University of Tulsa

Tulsa's Rollins Named Player of the Week Following Three Wins Against Ranked Opponents

04.09.24

IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending 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)
  32 Memphis  
  40 SMU  
  45 Florida Atlantic  
  53 Rice  
  66 Charlotte  
 
 
       
Men’s Singles (April 9 ranking)
  33 Trevor Svajda SMU
  63 Pablo Alemany Memphis
  66 Alvin Tudorica South Florida
  80 Pierce Rollins Tulsa
  97 Adam Neff SMU
       
Men’s Doubles (April 9 ranking)
  28 Huntley Allen/Adam Neff SMU
  34 Erik Grevelius/Alvin Tudorica South Florida
  37 Pierce Rollins/Timothy Carlsson Seger Tulsa
  43 Pablo Alemany/Charlie Barry Memphis
  62 Alan Magadan/Tomas Pinho UTSA
  74 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
Apr. 2 Tiago Torres, UTSA
Apr. 9 Pierce Rollins, Tulsa