Men’s Player of the Week
Jonathan Olive-Blanco, Fairfield
Sr., Montreal, Quebec, Spanish River Community
 
 
Fairfield’s Jonathan Olive-Blanco earns Men’s Tennis Player of the Week honors after picking up a pair of singles wins in addition to a doubles victory in the No. 1 spot. Olive-Blanco also nabbed a trio of victories in two MAAC games for the Stags at home this week. On Sunday against The Mount, Olive-Blanco captured a 6-2 victory in doubles and followed that up with a win at No. 1 singles in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. Then on Tuesday against Siena he would earn another top-flight singles win with a straight-set victory once again, 6-3, 6-1.
 
 
Women’s Player of the Week
Lize-Alet Morkel, Fairfield
Gr., Somerset West, South Africa
 
 
This week’s Women’s Tennis Player of the Week recognition goes to Fairfield’s Lize-Alet Morkel. In a pair of league matches for the Stags this week, Lize-Alet Morkel went a perfect 4-0 for her side garnering a pair of wins at No. 2 doubles and two victories at the second singles spot as well. On Sunday against The Mount, she would win her doubles contests 6-2 before taking a three-set bout in singles, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, while on Tuesday she would collect both a 6-4 doubles win and a straight set solo win, 6-4, 6-2.
 
 
 
The 2023 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships will take place on April 22 and 23 at Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor, NJ. This will be the 11^th consecutive championship held at Mercer County Park Tennis Center dating back to the 2012 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships. For all information regarding the 2023 MAAC Men's & Women’s Tennis Championships, please visit maacsports.com/tennis.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
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 42nd year of competition during the 2022-23 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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