DU’s Rocha Repeats as Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Diogo Rocha was named as The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance Feb. 4-10.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Diogo Rocha, Denver
Fr. // Lisbon, Portugal
Rocha received his second consecutive honor after recording 2-0 records in both singles and doubles play during the week. Against No. 59 Nebraska, Rocha notched a straight-set victory over Andrew Dzulynsky (4 and 2) at No. 3 singles and teamed with Henry Craig for a 6-4 win over the tandem of McKnight/Dockery at No. 1 doubles. In Denver's 7-0 win over Omaha in The Summit League opener, Rocha defeated James McManus in straight sets (1 and 0) at No. 3 singles and combined with Craig for an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles.
Also nominated: Thomas Gans, IUPUI; Daniel Kang, Fort Wayne.
Previous honorees: 1/21 – Gary Notkin, South Dakota State; 1/28 – Henry Craig, Denver; 2/4 – Diogo Rocha, Denver.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions, 62 All-Americans and 50 Academic All-America selections.
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