Shamshiri, a freshman from Austin, Texax, was the Generals top player of the week against No. 15 Redlands and No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. In singles play, he notched a 7-6 (1), 6-3 win against the Redlands, and then posted a 6-3, 6-4 win over Claremont’s Alex Johnson, the 12th-ranked player in the country. For the year, Shamshiri is 6-7 in singles action and 6-6 in doubles play.
Men's Tennis Honor Roll
Dan Phung, Randolph, Freshman, No. 6 Singles/No. 3
Doubles
Phung won all four matches he played this week, earning a pair of
wins at both No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles. Phung rallied to win
in three sets Wednesday against Lynchburg, earning a 3-6, 6-1, 1-0
(10-7) win before following that up with a straight set win Sunday
at Averett. In doubles play, he teamed with Jason Corsbie to earn a
pair of 8-3 victories at No. 3 doubles. He is now 4-2 on the
season, dating back to the fall.
Mederick Ceril, Randolph-Macon, Junior, No. 1 Singles/No. 1
Doubles
Ceril was 3-1 on the week for R-MC. In a win over Virginia
Union, Ceril won his No. 1 singles match 6-0, 6-0 and then teamed
up with Chandler Weston to win No. 1 doubles 8-0. In an R-MC
loss to St. Mary’s, Ceril defeated Andrew Gear 6-3, 6-1 at
No. 1 singles.