Peter Fitzgerald of the Kalamazoo College men's tennis team was named the SAAC Men's Hornet of the Week on Tuesday (Feb. 7).
The men's tennis team opened their season with two home matches this past week against North Central (Feb. 3) and Kenyon (Feb. 4). The Hornets dropped their first match to the Cardinals (#8 in the central region) 7-2 before also falling to the Owls (#20 nationally, #5 in the central region) 7-2.
Fitzgerald was the best Hornet on the court, compiling a 3-1 overall record. He went 2-0 in the #2 singles slot, including a win over the #19 player in the central region in Luis Plata from Kenyon. He first defeated Daniel Estanislao from North Central 6-4, 6-1 before taking down Plata 6-4, 6-2. Fitzgerald and his doubles partner Gabe Vidinas went 1-1 in #1 doubles matches, defeating the #1 doubles team from Kenyon 8-4. They were close to going 2-0 but narrowly fell to the #1 doubles team from North Central 8-7 (7-3).
For his career, Fitzgerald is 21-8 (8-0 MIAA) in singles matches and 30-15 (12-0 MIAA) in doubles matches. The senior was selected to the All-MIAA First Team in 2022 after finishing 15-6 (7-0 MIAA) in singles and 15-10 (7-0 MIAA) in doubles. He is also a two-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll member.
Kalamazoo will have a single home match this week, welcoming Oberlin to town on Saturday (Feb. 11) at 10 a.m.
2022-23 Men's Hornets of the Week
Peter Fitzgerald, Tennis
Josh Decker, Basketball
Sam Ankley, Diving
Oliver Tye, Swimming
Ty Horky, Basketball
DJ Courtney, Basketball
Caleb Caul, Basketball
Ty Horky, Basketball
Sam Ankley, Diving
Josh Decker, Basketball
Lukas Broadsword, Basketball
Sam Ankley, Diving
Jonah Spates, Football
Payton Fleming, Football
Zach Butters, Swimming
Ben Pickrel, Swimming
Tyler Omness, Golf
Josh Nichols, Football
Lance Taylor, Football
Bubba Wilson, Football
Ian Burr, Football