Sakagawa Secures Third Big West Player of the Week Honor
IRVINE, Calif. 鈥� Graduate student Hiroki Sakagawa has been named the Big West Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the third time this season the conference office announced Wednesday afternoon. Last week, Sakagawa battled back for a resilient three-set victory that clinched UC Irvine's 4-3 Big West-opening win at UC Davis. After dropping a hard-fought first set to Lucas Bollinger at No. 1 singles, Sakagawa found himself trailing 5-3 in the second, but continued to fight, saving a match and Aggie team clinch point at 40-40. He rode that momentum all the way to a 7-5 triumph and pulled...
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