Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Posted: Oct 11, 2016

Christopher Newport Junior Justin Cerny Earns Second Straight CAC Men's Tennis Weekly Honor

Christopher Newport Junior Justin Cerny Earns Second Straight CAC Men's Tennis Weekly Honor

YORK, Pa. --  Christopher Newport junior Justin Cerny nabbed CAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week honors for Oct. 11, 2016. 

Player of the Week

Justin Cerny | Christopher Newport | Jr. 

Richmond, Va. | Trinity Episcopal     

Christopher Newport junior Justin Cerny nabbed CAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week honors for the second straight week after picking up a match-clinching victory as the last player on the court in a 5-4 win against nationally-ranked Oberlin. With the team score knotted a 4-4, Cerny was down 5-4 in the third set, facing the individual and team loss, but battled back to win the set 7-5. His final score at No. 2 singles against Stephen Grupposo was 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Cerny also paired with David Reed for a narrow loss at No. 1 doubles, 9-7. In the match against seventh-ranked Carnegie Mellon, Cerny and Reed suffered another narrow loss, 8-6, against an All-American duo for the Tartans. In singles, Cerny won the first set against his nationally-ranked opponent, Daniel Levine (24th in final ITA singles rankings), before falling 3-6, 6-2, 10-3. 

 

Keep up with the CAC
Schedule
Standings
News

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL (10/11)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: T.J. Snelson, Jr., Granger, Ind./Penn

YORK: Ben Sentz, Fr., Hanover, Pa./South Western

 

NOTES AROUND THE CONFERENCE

CAC men's tennis teams have wrapped up the fall 2016 season ... Frostburg State edged McDaniel 5-4 in its lone match of the week ... Penn State Harrisburg went 1-2 last week with wins over Alvernia (5-4) and defeats to Elizabethtown (7-2) and Susquehanna (8-1) ... Southern Virginia fell to Randolph 6-3 ... York was edged by Messiah, 5-4. 

 

2016-17 CAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Week Player
Sept. 27  Nolan Perugini, UMW  
Oct. 4 Justin Cerny, CNU
Oct. 11 Justin Cerny, CNU

 

MTEN
Brandon Griffin
Jr. UMW
Upper Arlington, Oh./Upper Arlington
  
MTEN
Brandon Griffin
Jr. UMW
Upper Arlington, Oh./Upper Arlington
 
Griffin was the top finisher for the Eagles this weekend against Division opposition at the Navy Invitational, advancing all the way to the finals of his bracket. He defeated Blaise Castleberry of Delaware, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0, then topped Mac Rechan of Georgetown, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. He then beat Tucker Massey of Navy, 7-5, 6-3, before falling in the final to Elliott Loubataille of UMBC, 6-2, 6-3.
Griffin was the top finisher for the Eagles this weekend against Division opposition at the Navy Invitational, advancing all the way to the finals of his bracket. He defeated Blaise Castleberry of Delaware, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0, then topped Mac Rechan of Georgetown, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. He then beat Tucker Massey of Navy, 7-5, 6-3, before falling in the final to Elliott Loubataille of UMBC, 6-2, 6-3.
MTEN
Brandon Griffin
Jr. UMW
Upper Arlington, Oh./Upper Arlington
 
Griffin was the top finisher for the Eagles this weekend against Division opposition at the Navy Invitational, advancing all the way to the finals of his bracket. He defeated Blaise Castleberry of Delaware, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0, then topped Mac Rechan of Georgetown, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. He then beat Tucker Massey of Navy, 7-5, 6-3, before falling in the final to Elliott Loubataille of UMBC, 6-2, 6-3.