Ozel, Groom, and Ren Named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week

HANOVER, N.H.—Zeynep Ozel of Dartmouth women's basketball and Miles Groom and Henry Ren of men's tennis have been named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week.

Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two outstanding student-athletes – one male athlete or team, one female athlete or team– as Athletes of the Week.

Zeynep Ozel, Sophomore, Istanbul, Turkey, Women's Basketball

Zeynep Ozel enjoyed a sensational week, highlighted by a career-high 30 points in Saturday's 77-58 win over Yale. She became the first Big Green player to score 30 points since Fanni Szabo in January 2017 - in 4OT. The last time it happened in regulation was Szabo in November 2014. Dartmouth jumped out to a 17-0 lead before the game was six minutes old, with Ozel scoring 10 of those points. She finished the game 9-of-15 from the floor, 5-of-10 from three and 7-of-7 from the free throw line. The five made threes marked a career high against a Division I opponent. Thirty points marked the third most points by an Ivy League player in a game this season, while she also added five rebounds and six assists. Ozel had five points, four rebounds and six assists on Friday against Brown as well.

Miles Groom, Senior, Buckinghamshire, England, Men's Tennis

Henry Ren, Senior, Vancouver, British Columbia, Men's Tennis

Henry Ren and Miles Groom helped lead the Big Green to a season record of 5-0 on Saturday at the Boss Tennis Center, guiding the way across doubles and singles play. The duo opened the day with a 6-2 victory over Merrimack's Schut and Van Nooten in doubles. Groom followed with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 singles win.

Against the Terriers, Ren and Groom once again set the tone, opening competition with a 6-2 doubles victory. Ren earned a 6-3, 7-6 (4) singles win, while Groom added a 7-5 victory to complete another strong showing.

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