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Stefan Milicevic Earns First Career Big Ten Athlete of the Week Honor
2/25/2020 3:02:00 PM | Men's Tennis
For the first time in his career with the Maroon and Gold, Gophers senior Stefan Milicevic has earned Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors.
Strong performances in the team's previous three matchups against Yale, UC Santa Barbara, and Pepperdine helped pave the way for Milicevic to earn the first Big Ten Athlete of the Week award for Minnesota since Matic Spec on April 4, 2017.
A 2019 All-Big Ten Second Team selection, Milicevic earned his third consecutive singles victory against Corrado Summaria of Pepperdine University, defeating Summaria by a score of 6-4, 6-2. Summaria, who was the No. 69 ranked singles player in the nation according to the ITA, marked Milicevic's second straight ranked singles win.
Last week, Milicevic saw himself playing against UC Santa Barbara's Joseph Guillin, who came into the match against the Gophers ranked as the 8th best singles player in college tennis. Milicevic went on to upset Guillin in straight sets 7-6(3), 7-5, earning his current No. 67 singles ranking with the ITA; a ranking that's likely to go up for Milicevic following his singles victory this weekend.
With his victory over Corrado Summaria this past Sunday, Milicevic now sits at 80 career singles victories in his time with the Maroon & Gold. This puts him 17 wins away from entering the Gophers' Top Ten in career singles victories, with both Leandro Toledo and Matt Grace sitting at 97 career singles victories.
Following a weekend off, Milicevic and the Gophers will head to the University of Washington to take on the Huskies on Friday, March 6 starting at 7:00 p.m. CST. Minnesota's next home match will take place on Sunday, March 8 at 12:00 p.m. CST, when the Maroon & Gold take on the University of Wisconsin in their conference opener.