Men's Tennis

Quinnipiac’s Velek and Fairfield’s Mandma Earn Jersey Mike’s MAAC Tennis Weekly Award Honors

Men’s Player of the Week:
Daniel Velek, Quinnipiac
Gr., Sezimovo Usti, Czech Republic, Gymnazium Jaroslava Heyrovskeho
 
Roy led the Mount to a pair of MAAC wins and a 2-0 start to league play.  In the Mount's win over Niagara, he earned a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles, and then teamed with Akarsh Gaonkar for a 7-6 win at No. 1 doubles.  In the Mount's win over Siena, he had a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles, while teaming with Gaonkar for a 6-1 win at the No. 1 doubles position.
 
 
Women’s Player of the Week:
Victoria Mandma, Fairfield
Fr., Tallinn, Estonia
 
Teamed with Manuela Gomez to defeat Venus Jang and Bella Pescatore of Mount St. Mary's 7-5 at the doubles No. 1 position and then also won her singles No. 1 match against Margherita Trolese 6-2, 6-2.  Her singles win marked her 50th career singles victory as she became just the fourth student-athlete to reach the 50 wins mark in Siena Women's Tennis program history joining Sarah Mayer, Mitsuka Fukamachi and Julia Lebedev.  
 
 
The 2025 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships are a six-team, single-elimination championships taking place on April 25-27 at Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor, NJ. The 2025 Championships will be the 13th consecutive time the event is held at Mercer County Park Tennis Center dating back to the 2012 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships. For all information regarding the 2025 MAAC Men's & Women’s Tennis Championships, please visit maacsports.com/tennis.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 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 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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