Dimitri Badra claims third SoCon honor this season

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (March 8, 2022) – ETSU’s very own Dimitri Badra (Maracay, Venezuela) has been named the Southern Conference men’s tennis player of the week for all matches played March 1-7, the conference announced on Tuesday. 

Badra went 4-0 last week, including a pair of straight-sets singles wins, as the Bucs topped Wofford and UNC Asheville. In the 7-0 win over the Terriers on Friday, Badra topped Ashe Ray at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-1. He also teamed with Juan Jose Vargas (North Santander, Colombia) to earn a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles.

In a 6-1 win at UNC Asheville on Saturday, the redshirt-sophomore from picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win over Jon Brann Reid at No. 1 singles and again paired with Vargas for a win at No. 2 doubles, this time by a 7-6 (7-5) count.

The award is Badra’s second straight and third of the season overall.

ETSU, ranked No. 74 nationally, (8-4, 2-0 SoCon) hosts Lipscomb on Friday at 12:30 p.m. and Gardner-Webb on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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