E8 honors for McCormick
ROCHESTER, N.Y. --
Ryan McCormick, senior on the Nazareth men's tenis team, has been named Empire 8 Conference Athlete of the Week for the week of April 9-14.
McCormick, of Rochester and a graduate of Irondequoit High School, helped Nazareth to a pair of Empire 8 Conference victories last week with dominant wins in both singles and doubles matches. In an 8-1 win over St. John Fisher last Tuesday, McCormick won at first singles in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 and then teamed with Tyler Williams for an 8-2 victory at first doubles. Then last Saturday against Utica, McCormick won again 6-0, 6-1 at first singles and 8-0 at first doubles.
McCormick is 14-5 overall at first singles for the Golden Flyers this season, including a 3-0 mark in conference matches. He ranks fifth all-time with 56 career singles victories.