{"id":4879,"date":"2022-04-19T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2022-04-19T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:50:13","slug":"carlo-izurieta-serves-as-athlete-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/19\/carlo-izurieta-serves-as-athlete-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlo Izurieta Serves as Athlete of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/unnamed-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4881\" width=\"876\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/unnamed-3.jpg 512w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/unnamed-3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><figcaption><em>UTRGV tennis field courts<\/em>. <em>Photo by Amira Garcia \/ Vaquero Radio.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/amira-garcia-tenis-final-audio.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics recognizes Senior in International Business <a href=\"https:\/\/goutrgv.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/carlo-izurieta\/7542\">Carlo Izurieta<\/a> as UTRGV\u2019s athlete of the Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement came after he scored a 2-1in singles and straight set 6-4, 6-3 against Grand Canyon&#8217;s Freddie Grant&nbsp;and then finished out the weekend with a three-set victory&nbsp;against Texas A&amp;M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Izurieta had this to share about the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f27508\"><strong>\u201cFeels really nice, I have been putting lots of effort, lots of hours in court listening to my coaches, trying to treat myself well in and outside the court.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Izurieta told Vaquero Radio the different things he enjoys about tennis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f27508\"><strong>\u201cI enjoy the crowd, having fun, making some good points, finish the points fast, when the point is long, and you make it cause when you lose a point is not fun but when talent is involved, and points are difficult to make they just happened.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Assistant Athletic Director for Communications Daniel Elizondo explained that the decision to make him athlete of the week is based on highlighting the standing performances.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f27508\"><strong>\u201cThe win against Texas A&amp;M really put him over the top.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tennis team will have their last game on Saturday at 10 a.m. when they close out the regular season at Prairie View A&amp;M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is Amira Garcia for Vaquero Radio<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics recognizes Senior in International Business Carlo Izurieta as UTRGV\u2019s athlete of the Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,16,34,6,14,56],"tags":[103,384,398,399,395,396,118,397,46,194,263,400,161,95],"class_list":["post-4879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-edinburg","category-entertainment","category-radio","category-sports","category-tennis","tag-103","tag-april","tag-as","tag-athlete","tag-carlo","tag-izurieta","tag-of","tag-serves","tag-sports","tag-spring","tag-student","tag-tennis","tag-the","tag-week"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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