IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly tennis honors for the week-ending March 3.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Hugo Car • Sr. • South Florida
Car went 3-0 in singles play in South Florida’s 2-1 week, which included wins against Pacific (5-2) and Oregon (4-1) and a loss to No. 2 TCU (6-1). He won three-set battle at No. 1 singles against Pacific, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4), and Oregon, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1, and provided the Bulls’ only team point against TCU with a three-set win against the No. 11-ranked player nationally, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. Car is ranked No. 80 in Tuesday’s latest ITA rankings and has won his last eight singles matches, all at the No. 1 position.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings
| Men’s Team (March 4 ranking) |
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36 |
South Florida |
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53 |
Memphis |
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56 |
Tulsa |
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65 |
Rice |
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| Men’s Singles (March 4 ranking) |
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80 |
Hugo Car |
South Florida |
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100 |
Tiago Torres |
UTSA |
| |
102 |
Alex Okonkwo |
Tulsa |
| |
103 |
Conor Gannon |
Memphis |
| |
106 |
John Bernard |
Florida Atlantic |
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| Men’s Doubles (March 4 ranking) |
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61 |
Sam Reeve/Conor Gannon |
Memphis |
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63 |
Miguel Alonso/Tiago Torres |
UTSA |
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76 |
Kabeer Kapasi/Arthus de la Bassetiere |
Rice |