SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento State senior Kevin Vieira was named

Big Sky Conference Tennis Player of the Week after leading to the

Hornets to a 3-1 record and a third place finish at the Anteater

Classic in Irvine, Calif.

Vieira, who becomes the fourth Hornet to receive the honor this

season, went a perfect 4-0 at No. 6 singles while also teaming with

Sylvain Iff to go 3-1 at No. 3 doubles.

The Turlock, Calif., native dropped just two sets in singles play

while posting victories over Jacksonville's Kamal Lelboutuouri (6-0,

6-1), UC Irvine's Renouk Wijemanne (6-3, 7-6), Memphis' Michael

LaHaie (6-1, 2-6, 6-2) and Texas A&M Corpus Christi's Jason Holland

(6-4, 4-6, 6-2).

For the season, Vieira is now 11-2 in singles play, including 1-0 at

No. 4, 2-1 at No. 5 and 8-1 at No. 6. In doubles play, he is 11-3

overall, including 2-1 at No. 2 and 9-2 at No. 3.

Sacramento State has now claimed five of the six conference player of

the week honors this season. Junior Fabio Jesus (Feb. 28), senior

Chris Smith (March 6) and junior Sherif Zaher (March 13 and March 20)

have each received the honor.

The Hornets, who are currently 13-2 overall this season, play at the

Big Sky Regionals in Ogden, Utah, this Thursday-Saturday, April 12-14.