Ben Cirilo

  • Award
    Rookie of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/16/2012
  • Sport
    Men's Tennis
  • School
    Lehman College
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Bronx, NY
  • High School
    Forsyth
Rookie Ben Cirilo earns his first weekly award after winning all six of his matches following Lehman’s 2-1 week. The junior from the Bronx started his week at number four singles defeating York’s Timoteo Baltazar 6-0, 6-1 not before teaming up with partner Philip Akogu to beat Erick Giron and Justin Mo in doubles (8-2). Against St. Joseph’s Brooklyn, Cirlio paired up with Andres Restrepo to sweep the doubles victory 8-0 and later in his singles match defeated James Hanophy 6-1, 6-1. He finished the week with two match wins against Staten Island defeating Oscar Wu 6-2, 6-2 in singles and then again in doubles beating out Wu and Daniel Ursomanno 9-7 with teammate Akogu.