Tuesday, April 11, 2006
PRESBYTERIAN'S KSHITIJ DWIVEDI NAMED SAC MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
ROCK
HILL, S.C. –
Presbyterian College senior Kshitij Dwivedi
(New Delhi, India) has been named the South Atlantic
Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, announced league
officials on Tuesday.
Dwivedi earns Player of the Week honors for the second time
this spring.
Playing at the No. 2 singles and doubles positions, Dwivedi
was undefeated on the week and helped lead the No. 25 Blue
Hose to a 5-4 upset victory over No. 7 Armstrong Atlantic
State University.
In Presbyterian’s 9-0 win against North Greenville
University, Dwivedi downed Gintas Daniusevicius 6-2,
6-2. He teamed with Nick Osborne (Hutton Rudby,
England) for an 8-2 doubles win over the NGU tandem of
William Ho and Gabriel Altmayer.
Against No. 7 AASU, Dwivedi posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over the
nation’s 28th-ranked
player, Paul Bishop. He again paired with Osborne
for an 8-5 win against the AASU duo of Bishop and David
Secker.
The SAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week is selected by a
vote of the league's eight sports information directors.
Previous
SAC Player of the Week Winners
Feb. 14 - Nick Osborne, Presbyterian
Feb. 21 - Hector Rincon, Presbyterian
Feb. 28 - Kshitij Dwivedi, Presbyterian
Mar. 7 - Aaron Chapman, Presbyterian
Mar. 14 - Jose Velazquez, Catawba
Mar. 21 - Sergio Espinosa, Tusculum
Mar. 28 - Antonio Oliver, Tusculum
Apr. 4 - Nick Osborne, Presbyterian
Apr. 11 - Kshitij Dwivedi, Presbyterian