This Week in PAC Men's Tennis

March 17-23

3/24/2025 3:00:00 PM

Week 4 PAC Honors (for events between March 17-23)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 4 of the 2025 season.

PAC Player of the Week
Kristian Janci • Allegheny • Freshman • Kysucké Nové Mesto, Slovakia/The British International School Shanghai
Janci led the Gators to a 6-1 win on the road at Rochester ... His day started when Janci posted a 6-0 shutout in his No. 1 doubles match to extend his doubles win streak to six in a row ... Then Janci beat the 16th-ranked singles player in the Northeast Region, Krish Vennam, in consecutive 6-2, 6-2 sets in the No. 1 singles match.

PAC Men's Tennis Honor Roll
Franciscan graduate student Aidan Palladino (Danbury, Conn./Regina Caeli Academy); Geneva junior Braiden Smalley (Gibsonia, Pa/ PA Cyber Charter); W&J senior  Abhinav Yarramaneni ( Mountain View, Calif./Los Altos)

PAC Newcomer of the Week
Ethan Clawson • Waynesburg • Freshman • Washington, Pa./Trinity
Clawson teamed with Sam Norris to win 6-3 at No. 1 doubles and won in a super tiebreaker 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 in first singles in Waynesburg's 6-1 win over Pitt-Greensburg.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Levente Mihaly (Békéscsaba, Hungary/Békéscsabai SZC Széchenyi István); Geneva freshman Ben Busler (Butler, Pa./Butler); W&J freshman Aarav Surapaneni (Coraopolis, Pa./Moon Area)

PAC Milestones & Records
With a 6-1 victory at third doubles and a 7-5, 6-2 triumph at second singles, Allegheny's Levente Mihaly helped the Gators post an impressive 6-1 win at Rochester ... Aidan Palladino helped Franciscan post their first win at Saint Vincent since 2011 when he battled back from a 5-7 opening set loss to win the last two sets 6-4, 6-4 for the win at No. 1 singles and the deciding point in a 4-3 Barons' victory ... Braiden Smalley led Geneva in their match against W&J, winning 6-4 at No. 1 doubles and then earning a 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles ... Two Saint Vincent players had milestone victories in the Bearcats' match with Franciscan Saturday, as senior Jack Cintrone (York, Pa./West York) won 6-3, 6-0 at fifth singles for his 75th career victory and senior Matthew Sadusky (Dover, Del./Dover) battled for a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 triumph at third singles for his 50th career win ... Abhinav Yarramaneni picked up two crucial victories for W&J in a conference-opening victory over Geneva, as his 6-2 win at third doubles secured the team point to put the Presidents up 1-0 and then he took a win at No. 3 singles with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-0) decision.