SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ETSU’s Dimitri Badra has been named the Southern Conference men’s tennis player of the week for all matches played Feb. 8-14, the conference office announced Monday.
 
Badra, a redshirt sophomore, went 1-1 at No. 2 singles and 0-1 at No. 2 doubles as the Bucs fell against a pair of ACC opponents.
 
In singles play, the native of Maracay, Venezuela, won 7-6 (4), 3-6, 1-0 (10-4) against Duke’s Edu Guell, picking up the Bucs’ lone singles win in a 5-2 setback on Feb. 12. The next day, Badra fell 6-1, 6-1 to 14^th-ranked Wake Forest’s Taha Baadi in a 7-0 loss.
 
In doubles play, Badra and his partner Dylan Bednarczyk were trailing 6-5 against Duke but the match went unfinished. The Bucs’ duo fell 6-4 against the Demon Deacons.
 
ETSU (0-5) is off until Feb. 28 when the Bucs open conference play at UNCG.
 
SoCon Men’s Tennis Players of the Week
Jan. 25 – Dimitri Badra, ETSU
Feb. 1 – Tomas Rodriguez, Chattanooga
Feb. 8 – Rossouw Norval, Samford
Feb. 15 – Dimitri Badra, ETSU