Brevard’s Heikki Riikonen Named Men’s Tennis Player Of The Week

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Brevard freshman Heikki Riikonen, of Kupio, Finland, has been named the South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the week ending March 16.

Riikonen, who sees action at No. 2 in both singles and doubles, helped the Tornados to wins in all four matches last week.

Riikonen posted a perfect 4-0 record in singles and was 3-1 in doubles with Jarred Fisher. The doubles loss came against NCAA I North Carolina Central, but Riikonen came back to win his singles in straight sets in the narrow 4-3 victory. He did not lose a game in singles against St. John's Fisher and Stonehill and won in straight sets against West Liberty State.

The South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week is voted on by the league's Sports Information Directors.