This Week in WAC Men's Tennis - April 7
This Week in WAC Men's Tennis - April 7
DA SILVA, CERBELLI AND OGILVY NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
UT Rio Grande Valley's Samuel de Felipe Garcia and UT Rio Grande Valley doubles team Carlo Izurieta and de Felipe Garcia have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Tennis Athletes of the Week for March 30 through April 6.
De Felipe Garcia, a redshirt sophomore from Oviendo, Spain, tallied his third win of the season as he was responsible for the Vaqueros' first singles win against Prairie View A&M. He took down the Panthers' Juan Malham Viada (6-2, 6-1) to secure his third win of the season.
Izurieta, a redshirt junior from Guayaquil, Ecuador, and de Felipe Garcia picked up their team-leading fifth doubles victory last week. The duo prevailed in top-flight action over Prairie View A&M's Jorge Juarez and Malham Viada (6-1).
UP NEXT
The final week of WAC play headlines this week's schedule with NM State and Seattle U opening up competition on Friday. The Aggies then do battle with Chicago State on Saturday while Seattle U takes on Grand Canyon.
BY THE NUMBERS
Seattle U continues to hold the top winning percentage. Individually, Chicago State freshman Pedro Alvarez claims the best singles record at 11-4. In doubles play, Grand Canyon's team of Valentin Lang and Jiri Novak have been the best duo, managing a record of 7-4 on the season.
In conference play, both Seattle U and Grand Canyon are 2-0 to lead the way. In singles action, six players hoist a record of 2-0 as Chicago State's Pedro Alvarez, Grand Canyon's Justin Cvitanovic, Lang, Jonathan Da Silva and Freddie Grant and NM State's Nicolas Buitrago each finished the week with no losses. Four tandems also went 2-0 last week to sit atop the doubles standings. Grand Canyon has three of teams with a perfect record as Mariano Argote and Cvitanovic, Grant and Loic Van Zeggelaar and Lang and Novak are each unbeaten. Seattle U's Lucas Cerbelli and Eli Ogilvy also had a perfect week.
IT'S BIGGER IN TEXAS (AND UTAH)
On Jan. 14, the WAC announced the addition of five new schools in the upcoming years. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Southern Utah were all offered and accepted membership invitations. With the addition, the WAC will have six schools in Texas, more than any other conference in the country, and three schools in Utah, also a national best. The four Texas schools will join the league on July 1, 2021 and Southern Utah will follow 365 days later, officially joining the WAC on July 1, 2022.
WAC CHAMPIONSHIP HEADED TO NEW MEXICO
The 2021 WAC Tennis Championships will be headed to the campus of NM State with both the men and women competitng for a title in Las Cruces, N.M. Play is set to begin on April 30 with the final day of matches scheduled for May 2.
DA SILVA, CERBELLI AND OGILVY NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
UT Rio Grande Valley's Samuel de Felipe Garcia and UT Rio Grande Valley doubles team Carlo Izurieta and de Felipe Garcia have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Tennis Athletes of the Week for March 30 through April 6.
De Felipe Garcia, a redshirt sophomore from Oviendo, Spain, tallied his third win of the season as he was responsible for the Vaqueros' first singles win against Prairie View A&M. He took down the Panthers' Juan Malham Viada (6-2, 6-1) to secure his third win of the season.
Izurieta, a redshirt junior from Guayaquil, Ecuador, and de Felipe Garcia picked up their team-leading fifth doubles victory last week. The duo prevailed in top-flight action over Prairie View A&M's Jorge Juarez and Malham Viada (6-1).
UP NEXT
The final week of WAC play headlines this week's schedule with NM State and Seattle U opening up competition on Friday. The Aggies then do battle with Chicago State on Saturday while Seattle U takes on Grand Canyon.
BY THE NUMBERS
Seattle U continues to hold the top winning percentage. Individually, Chicago State freshman Pedro Alvarez claims the best singles record at 11-4. In doubles play, Grand Canyon's team of Valentin Lang and Jiri Novak have been the best duo, managing a record of 7-4 on the season.
In conference play, both Seattle U and Grand Canyon are 2-0 to lead the way. In singles action, six players hoist a record of 2-0 as Chicago State's Pedro Alvarez, Grand Canyon's Justin Cvitanovic, Lang, Jonathan Da Silva and Freddie Grant and NM State's Nicolas Buitrago each finished the week with no losses. Four tandems also went 2-0 last week to sit atop the doubles standings. Grand Canyon has three of teams with a perfect record as Mariano Argote and Cvitanovic, Grant and Loic Van Zeggelaar and Lang and Novak are each unbeaten. Seattle U's Lucas Cerbelli and Eli Ogilvy also had a perfect week.
IT'S BIGGER IN TEXAS (AND UTAH)
On Jan. 14, the WAC announced the addition of five new schools in the upcoming years. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Southern Utah were all offered and accepted membership invitations. With the addition, the WAC will have six schools in Texas, more than any other conference in the country, and three schools in Utah, also a national best. The four Texas schools will join the league on July 1, 2021 and Southern Utah will follow 365 days later, officially joining the WAC on July 1, 2022.
WAC CHAMPIONSHIP HEADED TO NEW MEXICO
The 2021 WAC Tennis Championships will be headed to the campus of NM State with both the men and women competitng for a title in Las Cruces, N.M. Play is set to begin on April 30 with the final day of matches scheduled for May 2.