WICHITA, Kan. - Redshirt Senior Murkel Dellien is the first Shocker tennis player to be named the ITA UTR Player of the Week after he increased his Universal Tennis Ranking to 13.15 this past week while also guiding the team to two top 50 wins.
Dellien, a native of Trinidad, Bolivia, went a combined 3-0 last weekend to help the Shockers beat #48 SMU and upset #28 Pepperdine at home to extend their win streak to five. Dellien started the weekend with a doubles victory with partner Marius Frosa over SMU's Caleb Chakravarthi/Jan-Simon Vrbsky, 6-3.