Denver’s Rocha Named 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 April 8-14.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Diogo Rocha, Denver
Fr. // Lisbon, Portugal
Rocha collected his league-best third honor of the season after winning a pair of Summit League singles and doubles matches during the week. Playing the No. 2 singles position, Rocha notched straight-set wins over South Dakota State's Parker Lawley (3 and 1) and IUPUI's Alex Toliver (4 and 2) in Denver victories. He also contributed to the Pioneers' doubles point in each match, teaming with Fabio Biasion for an 8-0 win over SDSU's tandem of Moreira/Notkin and an 8-3 victory against IUPUI's tandem of Bradley/Gans. Rocha improved to 16-6 in singles play and 15-7 in doubles matches this season.
Also nominated: Daniel Kang, Fort Wayne; Andrea Boglic, South Dakota State, Christoph Haertel, Western Illinois
Previous honorees: 1/21 – Gary Notkin, South Dakota State; 1/28 – Henry Craig, Denver; 2/4 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; 2/11 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; 2/18 – Gerard Guell, Fort Wayne; 2/25 – Alex Clinkenbeard, Denver; 3/4 – Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; 3/11 – Henry Craig, Denver; 3/18 – Jason Jaruvang, IUPUI; 3/25 – Daniel Kang, Fort Wayne; 4/1 – Daniel Kang, Fort Wayne; 4/8 – Gerard Guell, Fort Wayne
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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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