CANTON, Ga. – After week three of action for men’s tennis, Hyden of Sewanee takes singles honors and Trinity claims doubles accolades.
Around the SAA:
SAA Men’s Tennis Schedule/Results
SAA Men’s Tennis Standings
ITA Rankings
2026 SAA Men’s Tennis Championship Central
Athletes of the Week:
Singles:
Henry Hyden | Sewanee | JR | Daniel Island, SC – Henry Hyden went 2-0 on the weekend at line two singles against No.23-ranked Mary Washington and No.24-ranked Christopher Newport. Hyden defeated Trevor Rein of Mary Washington, coming back after dropping the first set, and took the third in a third-set tiebreaker, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). On Sunday, against No. 24-ranked Christopher Newport’s Barrett Foster 6-3, 6-0, helping Sewanee to a 7-0 sweep of the Capitals, handing them their first loss of the season.
Doubles:
Kishan Kersten | JR | Plano, TX / Jared Perry | JR | Tucson, AZ (Trinity) - Kersten and Perry led #14 Trinity to a pair of road wins over the weekend, defeating 18th-ranked Redlands 5-2 before scoring a 6-1 win at Occidental to close the California road trip. The Tiger duo clinched the doubles point in the win at Redlands on Saturday, then got the first victory of a doubles sweep against Occidental the next day. Kersten and Perry have now won three straight doubles matches after starting the year 0-2.
Notable Performances
Singles:
- Sam Tuli | Millsaps | SR | Ocean Springs, MS – Millsaps men's tennis senior Sam Tuli dominated on Court 3 singles for the Majors over the weekend. On Saturday, he bested an NCAA Division II foe at Christian Brothers, 6-3, 6-2. He closed the week out on Sunday by bettering his opponent at NJCAA Northwest Mississippi Community College, 6-0, 6-2.
- Nathan Qi | Southwestern | SR | Austin, TX – Nathan Qi put together a performance on court 1 Saturday afternoon against Schreiner going 6-2, 7-6 (4) and came back in the second being down 0-4!
- Jared Perry | Trinity | JR | Tucson, AZ – Perry led the 14th-ranked Trinity men's tennis team to a pair of wins in California over the weekend, defeating #18 Redlands 5-2 on Saturday, then finishing with a dominating 6-1 win at Occidental on Sunday. Perry got the clinching point at #2 singles in the win at Redlands, winning 6-3, 6-4 to put the Tigers up 4-1 at the time. He was also part of the top line doubles team that clinched the doubles point earlier in the match. Perry came back the next day with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Occidental that put the Tigers up 5-0. He is now 2-1 in singles to start the season, winning both of his matches at line two this weekend.
Doubles:
- Bernie Clemente | SR / Parth Patel | SR (Southwestern) - The senior duo won a 6-2 decisive win on Saturday afternoon against Schreiner University to help the Pirates will the doubles point & defeat Schreiner 6-1.
2026 Men’s Tennis Report Archive (AOW Singles/Doubles)
Week One - Feb. 10 (Roshin Kamath/Max Verellen & Lucas Wrigley)
Week Two - Feb. 17 (Andre-Remi Jakobi/Andre-Remi Jakobi & Samuel Schroerlucke)
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