SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Key wins over ranked teams led to this week's West Coast Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week winners. San Diego's Adrien Berrut won Singles Player of the Week. Valentin Faure and Ferran Redza from Santa Clara won West Coast Conference Doubles Team of the Week and Juan Pedro Etchecoin from Saint Mary's won West Coast Conference Freshman of the Week.
WEST COAST CONFERENCE SINGLES PLAYER OF THE WEEK – ADRIEN BERRUT, SO. – SAN DIEGO
Down 5-4 in the third set, Adrien Berrut fought off three match points and won three straight games in the deciding set to clinch a 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 win and clinched the match victory for the Toreros against No. 20 UC Santa Barbara, 4-2. This is Berrut's first conference weekly award this season and the second time a Torero has won conference singles player of the week.
Also nominated: Jay Fairclough, Gonzaga; John Kim, Santa Clara
WEST COAST CONFERENCE DOUBLES TEAM OF THE WEEK – VALENTIN FAURE, SO., FERRAN REDZA, FR., SANTA CLARA
Valentin Faure and Ferran Redza secured the doubles point in both Santa Clara matches last weekend. Against New Mexico, the Bronco duo defeated Philip Bosin and Dario Ciobotaru 6-2 to claim the doubles point and SCU went on to win 6-1. Against 74th-ranked UNLV, Faure and Redza won 6-4 to once again clinch the doubles point. The Broncos defeated the Rebels 4-2. This is the second time Santa Clara has won conference doubles team of the week and it is the first conference award for this pair.
Also nominated: Diego Herrera and Gus Krauel, Gonzaga; Vincent Marysko and Oliver Tarvet, San Diego
WEST COAST CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK – JUAN PEDRO ETCHECOIN, FR. – SAINT MARY'S
Juan Pedro Etchecoin won his singles match against UC Irvine last Saturday in the Gaels' battle against the Anteaters. Etchecoin came back to win in three sets in the narrow victory for the Gaels. This is the second straight week a Gael has won conference freshman of the week honors.
2026 West Coast Conference Men’s Tennis Singles Players of the Week
January 20: Oliver Tarvet, San Diego
January 27: Max Wuelfing, LMU
February 3: Lasse Poertner, Pepperdine
February 10: Max Wuelfing, LMU
February 17: Edward Winter, Pepperdine
February 24: Adrien Berrut, San Diego
2026 West Coast Conference Men’s Tennis Doubles Teams of the Week
January 20: Manvydas Balciunas and Stian Klaassen, San Diego
January 27: Luca Bluett and John Kim, Santa Clara
February 3: Edward Winter and Hugh Winter, Pepperdine
February 10: Aleksa Pisaric and Lasse Poertner, Pepperdine
February 17: Darius Tamaddon and Cesar Cruz, LMU
February 24: Valentin Faure and Ferran Redza, Santa Clara
2026 West Coast Conference Men’s Tennis Freshmen of the Week
January 20: Manvydas Balciunas, San Diego
January 27: Kuba Hrynkiewiecz, LMU
February 3: Ferran Redza, Santa Clara
February 10: Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida, Pepperdine
February 17: Sam Simmonds, Saint Mary's
February 24: Juan Pedro Etchecoin, Saint Mary's