Men’s Tennis Sweeps GNAC Weekly Honors

WINTHROP, Mass.- Senior Diego Rodriguez (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) and freshman Diego Torres (Weston, Fla.) have been named Great Northeast Athletic Conference Player of the Week and Rookie of the week, respectively, as announced by the league office Tuesday.

The duo helped the Lions to a 9-0 non-conference win over Suffolk in the first home match of the spring.

Rodriguez collected a 6-0, 6-0 win at the No. 1 singles position and partnered with Carlos Sanchez (Malaga, Spain) to earn an 8-1 victory at the top doubles spot.

Torres notched a 6-0, 6-1 win at the fourth singles slot and teamed with Avelino Parrondo (Madrid, Spain) to cruise to an 8-0 victory at the No. 3 doubles position.

Eastern Nazarene owns a 6-5 overall record and returns to the courts April 2 for a league match at Regis.