ANNVILLE, Pa. (Conference News) – The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) has announced its conference weekly award recipients for golf and tennis for the week ending Oct. 11, 2021. A total of seven student-athletes were recognized for performances from Oct. 5-11, 2021.
GOLF (#MACgolf)
MAC Commonwealth Men’s Golfer of the Week
Riley Rohlfs (York / Jr. / Westford, Mass.) earns his second conference weekly award of the season. Rohlfs finished second at the McDaniel Mason-Dixon Collegiate Invitational at the Bridges Golf Club. Rohlfs opened the tournament with a three-under-par 69 to tie the single round tournament record. On Sunday, Rohlfs put together another strong round with 16 pars and a birdie on 18 to finish with an even par 72. He finished one stroke back of tournament champion Hayden Moffat from Gettysburg. Moffat finished with a tournament record of 140 while Rohlfs finished with a 141.
MAC Freedom Men’s Golfer of the Week
Arturo Hernandez (Arcadia / Jr. / Cedar Creek, Texas) finished in first place at the Alvernia invitational with a one-over-par 73 to lead the Knights to a tournament victory. The junior recorded four birdies at the invitational. Hernandez finished the Mason-Dixon tournament with a two-day score of 163 (82-81).
MAC Women’s Golfer of the Week
Natalie Robson (York / Jr. / Bradenton, Fla.) shot a two-day total of 154 to finish tied for 15th at the highly competitive Washington & Lee Invitational. Robson opened her tournament with a five-over-par 76. She fired a 78 on day two to finish 12-over-par for the tournament.
TENNIS (#MACtennis)
MAC Commonwealth Men’s Player of the Week
Arpit Gainder (Albright / Jr. / Little Egg Harbor, N.J.) went 3-1 in the past week for the Lions behind a perfect 2-0 mark in singles matches. He started the week with an 8-7 (7-5) win in his No. 1 doubles match and he then won No. 1 singles 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 against Penn State Abington. Gainder followed that by winning his No. 2 singles match 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 against Lycoming on Saturday afternoon.
MAC Commonwealth Women’s Player of the Week
Alex Pancu (Albright / Fy. / Reading, Pa.) was a perfect 4-0 between singles and doubles matches last week for Albright. She opened the week by winning her No. 1 doubles match against Penn State Abington 8-7 (7-4) and she followed that by winning her No. 1 singles match 6-2, 7-5. Against Lycoming on Sunday, Pancu won her No. 1 doubles match 8-2 before sweeping her singles match in the No. 1 spot 6-0, 6-0.
MAC Freedom Men’s Player of the Week
Nate Redell (Lycoming / Jr. / Wellsboro, Pa.) paced the Warriors to their first dual meet wins of the season to wrap up fall play. He went 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 2-0 at No. 1 doubles. Redell did not drop a game in singles play, beating Elizabethtown’s John Ritter, 6-0, 6-0 and Albright's Kobe Serpa, 6-0, 6-0. He teamed with partner Cody Greenaway for an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles over Elizabethtown and 8-0 win over Albright.
MAC Freedom Women’s Player of the Week
Rei Saar (Lycoming / Fy. / Montoursville, Pa.) went 7-1 last week including 4-0 in singles and 3-1 in doubles play. Saar has won nine straight singles matches to wrap up fall play and her 11 singles wins are already just five wins shy of the school's single-season record. She beat Juniata's Mia Kazakavage, 6-0, 6-1 on Tuesday; Division II Lock Haven's Christy McLean, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in dramatic form under the lights at Brandon Park on Thursday; Elizabethtown's Kaylee Mustard, 6-2, 6-4, Saturday; and Albright's Lauren China, 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. Saar teamed with Emily Engelhardt to post an 8-3 win at Juniata; teamed with Addison Angstadt to beat Lock Haven, 8-3; and teamed with Emily Wolfgang for an 8-2 win against Albright.