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Posted: Apr 19, 2016

Southern Virginia Senior Dallin Evans Selected as CAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week

Southern Virginia Senior Dallin Evans Selected as CAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week

YORK, Pa. --  Southern Virginia senior Dallin Evans was honored as the CAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week for April 19, 2016. 

Player of the Week

Dallin Evans | Southern Virginia | Sr. 

Safford, Ariz. | Eastern Arizona College      

Southern Virginia senior Dallin Evans was selected as the CAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week after recording a combined 5-1 singles and doubles mark last week and helping the Knights to their first-ever CAC Tournament victory. Evans was instrumental in a 6-3 CAC first round win over St. Mary's, winning 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3 singles and teaming with Brennan Alford for an 8-3 triumph at No. 3 doubles. Earlier in the week, Evans and Alford notched doubles wins against Frostburg State and Shenandoah, while Evans also posted a 6-1, 6-0 singles win vs. Frostburg State. 

 

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WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (4/19)

FROSTBURG STATE: Shasta Braithwaite, Fr., Clarksville, Md.

MARY WASHINGTON: Derek Hagino, Fr., Landisville, Pa./Hempfield

 

NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE

Fourth-seeded Southern Virginia defeated fifth-seeded St. Mary's 6-3 in the CAC first round last Friday ... The CAC semifinals are set for Wednesday, with top-seeded Mary Washington hosting Southern Virginia and second-seeded Christopher Newport hosting third-seeded Salisbury ... In the April 14 ITA National Rankings, Mary Washington is ranked No. 26 and Christopher Newport is No. 27 ... In the Atlantic South Regionally rankings, UMW is No. 5, CNU is No. 3 and Salisbury is No. 16 ... In the individual regional rankings, Salisbury's Eric Spangler is No. 6, CNU's David Reed is No. 10, UMW's Brandon Griffin is No. 15, UMW's David Lunding Johansson is No. 16, and CNU's Justin Cerny is No. 18 ... In regional doubles, CNU's Steven Boslet & Chiraag Shetty are ranked No. 4, Salisbury's Eric Spangler & Shanon Gunther are No. 5, UMW's Brandon Griffin and Matt Miles are No. 7, and UMW's Nolan Perugini and Eric Hurwitz are No. 12 ... UMW freshman Derek Hagino turned in a great weekend for the Eagles against two traditional national powers. Hagino picked up a key singles win at six against Johns Hopkins on Sunday, 6-1, 6-3, as the Eagles topped the Blue Jays for the first time since 2008. He nearly gained a point for UMW on Saturday against No. 1 Emory, falling at three doubles with David-Lunding Johansson, 9-8.

 

2015-16 CAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Week Player
Sept. 23  Arttu Fiva, CNU 
Sept. 30 Brandon Griffin, UMW
Oct. 14 Brandon Griffin, UMW
March 2 David Lunding-Johansson, UMW & Eric Spanger, SAL
March 8 Justin Cerny, CNU
March 15 David Lunding-Johansson, UMW
March 22 Arttu Fiva, CNU
March 29 Chiraag Shetty, CNU & Eric Spangler, SAL
April 5 Matt Miles, UMW
April 12 Eric Spangler, SAL
April 19 Dallin Evans, SVU

 

MTEN
Brandon Griffin
Jr. UMW
Upper Arlington, Oh./Upper Arlington
  
MTEN
Brandon Griffin
Jr. UMW
Upper Arlington, Oh./Upper Arlington
 
Griffin was the top finisher for the Eagles this weekend against Division opposition at the Navy Invitational, advancing all the way to the finals of his bracket. He defeated Blaise Castleberry of Delaware, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0, then topped Mac Rechan of Georgetown, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. He then beat Tucker Massey of Navy, 7-5, 6-3, before falling in the final to Elliott Loubataille of UMBC, 6-2, 6-3.
Griffin was the top finisher for the Eagles this weekend against Division opposition at the Navy Invitational, advancing all the way to the finals of his bracket. He defeated Blaise Castleberry of Delaware, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0, then topped Mac Rechan of Georgetown, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. He then beat Tucker Massey of Navy, 7-5, 6-3, before falling in the final to Elliott Loubataille of UMBC, 6-2, 6-3.
MTEN
Brandon Griffin
Jr. UMW
Upper Arlington, Oh./Upper Arlington
 
Griffin was the top finisher for the Eagles this weekend against Division opposition at the Navy Invitational, advancing all the way to the finals of his bracket. He defeated Blaise Castleberry of Delaware, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0, then topped Mac Rechan of Georgetown, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. He then beat Tucker Massey of Navy, 7-5, 6-3, before falling in the final to Elliott Loubataille of UMBC, 6-2, 6-3.