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Men's Tennis

Rocha Earns Player of the Week Honors

March 29, 2016

Summit League Release

ELMHURST, Ill. - Denver's Diogo Rocha was named Summit League Men's Tennis Player of the Week for his performance March 22-28.

Diogo Rocha, DENVER Jr. // Lisbon, Portugal
• Collected seventh career Player of the Week award and second of the season
• Notched a straight-set (2 and 3) win against Cal Poly's Garrett Auproux at No. 2 singles
• Defeated Nicolas Moreno (6-3, 2-6, 7-5) of No. 51 UC Santa Barbara in No. 2 singles match
• Teamed with Henry Craig for 6-4 win over Cal Poly's tandem at No. 2 doubles position
• Won 7-6 with Zach Fryer at No. 3 doubles against UCSB
• Seven career Player of the Week awards are tied for second-most in league history

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Players Mentioned

Henry Craig

Henry Craig

5' 9"
Senior
Zach Fryer

Zach Fryer

6' 1"
Sophomore
Diogo Rocha

Diogo Rocha

6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Henry Craig

Henry Craig

5' 9"
Senior
Zach Fryer

Zach Fryer

6' 1"
Sophomore
Diogo Rocha

Diogo Rocha

6' 0"
Junior