Idaho takes lead in WAC Commissioner’s Cup race
The University of Idaho took the lead in the annual Western Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup standings. The Vandals, with conference titles in women’s basketball and women’s cross country, have a 2.5 point lead over Utah State and are 6.75 points ahead of UTSA in third. Idaho has teams competing for three more 2012-13 championships — men’s golf and men’s and women’s outdoor track and field. Points are awarded for each team in every sport based on the number of teams competing in the sport. In addition to nine points from both the championship teams, the Vandals earned 8.75 from volleyball, 6.75 from women’s tennis, 6.00 from men’s tennis and swimming and diving, five from men’s cross country, 4.75 from men’s basketball, 4.25 from soccer, three from women’s golf and each of the indoor track and field teams and two from football.
Men’s and women’s tennis bring home Western Athletic Conference tournament honors
The Idaho men’s and women’s tennis teams earned several honors last week during the WAC Tournament in Denver.
Jose Bendeck and Dmitry Perevoshchikov both earned all-tournament spots for singles play, while teammates Abid Akbar and Marius Cirstea earned a spot on the all-tournament doubles team. On the women’s side of the tournament, Victoria Lozano was the only Idaho women’s player to get selected for the all-tournament team.
The men’s tennis team made it to the finals of the tournament where it lost to Denver 4-0, while the women made it to the semifinals where they lost to the Denver women 4-0.