CONFERENCE CAROLINAS ANNOUNCES TENNIS ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Queens’ Bloch Named Men's Tennis Player of the
Week
High Point, N.C. – Queens University of Charlotte’s
Joshua Bloch has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference
Carolinas men's tennis Player of the Week during week number 1 of
the 2012 season. Joshua Bloch of Johannesburg, South Africa began
Queens’ three-match week with a convincing win over Henrique
Boturao of No. 13 nationally ranked Augusta State University.
Boturao was ranked 36th individually in the nation. Bloch then went
on to defeat Alex Gradenuitz of Belmont Abbey College and Chris
Jeter of Winston-Salem State University to go 3-0 in singles for
the week. His match with Gradenuitz went to a super tiebreaker
which he won 10-4. Bloch also went 2-1 in doubles action on the
week. The Royals are now 3-1 overall on the season and 1-0 in
league play.
Mount Olive’s Becker Named Women's Tennis Player
of the Week
High Point, N.C. – Mount Olive College’s Marine
Becker has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference
Carolinas women's tennis Player of the Week during week number 1 of
the 2012 season. Marine Becker went a combined 6-0 at No. 1 singles
and No. 2 doubles as Mount Olive posted a perfect 3-0 record last
week with three wins in four days. Becker did not drop any games in
singles or doubles against Fayetteville State and recorded another
doubles shutout against Chowan. In a total of nine sets - combined
singles and doubles - Becker never lost more than three games and
dropped one or less games in six of the nine sets she played. Mount
Olive is currently 3-1 overall on the season.