Men's Tennis | 4/9/2025 11:31:14 AM

NORFOLK, Va., Apr. 9, 2025 — Norfolk State sophomore Jakub Solarski has been named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men's Tennis Player of the Week, while fellow Spartan Igor Kubalka earned MEAC Rookie of the Week honors. 

Solarski (So., Lodz, Poland) went 4-0 on the week with a pair of wins in both singles and doubles action helping the Spartans to a 2-0 week. In singles, Solarski picked up a 6-4, 6-3 win over Hampton’s No. 1 Donte Armbrister and followed with a 7-5, 6-1 win against Navy’s No. 1 J.J. Etterbeek. In doubles, Solarski went 2-0 with partner Deniz Okyay, picking up a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles against Hampton, while collecting a 7-5 win at No. 2 doubles versus Navy. 

Kubalka (Fr., Andrychow, Poland) went 1-1 in singles with a perfect 2-0 record in doubles as the Spartans went 2-0 on the week with wins over Hampton and Navy. He dropped his singles match against Hampton’s Aryan Arora, 3-6, 5-7, before closing the week with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Navy’s Steve Nguyen. Kubalka won 6-2 versus Hampton and 7-5 against Navy in doubles action with partner Frederick McRae.

Other Top Performers  

• Hassimiyou Dieng (Howard) earned a hard-fought three-set singles win over Benedict Badza (4-6, 6-4, 7-6 [7-4]) while also securing the 6-4 doubles victory with partner Kendrick Lash.
• Kaosie Nwokedi (Howard) collected a 6-2, 6-2 singles win over Hampton’s Yanozie Amadike, while dropping a close match 4-6 at No. 2 doubles.
• Hugo Hidalgo Vega (NCCU) closed out MEAC regular season play with a No. 1 singles win over SCSU's Mikalai Bankou (7-5, 6-3), improving to 4-1 in conference singles.