PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its final weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the 2019 season.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Trey Hilderbrand • Fr. • UCF • San Antonio, Texas
Hilderbrand scored a straight-set singles win and added two doubles wins against nationally ranked tandems last week to help UCF to 4-0 wins against No. 44 USF and Memphis to close the regular season. Hilderbrand was a 6-1, 6-1 winner at No. 4 singles against USF, while his singles match against Memphis was suspended with Hilderbrand two points away from a victory. He joined parter Bogdan Pavel for a 6-4 doubles win against USF and a 7-5 victory against Memphis, defeating tandems ranked No. 67 and No. 60 nationally.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the Oracle/ITA Rankings
Men’s Team (through April 16)
Men’s Singles (through April 16)
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18 |
Alberto Barroso-Campos |
USF |
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35 |
Gabriel Decamps |
UCF |
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63 |
Majed Kilani |
Tulsa |
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65 |
Ewan Moore |
Tulane |
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69 |
Carles Sarrio |
SMU |
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93 |
Luis Erlenbusch |
Tulane |
Men’s Doubles (through April 16)
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16 |
Trey Hilderbrand/Bogdan Pavel |
UCF |
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25 |
Marius Frosa/Murkel Dellien |
Wichita State |
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59 |
David Stevenson/Oscar Cutting |
Memphis |
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75 |
Alberto Caceres Casas/Mark Wallner |
Temple |
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78 |
Jarod Hing/Boriss Kamdem |
Tulsa |
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79 |
Joshua Goodger/Boriss Kamdem |
Tulsa |
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87 |
Alberto Barroso-Campos/Pierre Luquet |
USF |
The 2019 American Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships will be held in April at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. The women’s championship takes place April 17-20, while the men’s championship will be played April 18-21.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
presented by AIR FORCE RESERVE
April 18-21 | Orlando, Florida
| First Round | Thursday, April 18 |
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| Match 1: No. 10 UConn (7-14) vs. No. 7 Temple (13-6) |
9 a.m. |
| Match 2: No. 9 SMU (11-16) vs. No. 8 ECU (14-6) |
9 a.m. |
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| Quarterfinals | Friday, April 19 |
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| Match 3: UConn/Temple winner vs. No. 2 Tulane (14-11) |
9 a.m. |
| Match 4: No. 6 Memphis (11-12) vs. No. 3 USF (14-7) |
9 a.m. |
| Match 5: No. 5 Wichita State (15-9) vs. No. 4 Tulsa (14-11) |
Noon |
| Match 6: SMU/ECU winner vs. No. 1 UCF (13-9) |
Noon |
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| Semifinals | Saturday, April 20 |
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| Match 7: Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner |
Noon |
| Match 8: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner |
Noon |
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| Final | Sunday, April 21 | American Digital Network |
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| Match 9: Semifinal winners |
Noon |