April 16, 2008

Women’s Tennis’ Lehman Tabbed RMAC Player of the Week

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Montana State Billings senior women’s tennis player Heidi Lehman was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Week Wednesday.  It is the first player of the week award for the Yellowjacket women’s tennis team this season.

Lehman, a native of Billings, Mont., went 4-0 last week helping the Yellowjackets to a perfect 6-0 record in league play this season and lost only one set during the entire conference season.  Lehman, is 8-5 on the year in singles playing at the number one position for MSUB. 

Earlier in the year, she defeated Mesa State’s Teri Mayeda who was tabbed RMAC Preseason Player of the Year where she dropped her only conference set, but came back to win the match.  In addition, Lehman defeated Division I member Utah State’s number one player as well as coming within two points of defeating fellow Division I Weber State’s top player as well.

The Yellowjackets’ regular season is complete and will head to the RMAC Championships, Apr. 25-26 in Kearney, Neb., as the only undefeated team in conference play.