Junior Doug Stewart earned ACC Tennis Player of the Week after serving up two individual wins and helping the Cavaliers rack up two 7-0 victories against 44th ranked Minnesota and 59th Old Dominion.
Stewart, ranked 19th in the nation, had a tough matchup to open the season against 7th ranked player Iwar van der Merwe of Old Dominion. After losing the first set 6-2, Stewart fought back to win a second set tiebreaker 7-6, and pulled out a super-breaker third set 11-9.
Stewart and the Cavaliers hope to continue their winning ways when they take on No. 25 Tennessee February 5th at the Boars Head Sports Club.
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