University of North Carolina Athletics
Cernoch Named ACC Player Of The Week
March 1, 2022 | Men's Tennis
GREENSBORO (theACC.com) – North Carolina's Brian Cernoch has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week, and NC State's Martins Rocens and Fons Van Sambeek have been named the ACC Doubles Team of the Week.
Cernoch beat a top-10 opponent at No. 1 singles for the Tar Heels on Saturday, coming from behind to beat No. 7 Alex Kotzen of Columbia. After dropping the first set, Cernoch dominated Kotzen and won the final two sets, both by scores of 6-3. Cernoch now has one top-10 singles win this season to go along with his two top-10 doubles wins earlier in the year with teammate Mac Kiger.
Cernoch beat a top-10 opponent at No. 1 singles for the Tar Heels on Saturday, coming from behind to beat No. 7 Alex Kotzen of Columbia. After dropping the first set, Cernoch dominated Kotzen and won the final two sets, both by scores of 6-3. Cernoch now has one top-10 singles win this season to go along with his two top-10 doubles wins earlier in the year with teammate Mac Kiger.
Martins and Fons went 2-0 in doubles matches against North Carolina A&T and Boston College, helping the Wolfpack secure the doubles point in each match. Against Boston College, the pair earned a 6-1 win over No. 39 Juan Jose Bianchi/Max Motlagh to help lead NC State to a 7-0 victory.
2022 ACC Men's Tennis Player of the Week
Jan. 18 – Keshav Chopra, Georgia Tech
Jan. 25 – Inaki Montes, Virginia
Feb. 1 – Ryan Goetz, Virginia
Feb. 8 – Eduardo Nava, Wake Forest
Feb. 15 – Andres Martin, Georgia Tech & Florida State's Loris Pourroy
Feb. 22 – Loris Pourroy, Florida State
March 1 – Brian Cernoch, North Carolina
2022 ACC Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week
Jan. 18 – Jordan Chrysostom & Ryan Fishback, Virginia Tech
Jan. 25 – Yannai Barkai & Collin Shick, NC State
Feb. 1 – Brian Cernoch & Mac Kiger, North Carolina
Feb. 8 – Axel Nefve & Matthew Che, Notre Dame
Feb. 15 – Brian Cernoch & Mac Kiger, North Carolina
Feb. 22 – Ryuhei Azuma & Teodor Giusca, Clemson
March 1 – Martin Rocens & Fons Van Sambeek, NC State
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