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 14.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Connor Di Marco • Jr. • Tulsa • Melbourne, Australia
Di Marco went 2-0 in singles play to lead Tulsa to a split of its dual matches against No. 3 Baylor and Alabama. He was a 7-5, 6-0 winner at No. 5 singles against a previously unbeaten player to give the Golden Hurricane its only team point in a 4-1 setback to the Bears, and he followed with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 5 in a 4-3 victory against the Crimson Tide. Di Marco is 5-1 in singles matches in the 2022 dual season.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the Oracle/ITA Rankings
Men’s Team (Feb. 9 ranking)
Men’s Singles (Feb. 9 ranking)
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50 |
Trey Hilderbrand |
UCF |
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86 |
Ezequiel Santalla |
Tulsa |
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96 |
Chase Ferguson |
South Florida |
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119 |
Nicolas Acevedo |
Wichita State |
Men’s Doubles (Dec. 8 ranking)
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26 |
David Stevenson/Jeremy Taylor |
Memphis |
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43 |
Leyton Cronje/Bogdan Pavel |
UCF |
This Week In The American
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| Wednesday, February 16 |
Arkansas at Tulsa |
7 p.m. |
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| Thursday, February 17 |
Wichita State at Denver |
3 p.m. |
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| Saturday, February 19 |
Rice at Tulane |
2 p.m. |
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Memphis at North Alabama |
2 p.m. |
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| Sunday, February 20 |
SMU at Nebraska |
1 p.m. |
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all times Eastern
Last Week’s Results
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| Friday, February 11 |
Wichita State 4, Creighton 0 |
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Baylor 4, Tulsa 1 |
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Florida State 4, UCF 3 |
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| Saturday, February 12 |
Texas A&M 4, South Florida 3 |
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| Sunday, February 13 |
Nebraska 4, Wichita State 3 |
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SMU 7, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 0 |
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Texas 4, UCF 0 |
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Tulsa 4, Alabama 3 |
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Auburn 6, Tulane 1 |
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