IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending March 18.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Trevor Svajda • Fr. • SMU • San Diego, Calif.
Svajda helped SMU to wins against Wisconsin and No. 34 Middle Tennessee as part of the Mustangs' 3-0 week. Svajda scored a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles against Middle Tennessee's top player, who was ranked No. 29 in the March 5 ITA rankings. He paired with Louis Cloud to go 2-0 in doubles, scoring wins against Wisconsin (6-1) and Middle Tennessee (6-3). Svajda stands at No. 37 in this week's ITA rankings and is the highest-ranked American Athletic Conference player.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings
Men’s Team (March 19 ranking)
22 Memphis
45 SMU
46 Florida Atlantic
58 Rice
70 Charlotte
72 Tulsa
73 South Florida
Men’s Singles (March 19 ranking)
37 Trevor Svajda SMU
48 Alvin Tudorica South Florida
64 Pablo Alemany Memphis
93 Pierce Rollins Tulsa
96 Adam Neff SMU
Men’s Doubles (March 19 ranking)
30 Pierce Rollins/Timothy Carlsson Seger Tulsa
34 Pablo Alemany/Charlie Barry Memphis
44 Alan Magadan/Tomas Pinho UTSA
55 Erik Grevelius/Alvin Tudorica South Florida
59 Huntley Allen/Adam Neff SMU
71 Luc Hoeijmans/Alex Bancila Tulane
2024 Weekly Award Winners
Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Jan. 23 Conor Gannon, Memphis
Jan. 30 Tomás Pinto, UTSA
Feb. 6 Harry Rock, Memphis
Feb. 13 Alvin Tudorica, South Florida
Feb. 20 Adam Neff, SMU
Feb. 27 Juan Martin Jalif, Florida Atlantic
Mar. 5 Pablo Alemany, Memphis
Mar. 12 Adam Neff, SMU
Mar. 19 Trevor Svajda, SMU