MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Middle Georgia State swept the SSAC M&W Tennis Player of the Week honors, with Anna Ruiz Masip being named SSAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week and Naufal Kamaruzzaman being named SSAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.
The awards are based on performance for the week of March 28 – April 3.
Anna Ruiz Masip (Middle Georgia – JR – Terrassa, Spain)
- Masip helped the Knights to three wins, including wins over No. 25 Mobile and No. 12 Loyola
- Against Mobile, she won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 singles and 6-1 at No. 1 doubles
Naufal Kamaruzzaman (Middle Georgia – JR – Shah Alam, Malaysia)
- Kamaruzzaman wins the award for the second-straight week after helping the Knights go 3-0 in SSAC action, including a win over No. 14 Mobile
- He went 4-0 individually, including winning 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles v. Mobile and 6-2 at No. 2 doubles
Previous Winners (Women, Men)
Week 1: Fatima Vasquez (Loyola), Boris Klingebiel (Mobile)
Week 2: Emily John (Mobile), Rick Sakamoto (BMC)
Week 3: Lucy Carpenter (Loyola), Justin Van Amerongen (BMC)
Week 4: Lucy Carpenter (Loyola), Remus Hebhang (Loyola)
Week 5: Sabrina Goetzen (WCU), Iskandar Karimov (WCU)
Week 6: Marina Prieto (WCU), Daniil Klimov (WCU)
Week 7: Anabella Natalini (BMC), Naufal Kamaruzzaman (Middle Georgia)