NORFOLK, Va. – Francois Musitelli of the Old Dominion men’s tennis team was named the Conference USA Athlete of the Week, as announced by league officials on Wednesday.
Musitelli defeated Finbar Talcott in straight sets to lift Old Dominion to victory over William & Mary in the regular season finale by a 4-3 score. Musitelli and teammate Aziz Kijametovic are nationally ranked No. 80 for doubles and picked up another victory on Saturday against the Tribe’s No. 1 tandem.
Musitelli is now 13-3 in singles action for the season. The Tennis Monarchs are nationally ranked No. 33 and have claimed victory in nine of their last 10 matches, while outscoring their opponents 40-14 during that stretch. ODU is also riding a seven-match win-streak in which the Monarchs have outscored their opponents 30-9.
Musitelli and the Monarchs earned the No. 1 overall seed for the upcoming Conference USA Tournament in Houston, Texas. ODU will next take on No. 8 seed UAB on Friday, April 20 at 11:00 a.m. EST.
2018 Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week
1/17 Tom Moonen, Middle Tennessee
1/24 Aziz Kijametovic, Old Dominion
1/31 Luca Keist, Charlotte
2/7 Eric Rutledge, Rice
2/14 Aziz Kijametovic, Old Dominion
2/21 Tim Dollman, UAB
2/28 Aziz Kijametovic, Old Dominion
3/7 Vincent Schneider, Old Dominion
3/14 Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore, Middle Tennessee
3/21 Jannik Giesse, Old Dominion
3/28 Miguel Negre Fernandez, Middle Tennessee
4/4 Wen-Po Tseng, Southern Miss
4/11 Luca Keist, Charlotte
4/18 Francois Musitelli, Old Dominion