This Week in PAC Men's Tennis March 24-30 3/31/2025 4:00:00 PM Week 5 PAC Honors (for events between March 24-30) The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2025 season. PAC Player of the Week Anton Hedlund • Allegheny • Senior • Hovas, Sweden/Katrinelundsgymnasiet Hedlund went 4-0 in a pair of 6-1 wins at Ohio Wesleyan and Otterbein ... He played No. 1 doubles in both matches, defeating OWU's top team 6-4 and Otterbein's No. 1 duo 6-2, as he extended his doubles win streak to eight in a row ... Hedlund gathered straight-set wins against OWU (6-2, 6-2) in No. 2 singles and Otterbein (6-0, 6-1) in the No. 3 spot. PAC Men's Tennis Honor Roll Franciscan sophomore Aaron Heinlein (Erie, Pa./McDowell); Geneva junior Braiden Smalley (Gibsonia, Pa/ PA Cyber Charter); Grove City junior Isaac DeMan (Rockford, Mich./Rockford): Saint Vincent senior Jack Citrone (York, Pa./West York); Thiel sophomore Bret Vilage (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin); W&J junior Alex Duing (South Park, Pa./South Park) PAC Newcomer of the Week Aarav Surapaneni • Washington & Jefferson • Freshman • Coraopolis, Pa./Moon Area Surapaneni finished with an untarnished record in both singles and doubles play as the Presidents pushed to a four-win streak ... Surapaneni finished 2-0 at No. 3 doubles and 3-0 at No. 4-6 singles ... Surapaneni began his week with a match-clinching victory at No. 6 singles against Westminster, 6-3, 6-3 ... In a sweep over Waynesburg, Surapaneni bested his opponent at No. 4 singles (6-1, 6-2) and worked his way to a 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles with teammate Connor Simms ... The freshman wrapped his week aiding in the Presidents' first program victory over Mount Union ... One team point away from locking up the fourth-straight win, Surapaneni bested his opponent at No. 5 singles 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) to lock up the triumph over the Purple Raiders. PAC Newcomer Honor Roll Allegheny freshman Kristian Janci (Kysucké Nové Mesto, Slovakia/The British International School Shanghai); Geneva freshman Ben Busler (Butler, Pa./Butler); Grove City freshman Ryan Kirkpatrick (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine); Saint Vincent junior Julien Vonovier (Pully, Switzerland/DME Academy); Westminster freshman William Nebiolo (Glenshaw, Pa./Shaler) PAC Milestones & Records Allegheny's Kristian Janci went 4-0 last week at the top of the lineup in victories over Ohio Wesleyan and Otterbein ... With a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles against Westminster, Geneva's Braiden Smalley remained undefeated at 7-0 in singles ... Grove City's Isaac DeMan and Ryan Kirkpatick both went 3-0 last week, as the Wolverines topped Franciscan and Thiel ... In his first collegiate match, Saint Vincent's Julien Vonovier earned wins at third doubles to clinch the team point and then won at sixth singles to secure SVC's win over Pitt-Greensburg ... Westminster's William Nebiolo improved to 3-0 in the PAC at third singles with a three-set win over W&J and a 6-2, 6-4 victory against Geneva.