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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
1/18/2016 Shay Lierman Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field
1/12/2016 Zak Benitz Men's Wrestling
1/12/2016 Carson Parker Men's Basketball
1/4/2016 Jimmy Roth Men's Basketball
1/4/2016 Jordan Rinken Men's Wrestling
12/15/2015 Josh Weeber Men's Basketball
12/15/2015 Ryan Parmely Men's Wrestling
12/7/2015 Damian Penichet Men's Wrestling
12/7/2015 Aleesha Cleaver Women's Basketball
12/1/2015 Luke Lenhart Men's Basketball
12/1/2015 Sam Ofstad Women's Basketball
11/23/2015 Aleesha Cleaver Women's Basketball
11/23/2015 Jordan Roths Men's Wrestling
11/16/2015 Whitney Kieffer Women's Basketball
11/16/2015 Jalen Amis Football
11/9/2015 Jalen Amis Football
11/9/2015 Bethani Jacobsen Women's Cross Country
11/2/2015 Alisha VanderWoude Volleyball
11/2/2015 Alex Wahl Football
10/26/2015 Cole Stephen Football
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