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Amanda Nunez

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/20/2010
  • Sport
    Tennis
  • Bio
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Amanda Nunez and Karli Loewecke, both first-year Peacocks, claimed the ITA Central Regional Doubles Championship over the weekend in Kearney, Nebraska. The title marks the second straight year that Upper Iowa has claimed a championship at the ITA Central Regional. A year ago, Anastasia Dabiza broke on the scene at the Singles Champion.

Nunez and Loewecke won five matches over the weekend to claim the title. Along the way, the pair margin of victory averaged nearly five games. After cruising with 8-1 and 8-3 victories in their first two matches, the ladies were tested against a doubles team from Augustana, but won the match 8-6. The Peacock duo then faced a second doubles team from Augie, who had just eliminated teammates Courtney Romer and Dabiza in the quarterfinals. The semifinal match went to Nunez and Loewecke by another 8-6 count. In the final match, Upper Iowa won the title thanks to an 8-5 decision over Bronwyn Allmand and Amy Anderson of Colorado Christian. With the title, Nunez and Loewecke advance to the National Small College Championships in October.

In singles competition, Nunez advanced the semifinals thanks to a 4-1 record. Her semifinal loss came to Heather Pierce of Winona State, who was the tournaments runner up. Nunez won the first set 6-3, but was defeated 6-0 in the second and 10-7 in the tiebreaker. Prior to the semifinal match, the Chicago-native had not surrendered any games to her opponents.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/30/2017 Shay Lierman Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
1/23/2017 Damian Penichet Men's Wrestling
1/23/2017 Carly Pagel Women's Basketball
1/9/2017 Jordan Hay Men's Basketball
1/9/2017 Damian Penichet Men's Wrestling
12/19/2016 Blair Klostermann Women's Basketball
12/19/2016 Logan Hopp Men's Wrestling
12/12/2016 Jordan Hay Men's Basketball
12/12/2016 Lincoln Monroe Men's Wrestling
12/5/2016 Blair Klostermann Women's Basketball
12/5/2016 Jordan Hay Men's Basketball
11/28/2016 Josh Weeber Men's Basketball
11/27/2016 Blair Klostermann Women's Basketball
11/21/2016 Jimmy Roth Men's Basketball
11/21/2016 Logan Hopp Men's Wrestling
11/16/2016 Chelsea Berry Volleyball
11/16/2016 Derrick Portis Football
11/7/2016 Ryan Parmely Football
11/7/2016 Chandra Smith Women's Cross Country
10/24/2016 Dimitri Morales Football
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