March 17, 2011
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Daniel Stahl (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman), a senior on the University of Notre Dame men’s tennis team, has been selected as the BIG EAST Player of the Week on the men’s side for the week of March 15, it was announced by the conference Wednesday.
Stahl helped (then) No. 25 Notre Dame upset (then) No. 6 Illinois 5-2 on March 8. The victory allowed the Irish to climb from No. 25 to No. 21 in the Campbell/ITA rankings, while the Illini fell from No. 6 to No. 9.
The senior defeated 65th-ranked Abe Souza 6-4, 6-1, which was his second-straight win over a ranked opponent and the highest-rated opponent the senior has defeated since 55th-ranked Clint Bowles of Florida State on March 14, 2010. Stahl currently carries a 10-6 record at the No. 3 position this season.
Follow Stahl and the rest of the Notre Dame men’s tennis on und.com Thursday as the 21st-ranked Irish take on No. 14 Kentucky at 1:00 p.m. (ET) at the Hilary J. Boone Complex in Lexington, Ky.
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