SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? The Southern Conference announced today that Furman’s Bo Ladyman is the men’s tennis player of the week.

Ladyman, a junior from, Memphis, Tenn., had a 3-0 record last week.  Ladyman, playing at No.2 singles, defeated Appalachian State’s Bobby Lake, 6-1, 6-1.  Ladyman defeated Elon’s Oscar Podlewski, 6-3, 6-3, and UNC Greensboro’s Arsel Kumdereli, 6-0, 6-1.  Ladyman is 9-9 overall and 5-2 in conference play.

In doubles action, Ladyman teamed with Jordan Walters to defeat Peter Jacobs and Lee Floyd of Appalachian State, 8-4, Mason Schermerhorn and Alberto Rojas of Elon, 8-4, and Martin Redelinghuys and Arsel Kumdereli of UNC Greensboro, 8-5.

Other top performers this week included: Peter Jacobs of Appalachian State, Peter Sauska of Chattanooga, Flaviu Simihaian of Davidson, Gregory Bekkers of Georgia Southern and Paul Bartholomy 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