SURREAUX NAMED PLAYER OF THE MONTH
New Mexico State's Arthur Surreaux has been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Tennis Player of the Month for September.
Surreaux, a senior from Sainte-Adresse, France, was crowned champion in each of the two tournaments he participated in for the month of September. He took the singles and doubles championships at the Aggie Invite, Sept. 10-12, while also claiming the singles title at the Baylor Intercollegiate Invitational the following weekend, Sept. 24-26. Surreaux faced nationally ranked No. 22 Jeff Dadamo of Texas A&M in the championship match, defeating him 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 to win the singles main draw "A" bracket. Dadamo was the No. 3 seed in the bracket of 64. Surreaux beat out players from the Big XII, Big Ten, ACC and SEC en route to the championship title. He is currently 10-0 in singles matches and is 6-1 in doubles matches over the course of the two tournaments he has appeared in thus far.
Other male nominees included: Boise State's Damian Hume went a combined 4-2 in singles and doubles at the One-Plus-One tournament ... Fresno State's Sebastian Hafner won all three of his singles matches at the UNLV Invitational ... Idaho's Marius Cirstea advanced to the round of 32 at the challenging Baylor Invitational after defeating No. 24 ranked Gonzalo Escobar of Texas Tech ... Nevada's Wessim Derbel advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles A flight at the Bulldog Classic ... Utah State's Sven Poslusny holds a 5-1 singles record this season and won the USU Invitational's consolation singles draw.
WAC IN THE PRESEASON RANKINGS
The WAC has one singles player ranked in the 2009 preseason ITA rankings. Boise State's James Meredith garners the No. 40 spot in the 2010 preseason ITA rankings. There were no doubles teams in the WAC ranked by the ITA.
BOISE STATE'S MEREDITH HAVE STRONG SHOWING
Boise State men's tennis players James Meredith and Damian Hume captured the consolation championship in doubles, defeating Andy Gauthier and Jeremy Feldman of Cornell, 8-2, at the Virginia One-Plus-One Tournament, Sept. 24-26.
FRESNO STATE
Eight Bulldogs earned victories at the UNLV Invitational, Sept. 17-19. Remi Boutillier and Rikus de Villiers improved their doubles record to 2-1 after defeating Anthony Rossi and Brad Cox, 8-2.
IDAHO PERFORMS WELL IN FIRST TWO TOURNAMENTS
The Idaho men's tennis team split up to compete in the Baylor Fall Tournament in Waco, Texas, and the EWU/GU Invitational in Cheney, Wash., in September. Four Vandals - Lachlan Reed, Alex Joitoiu, Marius Cirstea and Jose Bendeck, competed at the Baylor Fall Tournament, where they all played in the top-tier A flight.
Three of the four made the round of 32.
Idaho junior Alan Shin excelled, winning the men's singles A flight with five consecutive victories at the EWU/GU Invitational. Shin was the No. 2 seeded player in the tournament.
NM STATE'S SURREAUX NABS TITLES IN TWO TOURNAMENTS
NM State men's tennis senior Arthur Surreaux clinched two titles at the Aggie Invitational, Sept. 17-19. His singles title marks the fourth consecutive year an NM State player has won the championship at the Invite. Surreaux beat out players from the Big XII, Big Ten, ACC and SEC en route to the Baylor Intercollegiate Invitational singles title. He defeated No. 22 Jeff Dadamo from Texas A&M in the championship match 7-6, 1-6, 6-3.
UTAH STATE'S POSLUSNY WINS TITLE AT USU INVITATIONAL
Sophomore Sven Poslusny claimed the consolation singles title at the USU Invitational on Sept. 25. Seniors Jakob Asplund and Bryan Marchant advanced to the semifinals in doubles competition, falling to Weber State's Simon Unger and Matt Davis, 9-8 (5).
WAC TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD IN BOISE
The 2010 WAC Tennis Tournament will be held April 29-May 1 in Boise, Idaho. Hawai'i, winners of three-straight WAC Tournament titles, defeated No. 2-seed Fresno State, 4-3 in last year's tournament.