made on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Men’s Athlete of the Week
Toby Cutting
Tiffin
Senior
Ipswich, UK
 
Cutting and the Dragons started the first leg of their spring break trip facing a handful of non-conference opponents in scenic Hilton Head, S.C. 
 
The senior had an impressive showing as Tiffin played Lake Superior State, Lenoir-Rhyne and Warner, over the past week.  
 
Cutting was unbeaten in singles at 3-0 and nearly pulled off the same mark in doubles, going 2-1 with the loss as close as it gets by a 7-6 score.
 
Cutting won in straight sets as Tiffin downed LSSU, 6-1. He beat Diego Penz in the No. 5 singles contest, 6-4, 6-4. In the win against Warner, he moved up to No. 4 in the singles rotation to beat Filipe Gil, 7-6, 6-3. 
 
Cutting then accounted for the lone team point scored against Lenoir-Rhyne with a three-set victory over Shane O’Dea, 5-7, 7-5, 11-9. 
 
Cutting played all three doubles contests at the No. 1 position with Nikita Parfenov. Together, they beat their opponents from LSSU and Warner.
 
Women’s Athlete of the Week
Kamryn Matthews
Hillsdale
Junior
Midland, MI (Dow HS)
 
Matthews and the Chargers retained their perfect record in the current season with a regional victory scored against Purdue Northwest. 
 
Hillsdale upped its overall mark to 5-0 on the current year as Matthews won both of her singles and doubles matchups.
 
Matthews was flawless in singles with a 6-0, 6-0, straight set decision over Carolina Yepez. 
 
She then combined with Madeline Bissett at No. 2 doubles for a 6-1 win. Matthews was a big part of the program’s success as it won a conference title in its maiden voyage through the conference schedule.