SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Portland picked up West Coast Conference Men's Tennis Doubles Team of the Week accolades for the second straight week as Nikola Keremedchiev and Cade Fernando garnered the honors for the second straight week. David Fix from Pepperdine won Singles Player of the Week and Manvydas Balciunas from San Diego earned Freshman of the Week accolades. 
 
WEST COAST CONFERENCE SINGLES PLAYER OF THE WEEK – DAVID FIX, SO. – PEPPERDINE
David Fix clinched the winning point for Pepperdine by defeating Yale's Ethan Chung in the Waves' 4-2 victory over the Bulldogs. He also faced a 4-0 deficit in the third set against Middle Tennessee State's Eric Crivei, but rallied to win 6-4, clinching the winning point again for Pepperdine in their 4-3 victory over MTSU. This is Fix's first conference weekly award this season and the fourth time a Wave has won Singles Player of the Week. 

Also nominated: Cade Fernando, Portland; Pierre Lieutaud, Saint Mary's; Oscar Rashed, Gonzaga; Max Wuelfing, LMU

WEST COAST CONFERENCE DOUBLES TEAM OF THE WEEK – NIKOLA KEREMEDCHIEV, SR., CADE FERNANDO, JR., PORTLAND
Portland's No. 1 doubles tandem ran its win streak to eight matches with a 2-0 weekend at the Golden State Invite. The duo defeated Nevada's Rayen Hermassi and Nicolas Recoura 6-4 on Friday and then beat New Mexico State's Roko Stipetic and Tobias Wallin 7-5 on Saturday. They were leading host UC Davis 5-4 on Friday morning in a match that was abandoned after the Pilots clinched the doubles point. Portland now owns two conference weekly awards this season. 

Also nominated: Paulo Hugo Etchecoin and Juan Pedro Etchecoin, Saint Mary's; Alex Padro Parra and Max Wuelfing, LMU

WEST COAST CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK – MANVYDAS BALCIUNAS, FR. – SAN DIEGO
In doubles play, Manvydas Balciunas won his ninth doubles match of the season as he put No. 14 USD up first in doubles with a 7-5 win to help San Diego secure the doubles point over No. 34 Oklahoma State on the road. In singles play, Balciunas won 6-3, 6-4 on court four. The Toreros have now won five conference weekly awards this season. 

Also nominated: Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida, Pepperdine; Eli Noel, Portland

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
March 3: Lasse Poertner, Pepperdine
March 10: David Fix, Pepperdine

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
March 3: Nikola Keremedchiev and Cade Fernando, Portland
March 10: Nikola Keremedchiev and Cade Fernando, Portland

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
March 3: Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida, Pepperdine
March 10: Manvydas Balciunas, San Diego