Mary Washington sophomore Brandon Griffin was selected as the CAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week for April 14, 2015.
Player of the Week
Brandon Griffin | Mary Washington | So.
Upper Arlington, Ohio | Upper Arlington
Mary Washington sophomore Brandon Griffin was selected as the CAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week accolades after helping the Eagles clinch the No. 1 seed in the CAC Tournament last week. Griffin went 2-0 at No. 4 singles and 1-1 at No. 2 doubles as No. 18 UMW topped No. 39 Christopher Newport 8-1 and fell to No. 10 Carnegie Mellon 6-3. Against CNU, Griffin posted a 6-3, 7-6 singles victory and teamed with Stratton Gilmore for an 8-6 triumph in doubles. Against Carnegie Mellon, he notched one of three singles victories for the Eagles, earning a 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 1-0 (15-13) win at the No. 4 spot.
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WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (4/14)
FROSTBURG STATE: Kenneth Alban, Sr., Sherwood Forest, Md./Annapolis
PENN STATE HARRISBURG: Chris Magee, So., Westminster, Md./Manchester Valley
SALISBURY: Shanon Gunther, Jr., Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: Dallin Evans, Jr., Safford, Ariz./Eastern Arizona College
YORK: Matt Rosenkrantz, Sr., Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow
NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE
Mary Washington clinched the top seed in the upcoming CAC Tournament with a 8-1 victory over Christopher Newport last Tuesday ... CNU, Salisbury, Penn State Harrisburg and York have also secured CAC postseason bids ... The CAC Tournament begins on Saturday, April 18 with the No. 4 seed hosting No. 5 ... In the most recent ITA National Rankings (April 9), Mary Washington moved up one spot to No. 18 and Christopher Newport jumped two spots to No. 37 ... In the ITA Atlantic South Regional Rankings, Mary Washington is No. 4, Salisbury is No. 9 and Christopher Newport is No. 10 ... Five CAC players are ranked in Atlantic South Singles top-25 - Mary Washington's Tyler Carey (No. 5), CNU's David Reed (No. 14), UMW's Stratton Gilmore (No. 16), Salisbury's Daniel Albers (No. 22) and Salisbury's Eric Spangler (No. 25) ... Four doubles tandems are also regionally ranked - UMW's Carey & Evan Charles (No. 2), Salisbury's Albers & Eric Spangler (No. 6), UMW's Gilmore & Brandon Griffin (No. 9), and CNU's Reed & Justin Cerny (No. 11) ... Salisbury's Shannon Gunther went 3-0 in singles and doubles last week, helping the Sea Gulls to a trio of team wins.