Almundena Sanz
Sophomore women’s tennis player Almundena Sanz was named WAC Verizon Player of the Week after achieving a combined 5-1 for singles and doubles against Colorado State, Northern Colorado and Wyoming last weekend.
Sanz, a first-year U.S. tennis player and Spain native, went 3-0 at the No. 2 singles spot and had two victories against Colorado State and Northern Colorado with partner Sophie Vickers and another against Wyoming with Vicky Lozano.
“When we recruited her we were hoping she was going to have a huge impact on the middle of the lineup,” women’s tennis coach Daniel Pollock said. “Obviously with a few sicknesses and injuries and health issues she’s moved up, but she has stepped up and played really big for a first-year player, and that bodes really well for next year.”
Kyle Barone
His contribution to Idaho men’s basketball five-game winning streak has landed junior center Kyle Barone another recognition as the WAC Verizon Player of the Week for the second week in a row.
Baron led the Vandals to a 77-68 win in the Sears ESPN BracketBusters game with 25 points on 10-11 shooting, a career best. Barone also accumulated eight rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block with 5-5 from the free throw line.
Barone’s 10-11 is a Vandal best tied at third place for single-game shooting performance.
Krissy Karr
In the last 15 seconds of the women’s basketball game against Nevada in Reno, Krissy Karr sank two 3-pointers including an overtime buzzer-beater that carried the Vandals to an 87-86 win Saturday.
Karr, a freshman point guard, tied the game at 84-84 with her first 3-point shot, and sealed the victory with another leaving the Wolf Pack with two seconds left in the game. Karr went 4-6 in 3-point shots during the game.
“That was unbelievable,” Idaho coach Jon Newlee said. “So many twists and turns down the stretch. We ran the end game plays to perfection. Down the stretch with no timeouts they know what we want. Alyssa made a great pass. I told Krissy strongly at halftime that she needed to be taking her shots and I’m glad she listened. What a couple of clutch shots form a freshman.”