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Illinois' Spicijaric Named Player of the Week
Jan. 20, 2009
Player of the Week: Illini senior Marc Spicijaric earns his first career weekly award after recording a perfect 4-0 slate while helping No. 15 Illinois start the 2009 campaign at 3-0, including one upset over 14th-ranked Pepperdine last weekend. Opening the weekend at No. 1 singles, Spicijaric knocked off Ball State’s top player Eduardo Pavia, 6-2, 6-2. The next day, the Wesley Chapel, Fla., native wasted little time in upsetting No. 57-ranked Mahmoud Kamel of Pepperdine, 6-2, 6-2. In doubles, Spicijaric teamed up with senior Brian Livingston to go 2-0 on the weekend. The Illini duo defeated Toledo’s Sven Burus and Robbie McCallum, 8-2, at No. 2 doubles. Spicijaric and Livingston continued their winning ways as they defeated Pepperdine’s Jensen Turner and Hugh Clarke, 8-3, at No. 3 doubles to clinch the doubles point for Illinois. Last Illinois POW: Dennis Nevolo (January 13, 2009)
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