SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Elon sophomore Cameron Silverman has been named the Southern Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week for all matches March 5-11.  Silverman was a perfect 4-0 in both singles and doubles play as Elon recorded conference wins over Chattanooga (4-3) and Davidson (4-3).

A native of Mount Kisco, N.Y., Silverman picked up two straight-sets victories at the No. 1 position last week.  Silverman downed Chattanooga's Roberto Vieira, 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday and held off Davidson's Joe Schafer 6-2, 7-5 Sunday afternoon.  He has now won his last five singles matches and is unbeaten in league play.

Teaming with Eric Turner as Elon's top doubles team, Silverman and Turner extended their winning streak to four with victories over UTC's Chris Smith and Ankit Chopra (8-3) and Davidson's Schafer and Calum Gee (9-8).

Other top performers in the Southern Conference included Appalachian State's Sebastien King, College of Charleston's Mickael Trintignac, Furman's Andrew Mellow, Georgia Southern's Alain Garrido, UNCG's Orcun Seyrek, Samford's Carson Kadi and Chattanooga's Pavels Grigorjevs.

SoCon Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Feb. 14 - Zac Dunkle, Samford
Feb. 21 - Sebastien King, Appalachian State
Feb. 28 - Alain Humblet, Appalachian State
March 7 - Andrew Mellow, Furman
March 13 - Cameron Silverman, Elon