SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ETSU’s Sergi Fontcuberta has been named the Southern Conference men’s tennis player of the week for all matches played March 5-11, the conference announced Tuesday. Fontcuberta has won six straight matches after going 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles on the week.  

In singles action, the native of Barcelona, Spain, downed Georgia State’s Giles Hussey 7-6(4), 6-3 at flight No. 2 and clinched the 4-0 victory for the Bucs. The following day, the senior earned a win in the top spot, besting Ronit Bisht of Southern Miss 6-2, 6-4 to secure the win for ETSU for the second straight contest.  

In doubles play, Fontcuberta and his partner, David Gonzalez, won their match against Georgia State 7-6 at No. 3 to clinch the point for ETSU. Against Southern Miss, the duo earned a 6-1 win to keep their win streak alive.

Fontcuberta and the Bucs are next in action at Middle Tennessee on March 15.

Also nominated: Phillip Quinn (The Citadel), Stathis Tsirandis (Mercer), Roger Rogowski (UNCG), Rossouw Norval (Samford) and Tomas Rodriguez (Chattanooga).

SoCon Men’s Tennis Players of the Week

Feb. 5 – Frazier Rengifo, ETSU
Feb. 12 – Olivier Stuart, Mercer
Feb. 19 – Ivan Mitric, Furman
Feb. 26 – Frazier Rengifo, ETSU
March 5 – Ivan Mitric, Furman
March 12 – Sergi Fontcuberta, ETSU