Fonseca Honored By Conference

OGDEN, Utah—The Big Sky Conference has selected Idaho's Felipe Fonseca as the Men's Tennis Player of the Week for matches played from April 12-18.

Fonseca, a sophomore from Curitiba, Brazil, helped the Vandals hand league-leading Weber State their first conference loss of the season with an unbeaten performance. He teamed with Odon Barta to take down WSU's pair of Todd Fought and Jakub Gewert with a 7-5 decision to clinch the early doubles point for Idaho. The Vandals then opened singles play with three straight wins to clinch the match. Fonseca moved up to No. 1 singles this week and made quick work of Gewert, a three-time All-Big Sky selection, winning 6-2, 6-3 to put Idaho up 3-0 in the match. The Vandals moved to 8-2 in league play with the 5-2 win and maintained pressure on Weber State for the top seed in the Big Sky tournament and regular season title.

Coming off a freshman campaign that earned him first team All-Big Sky honors in 2015, Fonseca has followed with a strong sophomore season boasting a 13-5 singles record overall and a 9-1 mark in Big Sky action. He and Barta are 12-6 combined in doubles play with a 7-3 league record. The defending Big Sky champion Vandals sit second in the standings and in good position for a first-round bye with one league match remaining.

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