Men's Tennis

ECC Men's Tennis Report - Week One

Player of the Week

Seth Newman, St. Thomas Aquinas
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

Samuel Linck, Queens
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

Loup Alleno, Queens
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. 

Lucas Foix Sotos, Queens
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. 

Erik Victor Tauson, St. Thomas Aquinas
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