NEW ORLEANS – The University of South Alabama Juan Cruz Soria has been named Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week as announced by the conference on Wednesday. Selected for the first two player of the week awards handed out by the conference this spring season, Soria is the first Jaguar to earn the honor in consecutive weeks since two-time Sun Belt Player the Year Daniel Leitner did so in three-straight weeks in 2015 from March 25th-April 8th.
Soria helped South Alabama last weekend get a 6-1 victory over conference foe Georgia State and a 5-2 win against Auburn for the Jaguars' first victory over a power-five opponent since defeating Nebraska 4-2 on March 1, 2008 and against an SEC opponent since topping Mississippi State 5-2 on Feb.