Belloso and Yajima Named MAAC Tennis Players of the Week
MAAC Sports
MAAC Men’s Player of the Week
Inaki Belloso, Niagara University
Jr., 6-1, San Sebastian, Spain/Southern Mississippi
Belloso won three of his four singles/doubles matches against Bryant and Colgate at the Turning Stone Classic in Verona, N.Y. over the weekend. Belloso, who is now 8-2 in his last 10 singles matches, defeated Bryant’s Munir Serin, 6-3, 2-6, 10-5, in five singles on Saturday and eased past Colgate’s Nick Laub, 6-2, 6-2 in four singles on Sunday for his fifth straight win. Belloso and doubles teammate Michael Elortegui went 1-1 in No. 1 doubles with the lone win coming over Colgate’s Bobby Alter and Luke Gensburg, 8-7 (5), as the Purple Eagles defeated the Raiders, 6-1.
MAAC Women’s Player of the Week
Monica Yajima, Fairfield University
Sr., Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich
Yajima posted a singles victory in the Stags’ 4-3 victory over Villanova University on February 21. In the No. 1 spot, Yajima defeated the Wildcats’ Mikelle Mancini, 6-2, 6-2. Yajima then teamed up with Carolina Koladzyn to compete against Villanova’s Mancini and Connor Brewer at the No. 1 doubles spot. The score was 5-7, when the match was called.