FARMINGTON, Utah -- Sophomore Mario Duron has been selected as the Big Sky Conference Co-Player of the Week, announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon.

The newcomer from Virginia Commonwealth earns his first career Player of the Week award. 

Duron went a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles play in two matches against Sacramento State and Montana State last week. He helped lead Idaho to a 5-2 victory over the first-seeded Bobcats, handing MSU its first conference loss this season. 

The Monterrey, Mexico native posted two team points for Idaho in singles play with wins over Sac State's Rudolfs Aksenoks (6-3, 2-6, 6-0) and Montana State's Nejc Sitar (6-2, 7-6) at the No. 5 position. 

He improves to 10-7 overall and a perfect 5-0 in conference play in singles competition. 

In doubles, Duron partnered up with freshman Francisco Gay to win their third match in a row as a duo. The tandem upended Rudolfs Aksenoks and Patrick Wong of Sac State, 6-1 on Saturday and followed it up with a 6-3 win over the Bobcats No. 3 Brad Buckland and Marcos Zelver.
   
Duron and Gay move to 4-1 as partners while Duron goes to 7-5 overall on the season. 

The Vandals look to close out their home schedule this week when the squad hosts Idaho State (April 15 at 11 a.m.) and Montana (April 16 at 3 p.m.). 

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