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4/16/25 West Alabama Men’s Tennis vs Mississippi College (Senior Day)

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Men's Tennis Darrell Redden Jr.

Afonso Portugal Named GSC Player of the Week

LIVINGSTON, Ala. - The University of West Alabama Men's Tennis' Afonso Portugal was named the GSC Player of the Week on Wednesday. 

Portugal and the Tigers went 2-0 on the week with a 6-1 win coming against Spring Hill and a 6-0 victory against Tuskegee.

In those two matches, Portugal was sensational in Line two in both singles and doubles. In Line Two singles, Portugal defeated Spring Hill's Filipe Grebentsov (6-1, 6-0) before handling Tuskegee's Emmanuel Wettey, (6-1, 6-0) to cap off the week.

In doubles play, the Graduate Student teamed up with Maksim Goncharov and took home a pair of dominant wins. The duo of Portugal and Goncharov defeated the Badgers' duo of Luke Tucker and Will Huckell, 6-0, before closing the week with a 6-1 victory over the Golden Tigers' Emmanuel Wettey and Jack Shaw.

Portugal and the Tigers will be back in action on Saturday for a road matchup against Alabama State.

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Players Mentioned

Afonso Portugal

Afonso Portugal

Graduate Student
Maksim Goncharov

Maksim Goncharov

6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Afonso Portugal

Afonso Portugal

Graduate Student
Maksim Goncharov

Maksim Goncharov

6' 0"
Freshman