Legall Wins C-USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for Second Time

BOCA RATON, Fla. – For the second time this year, and earning the program's fourth weekly honor of 2019, Florida Atlantic University men's tennis player Jason Legall is the latest Conference USA Athlete of the Week, as announced Wednesday.

Legall posted an undefeated weekend in both singles and doubles in leading the Owls to three consecutive shutouts. All of his wins came in the No. 1 slot. Against George Washington on Saturday, he took a straight-set singles victory, 6-0, 6-2. The next day against VCU, a 7-5 doubles win with Ignacio Garcia clinched the first point, and he followed that with a three-set singles win (6-1, 3-6, 6-1). Finally, on Monday against UNC Asheville (10-1 coming into the match), Legall again paired with Garcia for a doubles win (6-4), then was nearly flawless in singles, winning 6-0, 6-2.

The sophomore native of Palm Coast, Florida, has posted four straight No. 1 singles wins, and he and Garcia are 12-6 in the dual match season at No. 1 doubles. He previously took this award on Jan. 30, following teammate Mehdi Laalej (Jan. 16) and preceding Kirac Bekisoglu (Feb. 20). The Owls are on a four-match winning streak as a team and host a doubleheader this upcoming Saturday, against UAB (9 a.m.) and UConn (2:30 p.m.) at the FAU Tennis Complex.

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