Joao Benvenutti Award Player of the Week Week Of 4/8/2024 Sport Men's Tennis School Luther College Year Sophomore Position Hometown Brazil High School Men’s Tennis – Player of the Week Joao Benvenutti, Luther College So., Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil/Colegio Saber The Norse picked up wins over Dubuque (9-0) and Central (9-0) in conference action and a non-conference win over Carleton (5-4). Benvenutti went 3-0 on the week with wins against Dubuque and Carleton. Against Dubuque, the sophomore at No. 2 singles defeated Rashuan Duck 6-0, 6-1. At No. 1 doubles pairing up with Lev van Hemert, the duo took down Jack Rivkin and Cooper Kline of Carleton 8-6. At No. 1 singles, Benvenutti picked up an important win for the Norse over Yuv Kataria 6-2, 3-6, 10-4. Luther is now 17-5 overall and 4-0 in conference action. The Norse are back in action this week with two conference matches against Wartburg on Tuesday and Coe on Sunday. Benvenutti is collecting his first career Men’s Tennis Player of the week honor.