MAC Freedom Player of the Week
Courtney Murphy (Wilkes / So. / Bronx, N.Y.) won the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) No. 1 singles title for the second-straight season at the conference individual championship. Murphy defeated two-time MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year Matthew Muoio of Albright 6-1, 7-5 in the title match on Sunday. He also defeated all-conference players in Max Moscowitz (FDU-Florham), 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals and Tim Dunn (Messiah), 6-1, 6-3, in the semifinals. Earlier in the week, the sophomore finished runner-up in the ITA Regional Championship, advancing farther than any other Wilkes player has in program history, defeating multiple nationally ranked opponents.