NO. ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Junior Vicente Preto (Sesimbra, Portugal) of the Southern New Hampshire University men's tennis team was chosen the NE10 Player of the Week, while freshman Alexandre Guilcher (Cadaujac, France) was tabbed as the NE10 Rookie of the Week, both for the period ending Oct. 4, the league office announced Tuesday.

Preto, who also won the award Sept. 29, went 2-1 during a 2-0 week for the Penmen. He won his No. 1 singles match in Saturday's 5-2 victory against Assumption University, as he led, 5-7, 6-2, 3-1, when Luca Figueiredo retired. On the doubles side, Preto teamed with junior Nils Dueppe (Frankfurt, Germany) for a 6-3 win against Mats Hannestad and Tarik Zubovic in a 4-3 win over Merrimack College on Tuesday.
 
Guilcher was 3-1 during the week. He posted a 6-4, 6-1 victory against Hannestad at No. 5 singles, before rallying past Lukas Sunna, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 6 singles. He also split his two doubles matches at No. 3 with junior Marcos Castaneda (Madrid, Spain).

Preto is 3-0 in singles play – all in NE10 action – as well as 2-2 in doubles. Guilcher is 3-1 in singles, including 2-1 in the league, and 2-1 in doubles.

The Penmen head to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York for the ITA East Regional Championships, beginning Friday (Oct. 9).

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