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Austen Childs Named BIG EAST Tennis Player of the Week
Feb. 23, 2011
Louisville's Austen Childs was named BIG EAST Male Tennis Player of the Week following dominating performance during the period ending on Feb. 22. "The old saying that the 'cream rises to the top,' certainly fits the description of Austen's performance at the national indoors," said U of L head coach Rex Ecarma. "He won at No. 1 singles and doubles at the marquee team event of the indoor season." Childs led the No. 15 Cardinals last week, going 2-1 in No. 1 singles action and 2-0 in No. 1 doubles play. At the ITA Team Indoor National Championships, Childs, No. 11 in the ITA singles rankings, downed No. 6 UCLA's 63rd-ranked Daniel Kosakowski 6-3, 6-2 Feb. 18. The senior defeated No. 16 Georgia's 24th-ranked Javier Garrapiz 7-6 (7-4), 6-0, before dropping a 3-6, 3-6 decision to fourth-ranked Steven Johnson of No. 2 Southern California. He is 18-7 on the season and 9-2 in dual matches. In No. 1 doubles action, the 26th-ranked team of Childs and Viktor Maksimcuk beat UCLA's Alex Brigham and Amit Inbar 8-5. The Cardinal duo also defeated USC's Daneil Nguyen and Emilio Gomez 8-1. Childs and Maksimcuk are 14-6 (8-1) on the season.
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