MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama Men's Tennis senior Javier Montoya has been named Sun Belt Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week.
Montoya's award comes after he defeated tow ranked opponents in back-to-back matches at South Alabama's tournament played on the campus of Ole Miss.
In South's first match, Montoya knocked off the No. 84 player in the nation in Georgia State's Dimitric Paliouras. Montoya got off to a good start by winning the first set 6-4 before dropping the second set 1-6. In a super tiebreak in the third set, Montoya took care of business by winning 10-8 for a 6-4, 1-6, 10-8 victory.