Hawaii Pacific met the definition of Shark marathon week with five matches, all wins for the Sharks. HPU’s Seth Newman was a key cog the Shark’s machine, winning all five of his singles matches and going 4-1 in doubles.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Hawaii Pacific’s Seth Newman, Jr., 6-0, Bury St. Edmunds, England
Hawaii Pacific’s Seth Newman had a marathon week of games and excelled in almost all of them, going 5-0 in singles and 4-1 in doubles. The junior from England teamed with fellow Shark Yannick Heitzeberg in doubles on court 1 mostly (one match at No. 2 doubles) to win four, including a 7-6 (7-5) victory against Texas-Permian Basin. In singles on court four, Newman went 5-0 including a comeback win over Fresno Pacific’s Jordi Gonzalez, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. The first-year Shark has now won nine singles matches in a row (11-6) and is 8-4 in doubles.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Hawaii Pacific Sharks                                                                                 
Hawaii Pacific went an astounding 5-0 last week on the road that included matches played in Dallas, Azusa and Santa Barbara. They improved to 9-4 with the victories and have now won six matches in a row. The Sharks topped UT-Permian Basin and Western New Mexico by 4-0 scores, beat Menlo 7-0, Fresno Pacific 5-2 and Westmont 4-3. Three of the matches against the Sunbirds went three sets, while Adam Vasir might have played the longest match with a gritty 7-6 (16-14), 7-6 (7-2) win over FPU’s Cedric Kaufman. Vasir went 4-0 in singles on the long week.  

ITA NATIONAL RANKINGS: Biola’s duo of Angel Guerrero and Alejandro Flores Monteverde is ranked No. 1 in the ITA doubles list, sporting a 10-1 record. Azusa Pacific’s Soeren Grandke is listed at No. 15 in singles, and Biola’s team is ranked 25^th. To see the lists, click here.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Biola went 3-0 last week with wins over Colorado Mesa, Western New Mexico and Fresno Pacific to improve to 11-1 on the season. Keyon Gahvarehchi went 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles for the Eagles…Azusa Pacific won their only two matches of the week, both 7-0 verdicts over Western New Mexico and Fresno Pacific…Menlo beat Division I Illinois State 4-3, the Oaks first-ever win over a D-I school…Point Loma went 2-0 with non-conference victories over Stanton and Colgate.

THIS WEEK: Azusa Pacific will continue a hosting role with Colorado Mesa and Menlo playing on their courts, while the Cougars host Hawaii Pacific in a big showdown today. Hawaii Hilo begins a road trip through Texas, while APU will step outside of conference play to host Tufts on Thursday, and Point Loma does the same in welcoming Northern Arizona. The Sea Lions will also host Biola on Saturday. To see the complete schedule, click here.