ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University sophomore Nathan Matsuguma has been selected the South Atlantic Conference Varsity Gems Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the week of March 20-26, the SAC office announced Monday.
Matsuguma had a 3-0 record in singles and a 2-0 mark in doubles for Tusculum during the week, helping the 35th-ranked Pioneers to victories over Lincoln Memorial (7-0) on Tuesday, 37th-ranked Limestone (4-3) on Friday and UVA Wise (7-0) on Sunday.
Matsuguma's biggest singles victory of the week was against Limestone, where he helped Tusculum complete a rally from a 3-1 deficit with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Thomas Jouanneau at flight six in the final match of the day. Matsuguma also had two pro set wins during the week, beating Sergio Aranzeta of Lincoln Memorial 8-6 at flight five and Fabian Segreda of UVA Wise 8-1 at flight four.
In doubles play, Matsuguma teamed with Kenta Kondou at flight three for wins over Thom Hermans and Nic Goslar of Lincoln Memorial (6-3) and Rodolfo Villavicencio and Jouanneau of Limestone (6-2).
A native of Tokyo, Japan, Matsuguma is 9-8 in singles for the Pioneers with a 5-1 record in conference matches. In doubles, Matsuguma is 8-5 this season including a 6-4 mark while playing with Kondou.
Tusculum is tied for first place in the SAC standings with Wingate, and will carry a 10-4 overall record and a 6-0 SAC mark into Friday's 2 p.m. match at Lenoir-Rhyne.