Hussey, Monday Grab SEC Weekly Honors

For a third consecutive week, athletes from the Tennessee men's tennis team have garnered SEC Weekly Awards. Graduate student Giles Hussey has been named Co-Player of the Week with Mississippi State's Florian Broska, while freshman Johannus Monday has earned his third straight Freshman of the Week Award, sharing the honor with South Carolina's Toby Samuel.

The Vol duo went a combined 7-0 last week in helping UT earn back-to-back 4-0 shutout victories over Duke and No. 16 NC State.

This week, Hussey and doubles partner Mark Wallner claimed two, 6-2, victories at No. 3 doubles to help the Orange & White earn both doubles points. On Friday against Duke, the tandem knocked off Michael Heller and Faris Khan and on Sunday against NC State they took down Yannai Barkai and Rafa Izquierdo Luque.

Hussey and Wallner have hit an incredible run of form over their last three matches. After falling behind 4-love in their match with Notre Dame, the team has reeled off victories in 18 of their last 22 played games, winning all three contests.

In singles, Hussey earned his first ranked victory of the season, taking down No. 95 Tadas Babelis to put the Vols up 3-0 over the Wolfpack and on the brink of match point. Hussey is currently riding a 10-match win streak in singles and is a perfect 6-0 in dual play.

This weekend, Monday won all four of his matches, earning a pair of doubles triumphs with partner Martim Prata. On Friday, the pair knocked off Duke's team of Edu Guell and Andrew Zhang, 7-5, to clinch the all-important doubles point for UT. On Sunday,Prata and Monday earned their second ranked victory of the season taking down the 23rd-ranked pair of Alexis Galarneau and Robert Turzak, 6-3.

Prata and Monday are now 7-1 as a team in doubles during dual play and 8-2 overall this spring.

In singles, Monday rolled past Guell, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday against the Blue Devils and Barkai of NC State, 6-4, 6-4 to clinch match point for UT over the Wolfpack.

Tennessee has now earned five of the six SEC weekly awards this season, boasting a perfect 8-0 record heading into the ITA Indoor National Championships.

The Vols return to court on Friday afternoon for a date with second-ranked North Carolina in the quarterfinal round of the ITA Indoor National Championships. First serve is slated for 1 p.m. ET at the Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign, Illinois.

University of Tennessee Athletics

Players Mentioned

Giles Hussey

Johannus Monday

Martim Prata

Mark Wallner

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