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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
4/20/2016 Jacqueline Flood Softball
4/5/2016 Jacqueline Flood Softball
4/5/2016 Bethani Jacobsen Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
3/30/2016 Brooke Redmond Softball
3/30/2016 Mitch Moser Baseball
3/14/2016 Ryan Parmely Men's Wrestling
3/14/2016 Jordan Rinken Men's Wrestling
2/29/2016 Jacqueline Flood Softball
2/29/2016 Maleek Williams Men's Wrestling
2/22/2016 Brett Fanning Baseball
2/22/2016 Saki Kawabata Tennis
2/15/2016 Mitch Funk Men's Wrestling
2/15/2016 Tara Duran Softball
2/8/2016 Jernell Hughes Men's Basketball
2/8/2016 Linn Sorman Tennis
2/1/2016 Zak Benitz Men's Wrestling
2/1/2016 Whitney Kieffer Women's Basketball
1/25/2016 Bethani Jacobsen Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
1/25/2016 Jernell Hughes Men's Basketball
1/18/2016 Jimmy Roth Men's Basketball
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