ECC Men's Tennis Report - Week One

Player of the Week Sophomore | Cambridge, England ECC Preseason Player of the Year Newman defeated Division I Fairleigh Dickinson’s top player Joshua Oboniya to a score of 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to earn a No. 1 singles win for STAC. The STAC sophomore came back to defeat Onobiya solo after falling to him and Tyler Crook at No. 1 doubles with partner Henry Ronnberg, 6-3.  Rookie of the Week Freshman | Haarlem, Netherlands In the season opener against Division I Hofstra, Linck completed a 2-0 day. Opening up at No. 1 doubles with partner Lucas Foix Sotos, the duo completed a back-and-forth victory with a 7-5 win over Matthew Garcia and Vincent Turina. The Queens freshman then completed a strong dual debut with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Kaita Odani at No. 5 singles.   Honor Roll Sophomore | Paris, France Making his Knights debut at No. 3 singles, Alleno completed a first set down to earn a three-set victory and clinch the match over Hofstra on Friday afternoon. Alleno dropped the first set, 3-6, before bouncing back with a 6-3, second-set victory and earning a convincing 7-6 (7-1), third-set victory as Queens clinched the season opener, 4-3.  Junior | Javea, Spain In the season opener against Division I Hofstra, Foix Sotos went 1-1. Opening up at No. 1 doubles with ECC Player and Rookie of the Week Samuel Linck, the duo completed a back-and-forth victory with a 7-5 win over Matthew Garcia and Vincent Turina to help Queens clinch the doubles points.  Freshman | Malmo, Sweden Tauson went 1-1 in his first match of the spring season against Fairleigh Dickinson. The STAC freshman dropped a 6-4 decision at No. 3 doubles with Ondrej Sramek against Gareth Ong and Andrew Nicolae before winning a 6-4, 6-2 No. 4 singles match-up to Andrew Nicolae. ECC Men's Tennis Weekly Award Winners PLAYER OF THE WEEK Feb. 11 - Seth Newman, St. Thomas Aquinas ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Feb. 11 - Samuel Linck, Queens Previously in the Polls ITA DIVISION II NATIONAL POLL Preseason (1/15): -- Week 1 (2/19): TBA ITA DIVISION II SINGLES AND DOUBLES NATIONAL RANKINGS Fall (11/13): Seth Newman, STAC (12), Don Vinz Lominoque, STAC (46) Week 1 (3/5):  Week 2 (3/12):  Week 3 (3/19): Week 4 (3/26):  Week 5 (4/2): Week 6 (4/9): Week 7 (4/16): Week 8 (4/23):  ITA DIVISION II SINGLES AND DOUBLES REGIONAL RANKINGS Fall Singles (11/13): Seth Newman, STAC (1), Don Vinz Lominoque, STAC (2), Victor Tauson, STAC (4), Lucas Foix Sotos, QC (7), Ondrej Sramek, STAC (8), Alexis Martin Gibiard, QC (9), Louis Mangeon, UDC (10), Louka Queguiner, UDC (13), Sebastiano Palma, UDC (16), Tim Andersson, QC (18), Nathan Yacar, STAC (19), Samuel Linck, QC (20) Fall Doubles (11/13): Louis Mangeon & Louka Queguiner, UDC (3), Ondrej Sramek & Lorenzo Meschini, STAC (4), Don Vinz Lominoque & Nagamitsu Kuroda, STAC (5), Lucas Foix Sotos & Tim Andersson, QC (6), Sebastiano Palma & Elouan Queguiner, DC (8), Nathan Yacar & Vicftor Tauson, STAC (9), Adam Lauer & Alexis Martin Gibiard, QC (10) NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS ECC PRESEASON POLL 1. Queens - 14 points (2 first-place votes) 2. St. Thomas Aquinas - 14 points (2 first-place votes) 3. District of Columbia - 8 points 4. Daemen - 4 points
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