Quinnipiac Sweeps Tennis Weekly Awards
Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
Proyfon Lohaphaisan, Quinnipiac
Jr., Santa Clara, CA/Hart
Lohaphaisan had a 4-0 day to help the Bobcats pick up a pair of hard-fought 5-2 wins over Colgate and Bryant on their Spring Break trip to the IMG Academy. She led a comeback 7-6 win in doubles against Bryant and then won a third-set tiebreaker in singles to help the Bobcats to a close win, after winning a three-setter in singles against Colgate earlier in the day (6-1 in the third). She was 4-2 overall on the week after a three-set defeat against Navy to start the trip.
Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
Hielke Moore, Quinnipiac
Fr., Fredricton, New Brunswick/Fredricton
Heilke Moore was a bright spot for the Bobcats on their Spring Break trip to IMG Academy, going 2-1 in both singles and doubles. He picked up three-set singles wins against both Colgate (8-4) and Butler (10-4) and had a singles-doubles sweep against Butler to account for Quinnipiac's point while moving up to the No. 5 spot in singles. The Bobcats fell 4-3 to UConn and Colgate, and 6-1 to Butler on the trip.
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With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37
th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.