IRVINE, Calif.—University of Hawai'i men's tennis player Blaz Seric was named the Big West Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week for the second time in his career after a strong showing at the Pacific Central Valley Championships.


It is the third time this season that a Rainbow Warrior has earned the conference's weekly honor joining teammate Andre Ilagan who won the award on  Feb. 12 and Feb. 26.

Seric, a junior from Remshalden, Germany finished 2-1 in singles and 2-0 in doubles to help UH come away with two wins in three matches at the tournament hosted by Fresno State.

From the No. 3 singles spot, Seric defeated Pacific's Nathan Hampton in a hard fought 6-4, 7-6 (2) battle. He closed the tourney with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Nevada's Delmas N'tcha.

At No. 2 doubles, Seric partnered with Axel Labrunie to win both of their matches. The duo knocked off Hampton and John Horoz Garner of Pacific, 6-2, before toppling N'tcha and Gvidas Motuzas of Nevada by a 6-3 score.

Seric helped Hawai'i to improve to 7-5 overall as UH upended Pacific (4-0) and Nevada (4-1) while falling to San Francisco (4-2).
 
Individually, Seric now has a 7-3 overall singles record and is 5-3 with doubles partner Axel Labrunie.