Odon Barta — men’s tennis
The Idaho men’s tennis team went 1-1 this week. They lost to Fresno State for their first loss of the season on Saturday, but were able to pick it up on Sunday to secure a win over Portland State. One Vandal tennis player went 3-1 over the weekend. Odon Barta, a sophomore from Budapest, Hungary, had the Vandals lone singles win on Saturday with a two-set victory over his Fresno State opponent, Sai Kartik. He took that momentum into Sunday, where he helped secure the doubles point with his partner Cesar Torres. Barta then won his singles match in a two-set victory. With his help, the Vandals improve to 3-1 on the season. Idaho returns to action on Feb. 8 when they face San Francisco in Seattle.
Stacey Barr — women’s basketball
The women’s basketball team continues to dominate in the WAC, winning its eighth game in a row, by taking down rival Seattle U by a score of 77-59 Saturday in Seattle. In the rout of the Redhawks, the Vandals had one player outperform the rest. Stacey Barr continued to make a case for WAC Player of the Year. Barr, a junior from Melbourne, Australia, recorded her 12th double-double of the season with 25 points and 12 rebounds in the game. This is the 26th game in the last 28 that she’s played where she has scored double figures. Barr and the Vandals start the second half of their WAC schedule this week with a road trip down to New Mexico State and Texas-Pan American. They will return home on Feb. 13 to face Cal State-Bakersfield.
Paige Hunt — swimming and diving
The Vandal divers competed at the Air Force Academy Diving Invitational over the weekend and for one Vandal, it was a great meet. Paige Hunt, a senior from Mesa, Ariz., competed in three events and didn’t finish lower than seventh. Hunt started off the Invitational with a seventh-place finish in the 1-meter dive with a score of 267.85 and followed that up with a school record performance in the platform dive with a score 245.15, which was good enough for fourth place. Despite a strong performance on the first day, she was able to find a way to outdo herself on the second day. Hunt took first place in the 3-meter dive with a score of 322.30.
Alex Siemens — women’s track and field
The track and field team had a big weekend Friday and Saturday at the Cougar Indoor in Pullman. The effort shown on Friday and Saturday enabled the team to come back to Moscow with nine individual wins and 21 career-best marks. Alex Siemens, a freshman from Abbottsford, B.C., won two of those events. She took first in the mile with a time of 5:09.53 and then followed that performance up with a win in her heat of the 800-meter run with a time of 2:19.79. The Vandals are back at home this weekend hosting the Vandal Indoor on Friday evening, followed by the Idaho Open on Saturday morning.