SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Leading San Diego to the West Coast Conference Men's Tennis outright regular season championship, San Diego swept this week's West Coast Conference Men's Tennis weekly awards. Oliver Tarvet won Heluva Good Dip West Coast Conference Singles Player of the Week for the second straight week, while Nikhil Niranjan and Blake Kasday claimed Heluva Good Dip Doubles Team of the Week.
This is the fourth time this season that the Toreros have swept the Conference's weekly awards, and the second straight week.
HELUVA GOOD DIP WEST COAST CONFERENCE SINGLES PLAYER OF THE WEEK – OLIVER TARVET, JR. – SAN DIEGO
No. 3 Oliver Tarvet was losing 5-2 in the first set against No. 25 Edward Winter from Pepperdine. Tarvet secured five straight games en-route to a 7-5 first set win and he carried the momentum to a 6-3 second set, putting USD back on top, 3-2, in what would eventually become a 4-2 win, clinching the outright West Coast Conference Regular Season Championship. Tarvet concludes the regular season with five Conference Singles Player of the Week awards.
Also nominated: David Fix, Pepperdine; John Kim, Santa Clara; Justas Trainauskas, Pacific
HELUVA GOOD DIP WEST COAST CONFERENCE DOUBLES TEAM OF THE WEEK – NIKHIL NIRANJAN, JR., BLAKE KASDAY, GR., SAN DIEGO
The last court on doubles against the Waves, Blake Kasday and Nikhil Niranjan were losing 4-2 in their final regular season match. The tandem garnered four straight games and claimed the first point for San Diego propelling the Toreros to the West Coast Conference Regular Season outright Championship with a 4-2 win at No. 28 Pepperdine. This is first time this duo earned Conference Doubles Team of the Week accolades, and USD finishes the regular season with five total.
Also nominated: Tiago Boschmans and Lukas Maskow, Santa Clara; Linus Carlsson Halldin/Maxi Homberg, Pepperdine; Tiago Silva and Vraj Patel, Pacific
2025 Heluva Good Dip WCC Men’s Tennis Singles Players of the Week
January 21: Maxi Homberg, Pepperdine
January 28: Oliver Tarvet, San Diego
February 4: Aleksa Pisaric, Pepperdine
February 11: Linus Carlsson Halldin, Pepperdine
February 18: Oliver Tarvet, San Diego
February 25: Tiago Silva, Pacific
March 4: Alexander Watanabe Eriksson, Santa Clara
March 11: Iiro Vasa, San Diego
March 18: Edward Winter, Pepperdine
March 25: Oliver Tarvet, San Diego
April 1: Neo Niedner, San Diego
April 8: Justin Trainauskas, Pacific
April 15: Oliver Tarvet, San Diego
April 22: Oliver Tarvet, San Diego
2025 Heluva Good Dip WCC Men’s Tennis Doubles Teams of the Week
January 21: Cesar Cruz and Sebastian Nothhaft, LMU
January 28: Oliver Tarvet and Stian Klaassen, San Diego
February 4: Aleksa Pisaric and Lasse Poertner, Pepperdine
February 11: Luca Bluett and John Kim, Santa Clara
February 18: Adrien Berrut and Nikhil Niranjan, San Diego
February 25: Tiago Silva and Terence Das, Pacific
March 4: Neo Niedner and Iiro Vasa, San Diego
March 11: Linus Carlsson Halldin and Maxi Homberg, Pepperdine
March 18: Youssef Sadek and Sebastian Nothhaft, LMU
March 25: Edward Winter and Hugh Winter, Pepperdine
April 1: Sebastian Nothhaft and Youssef Sadek, LMU
April 8: Tiago Silva and Vraj Patel, Pacific
April 15: Oliver Tarvet and Stian Klaassen, San Diego
April 22: Nikhil Niranjan and Blake Kasday, San Diego