The American Rivers Conference has announced that Luther College sophomore Max Loen (Eau Claire, Wis,.Memorial) has been named the Male Athlete of the Week and Men's Tennis Performer of the Week for the week ending Sunday, April 10, 2022. This is the first time he has been so honored.
Loen helped lead Luther to victories over the University of Dubuque (9-0) and regionally ranked No. 11 Carleton College (5-4) on Saturday, April 9. During the two matches he went 2-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles.
He played No. 1 singles versus Milan Zivkovic of Dubuque and was victorious (6-4, 2-6, 10-8). In the Carleton match he played No. 2 singles against Yuv Kataria of Carleton (2-6, 7-6(7-3), 10-7) and won to secure the team victory.
In doubles play, Loen played with Nyathi Motojoa and defeated Tram Rojanasoonthon and Tate Fuller of Carleton (8-3).
As a team Luther improved their record to 9-9 overall and 3-0 in the conference.
