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Rice's Zemel Takes Player of the Week Honors After 5-0 Performance

03.26.24

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 25.
 
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Yasha Zemel • Sr. • Rice • Haifa, Israel
Zemel was a combined 5-0 in singles and doubles to lead Rice to three wins last week. He went 3-0 in doubles, playing at the No. 1 position, and was 2-0 at No. 1 singles. He took a 6-2, 7-5 singles victory and a 6-4 doubles win in the Owls' 7-0 sweep of No. 70 Dartmouth and won in both singles (6-1, 6-0) and doubles (6-3) in a 4-0 triumph against Wichita State. He added a 6-0 doubles win against UAB as part of Rice's 4-0 victory.
 
 
AROUND THE AMERICAN

The American in the ITA Rankings
Men’s Team (March 26 ranking)
  23 Memphis  
  42 SMU  
  45 Florida Atlantic  
  51 Rice  
  69 South Florida  
  70 Charlotte  
  72 Tulsa  
       
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
Mar. 26 Yasha Zemel, Rice