IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending April 8.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Pierce Rollins • Sr. • Tulsa • Tulsa, Okla.
Rollins had two singles wins and one doubles victory against ranked opponents in Tulsa’s three matches last week as he was a combined 4-1 at the No. 1 positions. He scored a pair of wins against ranked players in the Golden Hurricane’s 4-3 loss to No. 27 Memphis as he took a straight-set win in singles against the No. 55-ranked player (6-1, 7-6 (1)) and was a 7-6 (4) winner in doubles against the No. 35-ranked tandem. He went on to win a three-set battle (6-1, 1-6, 6-2) against the No. 65-ranked player in a 4-2 victory against South Florida and added a 6-3 doubles win in a 4-0 decision against Wichita State.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings
| Men’s Team (April 9 ranking) |
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32 |
Memphis |
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40 |
SMU |
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45 |
Florida Atlantic |
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53 |
Rice |
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66 |
Charlotte |
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| Men’s Singles (April 9 ranking) |
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33 |
Trevor Svajda |
SMU |
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63 |
Pablo Alemany |
Memphis |
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66 |
Alvin Tudorica |
South Florida |
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80 |
Pierce Rollins |
Tulsa |
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97 |
Adam Neff |
SMU |
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| Men’s Doubles (April 9 ranking) |
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28 |
Huntley Allen/Adam Neff |
SMU |
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34 |
Erik Grevelius/Alvin Tudorica |
South Florida |
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37 |
Pierce Rollins/Timothy Carlsson Seger |
Tulsa |
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43 |
Pablo Alemany/Charlie Barry |
Memphis |
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62 |
Alan Magadan/Tomas Pinho |
UTSA |
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74 |
Luc Hoeijmans/Alex Bancila |
Tulane |
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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 |
| Apr. 2 |
Tiago Torres, UTSA |
| Apr. 9 |
Pierce Rollins, Tulsa |
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