IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending February 22.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Gabriel Decamps • Jr. • UCF • Sao Paulo, Brazil
Decamps was 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 2-0 at No. 1 doubles with a combined three wins against nationally ranked opponents in the Knights’ 1-1 week. He scored a 7-5, 6-4 victory against the nation’s No. 4-ranked player and joined doubles partner Trey Hilderbrand for a 6-3 win against the No. 48-ranked tandem in a 4-3 setback to No. 10 Texas Tech. He went on to take a 6-2, 6-1 singles win and a 6-2 doubles victory against the No. 56-ranked tandem in a 7-0 win against North Florida. Ranked No. 16 in singles in the Oracle/ITA preseason rankings, Decamps is off to a 4-1 start in both singles and doubles play this season.
The American In the Oracle/ITA Rankings
Men’s Team (Feb. 17 ranking)
|
19 |
UCF |
|
rv |
Memphis, Tulane |
Men’s Singles (preseason ranking)
|
16 |
Gabriel Decamps |
UCF |
|
40 |
Hamish Stewart |
Tulane |
|
52 |
Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi |
UCF |
|
53 |
Ewan Moore |
Tulane |
|
67 |
Kody Pearson |
Tulsa |
Men’s Doubles (preseason ranking)
|
12 |
Gabriel Decamps/Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi |
UCF |
|
21 |
Rithvik Bollipalli/Jacob Wojcik |
USF |
|
29 |
Connor DiMarco/Kody Pearson |
Tulsa |
|
32 |
Marius Frosa/Murkel Dellien |
Wichita State |
|
38 |
Chase Ferguson/Pierre Luquet |
USF |