2017 Men's Tennis Players of the Week

  • Michael Moody, Hampden-Sydney, Fr., #2 Singles, #1 Doubles
    May 01, 2017
    Moody, a freshman from Raleigh, N.C., went 8-0 combined between #2 singles and #1 doubles action as Hampden-Sydney won four matches against ODAC foes heading into the conference tournament. Michael and his brother Matthew are rated 12th in the doubles rankings in the Atlantic South by the ITA, secured top-flight doubles wins over Virginia Wesleyan, Randolph-Macon, Roanoke, and Emory & Henry, helping the Tigers to 7-2, 5-4, 9-0, and 9-0 team wins, respectively. The duo won 8-5 over VWC before taking down their R-MC opponents, 8-2. They then defeated RC's top tandem, 8-4, and finished the week with an 8-2 win over E&H. In singles play, Michael dropped just one set on the way to four wins. He won 6-4, 6-1 over E&H before going to a third set to win 7-6 (6-4), 1-6, 7-5 over R-MC. He dropped just one game each in defeating RC's #2 player, 6-1, 6-1, and then finished with a second 6-1, 6-1 victory over E&H.
  • Paul Gladstone, Virginia Wesleyan, So., #1 Singles, #2 Doubles
    April 24, 2017
    Gladstone, a sophomore form Port Orange, Fla., earns his second straight weekly award after leading Virginia Wesleyan to its second conference win of the season with an 8-1 victory over Roanoke. Gladstone earned a 6-0,6-1 victory at #1 singles and joined Joe Holloway for an 8-6 victory at #2 doubles. With the singles win, Gladstone even his fall record at #1 to 6-6 and is now 4-2 in the ODAC in all singles matches. He and Holloway are now 5-10 overall and 5-9 at #2 doubles.
  • Paul Gladstone, Virginia Wesleyan, So., #1 Singles, #2 Doubles
    April 17, 2017
    Gladstone, a sophomore form Port Orange, Fla., picks up his first weekly honor after going 4-0 at #1 singles and #2 doubles in a pair of ODAC matches last week. In doubles play, Gladstone and partner Joe Holloway earned at 8-4 win over Randolph-Macon and a 9-7 nail-biting triumph over Emory & Henry. Gladstone collected the remaining VWC point in its 7-2 team loss to R-MC, defeating the Yellow Jackets' #1 player 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7). He then added a straight sets 6-2, 6-0 win over his counterpart from E&H, helping VWC to a 9-0 team victory.
  • Joe Dillenbeck, Bridgewater, Jr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    April 10, 2017
    Dillenbeck, a junior from Penn Laird, Va., helped keep the Eagles humming as he moved up in ladder positition and claimed a pair of victories last week. Dillenbeck helped Bridgewater to a 9-0 team win over Emory & Henry with victories at #1 singles and #1 doubles with partner Josh Rodgers. The duo posted an 8-3 win early in the match. Dillenbeck then moved up to the top singles flight and posted a 7-5, 6-2 straight sets victory.
  • Thomas Rishcoff, Bridgewater, Sr., #3 Singles, #2 Doubles
    April 03, 2017
    Rishcoff, a senior from Richmond, Va., went 4-0 last week as Bridgewater rattled off a pair of conference victories via an 8-1 decision over Lynchburg and a 6-3 result over Hampden-Sydney. Rishcoff and partner Kyle Hartfield won 8-6 at #2 doubles against LC, and Rishcoff added a 6-2, 6-3 triumph at #3 singles. He and Harfield again won at #2 doubles against H-SC, posting an 8-2 triumph. Rishcoff capped his week and a key victory for BC in the ODAC standings with a 6-2, 6-1 win at #3 singles.
