SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? The Southern Conference announced today that Appalachian State’s Peter Jacobs is the men’s tennis player of the week.

Jacobs, a sophomore from, Pretoria, South Africa, had a 3-0 record last week.  Jacobs, playing at No.5 singles, defeated Wofford’s Paul Bartholomy, 6-3, 6-4.  Jacobs defeated Davidson’s Walker Lyons, 7-5, 6-1, and The Citadel’s Alberto Diaz, 6-4, 6-4.  Jacobs is 13-7 overall and 7-2 in conference matches.

Other top performers this week included: Chase Helpingstine of Elon, Andy Juc of Furman, Joris De Weerdt of Georgia Southern and Andrew Stubbs of Wofford.

Past Honorees:

Feb. 28: Emmanuel Nkoueleue, Georgia Southern

March 6: Paul Bartholomy, Wofford

March 12: Damon Gooch, Elon

March 18: Mason Schermerhorn, Elon

March 25: Andrey Bubnov, UNC Greensboro

April 1:      Jordan Walters, Furman

April 8:      Bo Ladyman, Furman