Loyola sweeps SSAC Tennis Player of the Week honors

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern States Athletic Conference has released its Men's and Women's Tennis Player of the Week awards, and the Loyola Wolf Pack picked up both awards on Tuesday. 

Hippolyte de Preville was named SSAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week and Adele Fereres was named SSAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week. It's the second career SSAC weekly award for both student-athletes, as they also received the honor last season. 

Both the Wolf Pack men's and women's tennis teams secured ranked NAIA wins against Dillard last week. The men's team also got a 7-0 victory over NCAA Division-II school Drury University. 

The senior de Preville went 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles competition throughout the week. He and Patrick Teuteberg were the team's only doubles win (6-4) against No. 11-ranked Dillard in their first official match playing together. Then in singles, de Preville won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3, to help Loyola upset the Bleu Devils. It was the highest-ranked win for the Wolf Pack men in program history. Against Drury, he and Teuteberg cruised 6-2 in doubles before he won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.

Leading the team in singles victories this season, de Preville now has a 4-0 record in singles and is 2-2 in doubles. With the win on Friday, he tied Loyola's career singles wins record. Including both spring and fall competition, the Paris, France native has a career record of 31-27. 

Fereres posted excellent results against No. 18 Dillard on Thursday. She and Micaela Ponce breezed through doubles with a 6-1 win. Then in singles, Fereres was the first match to finish, earning a 6-1, 6-3 victory on court 3. 

Starting the year at No. 4 singles, Fereres moved up to the No. 3 court against Dillard. She leads the Wolf Pack with a 3-0 singles record this season. She is also 2-3 playing with Micaela Ponce in their first year playing No. 1 doubles together. 

Both Wolf Pack teams will be back in action later this week at the SSAC Roundup in Montgomery, Ala.

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