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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Freshman
Jonathan Garcia of the Merrimack College men's tennis program was named Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week on Tuesday after last week's impressive singles victory against Division I Bryant University.
Winning his second NE10 Rookie of the Week honor to date, Garcia picked up the first award of the spring season after his first came in October. Merrimack has won three of the eight NE10 Rookie of the Week nods so far; Garcia boasts two while classmate
Alec Mackay Rodriguez owns one honor.
Garcia played at both second singles and second doubles against two DI opponents in Boston College and Bryant last week. Against the Bulldogs, Garcia upset the defending NEC Rookie of the Year in a three-set match at #2 singles. The first-year Warrior won his opener, 6-4, before prevailing in a 10-point breaker by two points (10-8) to claim the match. Garcia moved into a tie for the team lead in both overall singles wins (5) and dual-match singles wins (3).
The Warriors will not return to action until March, which finds Merrimack beginning the Division II portion of its spring schedule on Saturday, March 2, at NYIT.
