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    SEC Men's Tennis Weekly Honors

    Player of the Week
    Anthony Rossi • Kentucky
    Junior • Marseille, France

    • Highlighted Kentucky’s weekend at the ITA National Men’s Indoor Championships, going 3-0 in singles action and defeating a ranked foe in doubles action to lift UK to the quarterfinals of the event for the first time since 1997.
    • Has won a career-best 16 consecutive matches dating back to his singles title at the SEC Coaches’ Indoor Championships.
    • Was the highlight of UK’s match vs. No. 9 Stanford, posting an impressive 6-4, 6-4 win over Bradley Klahn, who is a two-time singles All-American and the 2010 NCAA Singles champion.
    • Is currently ranked 13th in the nation in singles, a career high.
    • The native of Marseille, France is now 26-2 on the season for Kentucky, and 9-0 in dual matches.
    • Performed well in doubles with Tom Jomby, defeating No. 36 Lewis and Hoover of Texas A&M 9-7.
    • Played a tough match against a top-30 ranked doubles team from Ohio State.

    Results
    Singles
    2/17       Junior Ore, TAMU (11)   W 6-4, 6-3
    2/18       Peter Kobelt, OSU (3)    W 6-2, 7-5
    2/19       Bradley Klahn, Stanford (9)          W 6-4, 6-4

    Doubles (with Tom Jomby)
    2/17       Lewis/Hoover (36), TAMU (11)  W 9-7
    2/18       McCarthy/Van Engelen (27), OSU (3)      L 6-8
    2/19       Kandath/Lin, Stanford (9)             L 7-9

    Freshman of the Week
    Nathan Pasha • Georgia
    Atlanta, Ga.

    • Helped Georgia to a 3-1 week by going a combined 5-0, including three singles victories at the ITA National Indoors to improve his dual match record to a perfect 7-0.
    • His wins vs. Cal and Florida in the first round and quarterfinal matches were both clinches, while he also won vs. top-ranked Southern Cal in Sunday’s semifinal, a win that at the time evened the team score at 1-1 and was his second career victory over a ranked opponent.
    • In doubles vs. Georgia Tech last Tuesday, Pasha’s win with Ignacio Taboada was the clinching decision in giving the Bulldogs the early point on their way to a 7-0 shutout of their in-state rival, while he and Taboada also picked up wins in doubles in both the Cal and UF matches to improve to 5-0 on the season and 4-0 in duals.

    Results
    Singles
    2/17       Ahmed Ismail, Cal (13)   W 7-5, 6-3
    2/18       Billy Federhofer, Florida (5)         W 6-3, 7-6(4)
    2/19       Roberto Quiroz (86), Southern Cal (1)     W 6-3, 6-1

    Doubles (with Ignacio Taboada)
    2/14       Miljevic/Seguara, GT (29)             W 8-3
    2/17       Scholnick/McLachlan, Cal (13)     W 8-4
    2/18       van Overbeek/Butz (29), Florida (5)         8-8 DNF
    2/19       Gomez/Quiroz, Southern Cal (1)               7-6 DNF