Hiroki Sakagawa Award Player of the Week Week Of 4/8/2026 Sport Men's Tennis School UC Irvine Year Graduate Student Position Hometown Chiba, Japan High School UC Irvine graduate student Hiroki Sakagawa won a singles match to earn The Big West Men's Tennis Player of the Week honor. It is Sakagawa's third career weekly honor from the conference, having won it twice earlier this season. The Anteater's No. 1 singles player defeated UC Davis' Lucas Bollinger in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Sakgawa was down in the second set 5-3, but rallied back to win the set and save the match. UC Irvine defeated UC Davis in the team battle, 4-3. UC Irvine is 9-6 overall and 1-0 in conference play. Sakagawa owns a team-best 9-3 singles record, all at the top of the lineup.