April 10, 2018
The West Coast Conference has named Santa Clara senior Sebastien Mathieu the West Coast Conference Singles Player of the Week and the Loyola Marymount duo of Diego Nava and Errol Smith the Doubles Team of the Week on Tuesday.
Mathieu earns his first conference award of a senior weekend that saw him earn the clinching point in both Santa Clara upsets against two of the top three teams in the conference standings. In Santa Clara's 4-3 win against BYU with the match tied 3-3, Mathieu came back to defeat David Ball 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 to clinch the win for the Broncos. In Sunday's Senior Day against then-No. 39 San Diego, Mathieu took down Pratt Keerasuntonpon in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, on court No. 6 to clinch the 4-0 sweep for the Broncos. The win was the first for Santa Clara against San Diego since the 2012 season.
The LMU pair of Nava and Smith are the third Lions duo to earn the Doubles Team of the Week this season after the pair went 2-0 while playing at the No. 3 spot in the order, helping LMU to a pair of sweeps over Gonzaga and Portland. Nava and Smith defeated Emilio Moreno and Ruadhan O'Sullivan of Gonzaga, 6-0, on Saturday before besting Carlos Donat and Jamie Fisher of Portland, 6-2, on Sunday, taking 12 of 14 points on the week.
Smith has twice been named Singles Player of the Week, while Nick Borchenko/Gabriel Diaz Freire and Charles Boyce/Lukas Moenter previously earned Doubles Team of the Week for the Lions.
Also Nominated Singles: Sam Tullis, BYU; Nick Borchenko, Loyola Marymount; Dane Esses, Pepperdine; Damon Kesaris, Saint Mary's; Nico Borter, San Diego; Jesus Tapiador Barajas and Vasileios Iliopoulos, Santa Clara
Also Nominated Doubles: Dane Esses and Lautaro Pane, Pepperdine; nico Borter and Pratt Keerasuntonpong, San Diego
2018 WCC Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Week 1 (2/6) â€" Michail Pervolarakis, Portland
Week 2 (2/13) â€" Sam Feit, Gonzaga
Week 3 (2/20) â€" Mathieu Garcia, Portland
Week 4 (2/27) â€" Errol Smith, Loyola Marymount
Week 5 (3/6) â€" August Holmgren, San Diego
Week 6 (3/13) â€" Gui Osorio, San Diego
Week 7 (3/20) â€" Nico Borter, San Diego
Week 8 (3/27) â€" Errol Smith, Loyola Marymount
Week 9 (4/3) â€" Jeffrey Hsu, Brigham Young
Week 10 (4/10) â€" Sebastien Mathieu, Santa Clara
2018 WCC Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Week 1 (2/6) â€" Sean Hill and Jeffrey Hsu, Brigham Young
Week 2 (2/13) â€" Nick Borchenko and Gabriel Diaz Freire, Loyola Marymount
Week 3 (2/20) â€" Mathieu Garcia and Pierre Garcia, Portland
Week 4 (2/27) â€" Charles Boyce and Lukas Moenter, Loyola Marymount
Week 5 (3/6) â€" Gui Osorio and Nico Borter, San Diego
Week 6 (3/13) â€" Sean Hill and Jeffrey Hsu, Brigham Young
Week 7 (3/20) â€" Joel Gamerov and August Holmgren, San Diego
Week 8 (3/27) â€" Joel Gamerov and August Holmgren, San Diego
Week 9 (4/3) â€" Joel Gamerov and August Holmgren, San Diego
Week 10 (4/10) â€" Diego Nava and Errol Smith, Loyola Marymount