OLLU's Peters, Xavier's Sanchez are RRAC Tennis Players of the Week

WACO, Texas (March 16, 2026) – The RRAC has selected (16-T) Our Lady of the Lake's (Texas) Marie Peters as Women's Tennis Player of the Week and (6) Xavier's (La.) Christian Sanchez as Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the dates of March 9-15. This is the fifth set of weekly winners for the 2026 RRAC tennis season.

RRAC Women's Tennis Player of the Week – Marie Peters – (16-T) Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)

OLLU senior Marie Peters led the Saints to a 5-2 win over Texas A&M-Texarkana. Peters and her doubles partner, Ely Laure, defeated TAMUT's Emmanouela Besi and Andrea Castillo 6-1. Peters won her singles match against Kristin Major 6-2, 6-2. The Saints defeated Ottawa (Ariz.) 4-0. Peters and Laure won their doubles match against Ottawa's Nikola Rusinova and Yasmine Hawkins 6-0. Peters won her singles match against Sienna Johnson 6-1, 6-0. The Saints completed their third win of the week with a 4-1 victory over Texas Wesleyan. Peters and Laure defeated Shelby Standokes and Micaelli Magday 6-2. Peters won her singles match against Kayaq Brunzlow 7-5, 6-0.

Peters is a native of Tongeren, Belgium.

OLLU is ranked No. 16 (tied with Georgia Gwinnett). The Saints are 7-3 overall this season.

RRAC Male Tennis Player of the Week – Christian Sanchez – (9) Xavier (La.)

Christian Sanchez won all three of his singles matches as XULA's No. 2 and went 3–0 in doubles with Nereo Suarez at No. 1. XULA, currently ranked No. 9 in the nation, defeated NCAA Division II opponent Drury (Mo.) 6–1 and No. 3 Cumberlands (Ky.) 4–3 but fell 4–1 to No. 2 Tennessee Wesleyan. Against Drury, Sanchez defeated Matthieu Gachon 7–5, 6–7(4), 7–5 and partnered with Suarez to defeat Chuy Gonzalez and Tristan Stock 7–5. Against Cumberlands, he defeated Jacopo Cianfarini 7–6(2), 3–6, 6–2 and partnered with Suarez to defeat Gabriele Solda and Darius Kuster 6–3. Sanchez represented XULA's only point in the Tennessee Wesleyan match, defeating Sefarin Zund 7–5, 6–4. Although XULA did not claim the doubles point, Sanchez and Suarez defeated Lucas Grana and Lucas Perez 6–2.

XULA is 9-5 overall. The Gold Rush is ranked No. 9 in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll.

Additional RRAC men's tennis players of the week nominees: Jose Rodrigues from (RV 24) TAMUT, Jaroslav Majsadr from (10) OLLU

RRAC Notebook

• LCU junior Valeria Callejo won 6-0, 6-0 against (RV 26) Bethel (Tenn.), 6-1, 6-3 against (RV 6) Mobile (Ala.), and 6-0, 6-0 versus Doane (Neb.). She also won all three doubles matches.
• TAMUT senior Andrea Castillo won her singles matches against Bethel, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Mobile 6-2, 6-7, 6-2; Doane 6-1, 6-0; OLLU 1-3 (OLLU ret.); Ottawa 6-4, 6-0; and University of Dallas 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. She lost two of three doubles matches.
• XULA's Maja Brnic went 2–0 in singles and 2–0 while partnering with McKenna Wheatley.
• TAMUT's Jose Rodriguez won his singles matches against OLLU, Ottawa, Doane, and Bethel. He lost his doubles match against OLLU and Ottawa, and won against Doane and Bethel.
• OLLU's Jaroslav Majsadr won his singles and doubles matches against Texas A&M-Kingsville and Texas Wesleyan.

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