Rock Hill, S.C. — Catawba College sophomore Santiago Passoni was named the WePlayed Sports South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
The Rosario, Argentina native went a perfect 4-0 across two wins for the 9th-ranked Catawba Indians, who improved to a perfect 4-0 in SAC play this season.
Passoni picked up both wins in singles over the opponent's number two ranked singles players and he and teammate Alen Bill earned wins over UVA Wise and LMU's number two doubles teams.
Passoni's 6-4, 6-2 win against Lincoln Memorial helped Catawba top the 16th-ranked Railsplitters on the road.
Catawba has two SAC matches lined up at home this week, taking on Newberry on Wednesday and Mars Hill on Saturday.