{"id":563871,"date":"2026-03-25T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563871\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:24:09","slug":"montsi-tabbed-sec-player-of-the-week-texas-am-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563871\/","title":{"rendered":"Montsi Tabbed SEC Player of the Week – Texas A&M Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIRMINGHAM \u2013 Texas A&M’s Kholo Montsi<\/a> earned SEC Player of the Week honors following his standout performance in the Aggies’ 4-3 win over the No. 6 Mississippi State Bulldogs, the league announced Wednesday.
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\nMontsi grabbed his first SEC weekly honor of his career after going 2-0 against the Bulldogs. The junior started the match with a tiebreaker win in doubles action over Mario Martinez Serrano and Michal Novansky on court 2. After starting down 1-5, Montsi along with Alex Frusina<\/a> powered back to force a tiebreaker. The Aggie duo would go on to win the tiebreaker, 7-6(4), to secure the doubles points and the early advantage.
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\nWith the match tied at 3-all, it was on Montsi to secure the win for Texas A&M. After dropping the first set to No. 6 Petar Jovanovic, the South African was able to recover and take the last two sets to clinch, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
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\nThis was Montsi’s second clinch over a then-No. 6 team this season. When the Aggies faced the LSU Tigers, Montsi was the one to clinch a in three-set thriller to secure the upset. The junior is now 10-3 in dual action in singles, with a perfect 4-0 in conference action. Montsi has produced similar success in doubles, with a 11-4 record in dual action.
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