SPARTANBURG, S.C. – College of Charleston’s Zack Lewis has been named the Southern Conference’s Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for all matches played April 8-14.  Lewis went 4-0 in singles and doubles play last week as the Cougars won a pair of conference matches and climbed into a tie for second place to close the regular season.  College of Charleston topped Wofford (5-2) before knocking off UNCG (5-2) in the regular season finale.

Playing at the No. 5 position for the Cougars, Lewis came away with two straight-sets wins last week.  He downed Wofford’s Tom Wood, 6-2, 6-2, before topping UNCG’s Daniel Mack (7-6, 6-0).  With two victories last week, Lewis ran his undefeated streak to 12 matches and finished the year 10-0 in conference play.

A freshman from Richmond, Ky., Lewis teamed with Alon Faiman at No. 3 doubles for the Cougars.  Lewis and Faiman went 2-0 last week with victories over Wofford’s Graham Duncan and Drew Superstein (8-2) and UNCG’s William Albright and Jimmy Roueche (8-6).

The Cougars (12-8, 7-3 SoCon) earned the No. 3 seed in the Southern Conference Men’s Tennis Championships this weekend.  College of Charleston will take on either Georgia Southern (11-8, 6-4 SoCon) or The Citadel (7-13, 0-10 SoCon) in quarterfinal action Friday afternoon.

Other top performers in the Southern Conference included Appalachian State’s Steve Karendal, Davidson’s Robert Lightburn, Elon’s Stefan Fortmann, Furman’s Andrew Mellow, Georgia Southern’s Rayane Djouad, UNCG’s Randy Phillips, Samford’s Alex Sajonz and UTC’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
April 2 – Matt Browne, Furman
April 9 – Fares Kilani, Samford
April 15 – Zack Lewis, College of Charleston