  • Will Bannister, Washington and Lee, Sr., #2 Singles, #1 Doubles
    March 27, 2017
    Bannister, a senior from Bath, England, went 4-0 in singles play at the #2 flight and 2-2 at #1 doubles as Washington and Lee went 3-1 in four matches last week. Bannister and teammate Charlie Kittredge won 8-6 at doubles against Bridgewater, with Bannister adding a 6-2, 6-0 win in singles action. He then grabbed singles wins against Hampden-Sydney and 11th-ranked Carnegie Mellon via 6-3, 6-4 and 2-6, 7-5, 10-5 results, respectively. He and Kittredge fell in a tight doubles showdown with H-SC, 9-7, and dropped an 8-4 decision to CMU. Bannister rebounded for an 8-3 win with Jordan Krasner in doubles play against Guilford, and capped his week with a 7-5, 7-5 singles victory. For the season, Bannister is 12-6 in singles play and 12-9 with all partners in doubles matches.
  • Matthew Moody, Hampden-Sydney, Fr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    March 20, 2017
    Moody, a freshman from Raleigh, N.C., helped the Tigers to a 1-1 week after rolling to a 4-0 showing at #1 singles and #1 doubles. Despite a 6-3 team loss to Salisbury, Moody picked up a 7-6 (10-8), 1-6, 7-6 (7-2) victory in handing Colt Williamson his first loss of the season. He and his brother, Michael, downed Williamson and Ian Siew, 8-6, in doubles play. In an 8-1 win over Virginia State, Moody won 6-2, 6-2 in singles action and again joined his brother for an 8-4 victory in the doubles competition.
  • Mesa Martorell, Guilford, Jr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    March 13, 2017
    Martorell, a junior from Wimberley, Texas, came up big for Guilford in the Quakers' 5-4 win over Randolph-Macon. Martorell and partner Jon-Anthony Thomas, who don't regularly play together, teamed up for an 8-6 win over Grant Sarver and Baxter Carter at #1 doubles. Martorell then proved the deciding factor in Guilford's one-point win as he defeated Jacob Haines, 6-3, 6-4 at #1 singles, to claim the match's final point.
  • Jordan Krasner, Washington and Lee, Sr., #1 Singles, #1/3 Doubles
    March 06, 2017
    Krasner, a senior from Rockville, Md., went a combined 7-1 with a 3-1 singles mark at the top flight and a 4-0 showing split between #1 and #3 doubles over four matches. In singles play, he produced a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Mark Fallati from Swarthmore, the seventh-ranked player in the ITA's Atlantic South Region. He added 6-2, 6-0 and 6-3, 6-3, wins over Bradley Strober from Randolph and Juan Borga from Lynchburg, respectively. His lone loss came in a 6-4, 6-4 decision to Avery Schober from Sewanee, the sixth-rated player in the region. Krasner teamed with Will Bannister to post an 8-0 win over Randolph at #1 doubles, and then joined Mitchell Thomas at #3 doubles with wins over Lynchburg (8-0), Swarthmore (8-1), and Sewanee (8-5). On the year, Krasner is 7-5 overall in singles play and 9-3 in doubles action.
  • Mac Zheng, Washington and Lee, Jr., #4/5 Singles, #2/3 Doubles
    February 27, 2017
    Zheng, a junior from Leawood, Kan., put together a perfect 6-0 week between singles and doubles action, helping Washington and Lee to a 2-1 team record. He won 6-0, 6-1 at #4 singles in a 6-3 win over Averett. He added an 8-2 win at #3 doubles in that match. Zheng moved to #5 singles against Virginia Wesleyan, winning 6-0, 6-0 to help W&L to a 9-0 victory over the Marlins. He won 8-1 in moving up to #2 doubles. The Generals then squared off with nationally 16th-ranked Johns Hopkins and fell 6-3. Zheng came back to win his #5 singles match, posting a 1-6, 6-4, 10-8 triumph. He added an 8-6 victory at #2 doubles. Zheng is now 6-3 in overall singles matches and 4-3 in doubles play between the fall and spring campaigns.
  • Tate Godwin, Guilford, Fr., #1 Singles, #1 Doubles
    February 20, 2017
    Godwin, a freshman from Chapel Hill, N.C., helped the Quakers start off the spring season on the right foot with a 9-0 team win over Greensboro. Godwin won at both #1 singles and doubles, surrendering just three games in total. He topped Carlos Barragan 6-1, 6-1 in singles play before joining Mesa Martorell in defeating Daniel Pace and Justin Kiball, 8-1in doubles action.