Texarkana's Rodrigues and LCU's Rodrigues named RRAC Tennis Players of the Week

WACO, Texas (March 2, 2026) – Texas A&M-Texarkana's Jose Rodrigues and 18th-ranked Louisiana Christian's Raquel Coelho Rodrigues excelled this past week and have been honored as the RRAC Tennis Players of the Week for the dates of Feb. 23-March 1. This is the third set of weekly winners for the 2026 RRAC tennis season.

RRAC Men's Tennis Player of the Week – Jose Rodrigues – (RV) Texas A&M-Texarkana  

In TAMUT's 6-1 victory over John Brown (Ark.), freshman Jose Rodrigues and his partner Matias Penaranda defeated Lucas Borges and Santiago Jaime 6-2. Rodrigues won his singles match over Jaime 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. In the match against Blue Mountain (Miss.), Rodrigues and Penaranda beat Adriaan Engelbrecht and Kevin Kotzé 6-3. Rodrigues captured his singles match against Adriaan Engelbrecht 6-3, 6-3, and the team won 7-0. Against Rust (Miss.), the Eagles won 7-0. Rodrigues and Penaranda shut out Sebastian Pena Rodriguez and Zachary Auguste 6-0. Rodrigues beat Auguste 6-3, 6-1 in singles.

Rodriguez is a native of Alpiarca, Portugal.

TAMUT is 9-1 overall. The Eagles received 21 votes in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll.

RRAC Female Tennis Player of the Week - Raquel Coelho Rodrigues – (18) Louisiana Christian

In the Wildcats' 4-3 victory over Dillard (La.) Raquel Coelho Rodrigues and partner Valeria Callejo won their doubles match against Nanami Fukushima and Haruka Homma. Rodrigues defeated Canaan Ameya in her singles match 6-0, 6-4.

Rodrigues is a native of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, and a transfer from Eastern Arizona Community College.

LCU is ranked No. 18 in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Poll. The team is 4-3 overall.

Additional RRAC women's tennis player of the week nominee: Emmanouela Besi from TAMUT

RRAC Notebook

• TAMUT's Emmanouela Besi and her partner Lucia Siddens defeated Kaiya Dobson and Karen Torres Santiago 6-2. Besi won her singles match against Ana Moreno 6-0, 6-0. TAMUT defeated Blue Mountain 7-0. Besi and Siddens won their match against Lucia Rodriguez Garcia and Lina Cetina 6-3. Besi also won her singles match against Cetina 6-4, 6-1. In the match against Rust, Besi won her singles match against Catherine Ndeko Kimbiyila 6-0, 6-2.

2026 RRAC Tennis Weekly Selections:

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