TicketSmarter WAC Men’s Tennis Athletes of the Week Announced
DENVER – Lamar’s Daniel Sancho Arbizu has been named the TicketSmarter singles Player of the Week with the NM State duo of Gijs Akkermans and Corey Clarke claiming the doubles Team of the Week honors.
Sancho Arbizu played a key role in the Cardinals two conference wins over the weekend as he played in the No. 1 singles spot. The freshman started the weekend on Friday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory Julian Worn from Seattle. As a team, Lamar notched a 5-0 win against the Redhawks. The following day Sancho Arbizu’s win was needed as the Cardinals posted a 4-3 team win against Grand Canyon, the defending WAC champions. Despite losing the first set, he fought back to register a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Argote Mariano. Arbizu is 10-4 in dual matches; all of which he has played from the top singles spot.
Akkermans and Clarke recorded a pair of wins at the No. 2 doubles spot as NM State went 2-0 to start conference matches. The tandem’s first win of the weekend came in convincing fashion as they notched a 6-1 win against UT Rio Grande Valley’s George Hutchings and Alberto Mello. The next day Akkermans and Clarke tallied a 6-3 win over the Grand Canyon duo of Freddie Grant and Loic van Zeggelaar. As a team, the Aggies posted wins of 5-1 and 6-1 against UTRGV and Grand Canyon respectively.