Belhaven University Athletics

This week's C Spire Blazers Athlete of the Week is Jefferson Nino of the men's tennis team. Nino, a sophomore from Bogota, Columbia, went 2-0 in both singles matches and doubles matches against Lee University and William Carey University. Nino defeated Vincent Audy of Lee 6-0, 6-0 and teamed up with David Mejia to top Kevin Tan and Vincent Audy in doubles competition 8-4. Nino then picked up a 6-4, 6-4 win over Marthinius Visser of William Carey and once again teamed with Mejia to edge Jody Claasen and Edward Spillman 8-6 in a doubles match. Nino was also named the Southern States Athletic Conference Player of the Week.