NO. ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Junior Vicente Preto (Sesimbra, Portugal) of the Southern New Hampshire University men's tennis team was selected as the NE10 Player of the Week, while freshman Alexandre Guilcher (Cadjuac, France) was chosen as the NE10 Rookie of the Week, both for the period ending Oct. 18, the league office announced Tuesday.

Preto, who earns the award for the third time this season (Sept. 29, Oct. 6), went 3-0 during a 2-0 week for SNHU. Preto rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Louca Bertone at No. 1 singles in Saturday's 6-1 win against Adelphi University. He also combined with junior Nils Dueppe (Frankfurt, Germany) for a 6-4 triumph at No. 2 doubles versus Bertone and Tom Lacharme. Preto had the day off from singles in Thursday's 5-2 win against Gordon College, but teamed with sophomore Tomás Valentim (Lisbon, Portugal) to record a 6-2 victory at No. 3 doubles against Syler Richardson and Isaac Chapa.
 
Guilcher, who was also named the league's top rookie on Oct. 6, went 2-1 during the week. He defeated Gordon's Santiago Diaz, 6-3, 6-1, before scoring a 6-0, 6-2 No. 6 singles victory against Adelphi's Jorge Miragaya. He suffered a 6-4 loss at No. 3 doubles to the Panthers in his only blemish of the week.

SNHU has now won four straight NE10 Player of the Week awards and two of the last three NE10 Rookie of the Week accolades.

Preto is 6-1 in singles this season, including a perfect 4-0 in both dual matches and NE10 play. He is also 5-3 in doubles.

Guilcher is 6-2 in singles, including 3-1 in the league, and 3-3 in doubles.

Preto, Guilcher and the Penmen are off until the spring.

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