SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Appalachian State’s Sebastien King has been named the Southern Conference’s Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for all matches played March 18-24.  King went 4-0 in last week as the Mountaineers split a pair of league matches.  Appalachian State swept Davidson (7-0) before falling to Georgia Southern (4-3).

Competing at No. 1 singles for the Mountaineers, King earned a pair of victories with wins over Davidson’s Nicky Kunz and Georgia Southern’s Andrew Dromsky.  King came away with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Kunz and pulled out a three-set win over Dromsky (7-5, 4-6, 7-6).

 Paired with Zach Bost at No. 1 doubles, the Mountaineers’ top pair picked up a pair of victories.  King and Bost topped Davidson’s Joe Schafer and Ethan Kallick, 8-4, before holding off GSU’s Marco Osorio and Rayane Djouad, 9-7.  King and Bost have now won their last four matches for the Mountaineers.

Appalachian State (4-9, 2-2 SoCon) returns to the courts Friday when the Mountaineers host UNCG (9-2, 3-2 SoCon).

Other top performers in the Southern Conference included Elon’s Jordan Kaufman, Georgia Southern’s Rayane Djouad, UNCG’s Daniel Mack and Chattanooga’s Manuel Barroetavena. 

SoCon Men’s Tennis Player of the Week
Feb. 12 – Manuel Barroetavena, UTC
Feb. 19 – James Dougherty, UNCG
Feb. 26 – Fares Kilani, Samford
March 5 – Cameron Silverman, Elon
March 13 – Joe Schafer, Davidson
March 19 – Cameron Silverman, Elon
March 26 – Sebastien King, Appalachian State