Rockhurst University’s Arturo Baravalle (Cordoba, Argentina) is the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week. Baravalle, a sophomore for the Hawks, collected three wins in singles play and three wins in doubles action to help his team post three wins last week.

In Rockhurst’s 5-1 win over Midwestern State on Wednesday, Baravalle rallied for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 win over Vjekoslav Stipanic at No. 1 singles. He also teamed with Victor Klintcharov to top Midwestern State’s Tiago Vilarinho and Chip Threadgill in No. 2 doubles, 8-3.

Baravalle notched a win at No. 2 singles in Rockhurst’s 9-0 win over Quincy on Friday. He defeated the Hawks’ Alonzo Marroquin, 6-2, 6-0. In addition, Baravalle again teamed with Klintcharov at No. 2 doubles to claim an 8-4 win over Marroquin and Rodrigo Marroquin.

In Saturday’s 8-1 win over Missouri-St. Louis, Baravalle returned to No. 1 singles and defeated Andi Dimke, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7. He and Klintcharov also collected a win at No. 2 singles by topping Daniel Anthony and Peter Hantack, 8-4

On the week, Baravalle was 2-0 at No. 1 singles, 1-0 at No. 2 singles and 3-0 at No. 2 doubles. He is 7-2 overall on the year in singles action and 8-0 in doubles.

Rockhurst (8-1) is 2-0 in the GLVC following the weekend’s victories and will visit Bellarmine on Friday. The Hawks are currently ranked third in the ITA Midwest Regional Poll.