No. 17 Asbury's Hartkopf wins RSC Men's Tennis Player of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- No. 17-ranked Asbury (Ky.) University had freshman Luiz Hartkopf pick up some key victories on his way to River States Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week honors for April 9-15.
The product of Joinville, Brazil, keyed conference wins over IU Southeast and IU East and also a non-conference victory over Centre by going 3-0 in doubles and 3-0 in singles for the week. That secured wins by identical scores of 8-1 over IU Southeast and IU East for the Asbury team and a 9-0 sweep of Centre.
The Eagles stayed unbeaten in RSC play with Hartzkopf winning 8-3, 8-0 and 8-0 in his three matches at No. 2 doubles and in straight sets in all three of his singles matches, which came in the No. 4 and 5 positions. Asbury is now 10-1 overall and 3-0 RSC with its next match at Midway on April 17.