Feb. 12, 2008

Duquesne University freshman tennis player Mikhael Rasner (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) have been named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for the week ending Feb. 10. It is his second straight A-10 ROW honor.

Rasner went 3-1 on the weekend as the Dukes lost at Cleveland State and Toledo to drop to 7-2 on the season. He scored the lone Duquesne point in the loss at Toledo, scoring a 6-3, 7-6(3) decision at number six singles and was also victorious at number one doubles. Against CSU, he won 7-5, 6-3 at sixth singles.

The Red and Blue return to action on Tuesday, Feb. 12 as they host Youngstown State in an 11:00 am match at Club 4 Life in Monroeville.