Denver’s Rocha Nets #SummitMTN Player of the Week Honor
Denver’s Rocha Nets #SummitMTN Player of the Week Honor
ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Diogo Rocha was named The Summit League's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following his performance March 24-30.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Diogo Rocha
So. // Lisbon, Portugal
Rocha collected his second weekly award of the season and fifth of his career after posting a 2-0 singles record on the week. In a Summit League match against Western Illinois, Rocha swept Nikola Pavlovic, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 1 singles and teamed with Jesse Ruder-Hook in cruising to an 8-0 win at No. 2 doubles. Against No. 66 UC Santa Barbara, Rocha outlasted Nathan Eshmade, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 12-10, at No. 2 singles in the Pioneers match victory. Currently ranked No. 103 in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), Rocha owns a 13-3 singles record this season.
Also nominated: Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne; Alex Toliver, IUPUI; Parker Lawley, South Dakota State
Previous recipients: Jan. 20 – Adam Reinhart, IUPUI; Jan. 27 – Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne; Feb. 3 – Diogo Rocha, Denver; Feb. 10 – Andres Cobos, Fort Wayne; Feb. 17 – Henry Craig, Denver; Feb. 24 – Alex Gasson, Denver; March 3 – Ciaran Lavers, Oral Roberts; March 10 – Daniel Cardenas, Fort Wayne; March 17 – Akshay Verma, IUPUI; March 24 – Karl Wangensten-Oye, 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 nine institutions, including four 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), Oral Roberts University, 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 along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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