ATLANTA – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced weekly honors for men's and women's tennis on Tuesday, April 9. Spring Hill's Tom Gutermann was named Men's Tennis Player of the Week, and Albany State's Bianca Leao was named Women's Tennis Player of the Week.
MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Tom Gutermann, Spring Hill College
Sophomore | Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Gutermann won both his doubles (6-1) and singles (4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-2)) matches in a 4-3 win against Christian Brothers. He improved to 11-0 in singles and 12-6 in doubles.
WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Bianca Leao, Albany State University
Senior | Manaus, Brazil
Leao dominated her competition last week, securing victories in both doubles and singles play against Georgia Southwestern. She won her doubles match 6-2 and swept her singles match with a commanding 6-0, 6-0 score.
About the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors seven men's and six women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit www.thesiac.com.