Co-Players and Co-Rookies of the Week
Nagamitsu Kuroda, St. Thomas Aquinas
Freshman | Tokyo, Japan
Kuroda went 2-0 to lead St. Thomas Aquinas to a 7-0 win over Division III Manhattanville. The STAC freshman defeated Derwin Guzman 6-0, 6-0 to earn the win at No. 1 singles and went on to defeat the No. 1 doubles pair of Lev Uitterhoeve and Mario Alcala with partner Alberto Espinosa Navarro, 6-0.
Adam Laur, Queens
Freshman | Boulogne Billancourt, France
Laur went 2-0, clinching both the doubles and singles points, to lead Queens to a 6-1 win over Division I Fairleigh Dickinson. The QC freshman clinched the doubles point with partner Alexis Martin-Gibiard; promoted to No. 1 doubles for the first time this year, they knocked off Tze En Gareth Ong and Andrew Nicolae, 6-1. Laur then earned a 6-4, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles to complete his undefeated day.
Honor Roll
Lucas Foix Sotos, Queens
Junior | Javea, Spain
Foix Sotos completed a 1-0 day as the Knights knocked off Fairleigh Dickinson, 6-1. The Queens junior earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles over Gryffin Minor as Queens earned its second victory over a Division I school in its last three matches.
Alexis Martin-Gibiard, Queens
Junior | Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France
Martin-Gibiard completed a 2-0 day as the Knights knocked off Fairleigh Dickinson, 6-1. The Queens junior helped clinch the doubles point at No. 1 court with ECC Co-Player and Co-Rookie of the Week, Adam Laur; promoted to No. 1 doubles for the first time this year, they knocked off Tze En Gareth Ong and Andrew Nicolae, 6-1. Martin-Gibiard then took home QC’s fourth point at No. 6 singles 6-1, 6-1.
ECC Men's Tennis Weekly Award Winners
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Feb. 11 - Seth Newman, St. Thomas Aquinas
Feb. 18 - Seth Newman, St. Thomas Aquinas (2x)
Feb. 25 - Nagamitsu Kuroda, St. Thomas Aquinas and Adam Laur, Queens
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Feb. 11 - Samuel Linck, Queens
Feb. 18 - Erik Victor Tauson, St. Thomas Aquinas
Feb. 25 - Nagamitsu Kuroda, St. Thomas Aquinas and Adam Laur, Queens
Previously in the Polls
ITA DIVISION II NATIONAL POLL
Preseason (1/15): --
Week 1 (2/19): --
Week 2 (2/26): 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