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CLEMSON, S.C. - Junior Ryuhei Azuma earned Co-ACC Player of the week honors, the conference announced on Tuesday. This is Azuma's first career individual honor and his second as a Tiger, as he and Teodor Giusca were named ACC Doubles Team of the Week last season after defeating Charlotte's No. 16 pair. Azuma registered two ranked wins in three days this past weekend, defeating South Alabama's No. 123 Collard and Nebraska's No. 75 Hietaranta to remain undefeated in singles play thus far. During the stretch he also continued excellence in doubles play, beating Nebraska's line 1 pair of Wiedenhorn and Maruyama. What a nice accomplishment for Ryuhei to be voted ACC Player of the Week, said Head Coach Robbie Weiss. To get two ranked wins this past weekend was impressive. He definitely had to work for both of those wins. Really happy and proud of Ryuhei.” Azuma and the Tigers look to Friday as they will take on in-state rival South Carolina for a chance at a point
TALLAHASSEE – The 16th-ranked Florida State men’s tennis team won its home opener and improved to 3-0 this season with a 5-2 victory over No. 7 Georgia on Sunday afternoon. “Georgia has a great team,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “To beat them here is great for our program. This is two years in a row we’ve beaten them. We feel like we have a very good team, and we have a lot to prove here early in the year. We have lots of tough, high-ranked teams that we play but we did that by design. We’re thrilled to get this win. It was awesome having a huge crowd out here today, and I think people will want to come back and watch more of that.” The Seminoles jumped out to a 1-0 lead by defeating both of Georgia’s nationally-ranked doubles pairs to claim the initial point. Maks Silagy and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif earned the first win with a 6-3 decision over No. 55 Britton Johnston and Blake Croyder at the No. 2 position. Georgia then evened doubles with a 6-3 win at No. 3 t