Daijima and Gandini Sweep Men’s Tennis BIG EAST Weekly Awards For Second Time
3/17/2025 3:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
OMAHA, Neb. – For the second time this season, senior Alejandro Gandini and junior Yuma Daijima have swept the Men's Tennis BIG EAST Weekly Awards. Gandini was named the BIG EAST Male Singles Player of the Week, while Daijima and Gandini collected BIG EAST Male Doubles Team of the Week honors, the league announced on Monday afternoon.
This marks the first time that Gandini has been named BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week in his career. He has now also teamed up with Daijima for four BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week honors, including their third such acclaim this season.
Return to singles play for the first time since Feb. 16, Gandini guided the Bluejays to a 2-1 overall record with wins over the reigning BIG EAST Tournament Champion DePaul and Georgetown, while posting a perfect 2-0 mark at the top singles position.
The Santiago, Dominican Republic native opened the weekend by helping clinch the overall dual against DePaul with a 6-2, 7-6 straight set victory over Matteo Iaquinto on Friday. The two-time All-BIG EAST selection then claimed a tight 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 straight sets win over Georgetown's Jake Fellows on Saturday to pick up his third BIG EAST singles win of the season.
Overall, Gandini holds an 8-2 overall singles record with all eight wins coming at the No. 1 singles position.
In addition to his success on the singles court, Gandini posted a productive week of doubles play, claiming BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week with three victories at the No. 2 doubles position with Daijima.
The dynamic duo posted a thrilling 7-6 (7-4) win over Cal Poly's Sean Ferguson and Aaron Eliscu to clinch the doubles point for the Jays on Tuesday, before knocking off DePaul's Elias Anwar and Thomas Giles, 6-4, as the Bluejays upset the defending BIG EAST Tournament champions on their home court.
The tandem then recorded a 6-2 win over Georgetown's Akira Morganstern and Adhvyte Sharma on Saturday to pick up their eighth consecutive doubles win at the No. 2 doubles position.
Overall, Daijima and Gandini have recorded a 10-1 mark in doubles play this season, while guiding the Bluejays to the doubles point in 13 of the 15 contests this spring.
Gandini, Daijima and the rest of the Bluejays will return to the courts on Saturday, March 22 at 2 p.m. when they host Illinois State at the Westside High School Tennis Courts.
This marks the first time that Gandini has been named BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week in his career. He has now also teamed up with Daijima for four BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week honors, including their third such acclaim this season.
Return to singles play for the first time since Feb. 16, Gandini guided the Bluejays to a 2-1 overall record with wins over the reigning BIG EAST Tournament Champion DePaul and Georgetown, while posting a perfect 2-0 mark at the top singles position.
The Santiago, Dominican Republic native opened the weekend by helping clinch the overall dual against DePaul with a 6-2, 7-6 straight set victory over Matteo Iaquinto on Friday. The two-time All-BIG EAST selection then claimed a tight 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 straight sets win over Georgetown's Jake Fellows on Saturday to pick up his third BIG EAST singles win of the season.
Overall, Gandini holds an 8-2 overall singles record with all eight wins coming at the No. 1 singles position.
In addition to his success on the singles court, Gandini posted a productive week of doubles play, claiming BIG EAST Doubles Team of the Week with three victories at the No. 2 doubles position with Daijima.
The dynamic duo posted a thrilling 7-6 (7-4) win over Cal Poly's Sean Ferguson and Aaron Eliscu to clinch the doubles point for the Jays on Tuesday, before knocking off DePaul's Elias Anwar and Thomas Giles, 6-4, as the Bluejays upset the defending BIG EAST Tournament champions on their home court.
The tandem then recorded a 6-2 win over Georgetown's Akira Morganstern and Adhvyte Sharma on Saturday to pick up their eighth consecutive doubles win at the No. 2 doubles position.
Overall, Daijima and Gandini have recorded a 10-1 mark in doubles play this season, while guiding the Bluejays to the doubles point in 13 of the 15 contests this spring.
Gandini, Daijima and the rest of the Bluejays will return to the courts on Saturday, March 22 at 2 p.m. when they host Illinois State at the Westside High School Tennis Courts.
BIG EAST Tennis Weekly Awards
Women's Singles Player of the Week: Emily Novikov, Georgetown
Women's Doubles Team of the Week: Noemi Babikova and Alicia Gomez, St. John's
Men's Singles Player of the Week: Alejandro Gandini, Creighton
Men's Doubles Team of the Week: Alejandro Gandini and Yuma Daihimia, Creighton
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