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Ritwik Chatterjee Named ITA DIII National Player of the Week

3/17/2020 4:52:00 PM

Senior team captain Ritwik Chatterjee was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA)/UTR NCAA Division III National Male Player of the Week, as announced by the association March 17, 2020. It will be the final Player of the Week accolades for the season.

Chatterjee had a stellar week over spring break. The India native powered through six dual matches in four days to go 8-3 overall and 5-1 in singles play. Playing at No. 1 singles, Chatterjee showed his grit and determination by winning three of four third-set tiebreakers and broke two school records during the stretch. On Tuesday against Occidental, Chatterjee won a third set tiebreaker in singles, also match point, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7, to tie the old career singles win record with 62 victories. Later that night he broke the record with a 6-7, 6-4, 10-4 win against Wheaton, also the deciding-match point. He also defeated No. 9 Case Western Reserve's No. 5-ranked James Hopper in another third set tiebreaker 6-3, 7-6 (4), 10-4.

Capping off the week in the final match against Washington College, Chatterjee broke the record for career wins with a No. 3 doubles victory with teammate Daniel Trudell 8-5. The win marked Chatterjee's 118th career victory, putting him in sole ownership of the program's combined singles and doubles victories. In singles, Chatterjee increased that new mark to 119 after winning 6-1, 6-2.

In his career, Chatterjee has won 66 singles matches and 53 doubles matches to total 119 combined victories. 
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