Lotlikar has opened the year with back-to-back NEC Player of the Week awards thanks to another undefeated week in singles action. The senior won both of his singles matches from the No. 1 position and guided Binghamton to a 4-2 win over Fairfield on February 8. Lotlikar claimed a 6-3, 7-5 straight-sets victory over Fairfield's Diego Alcala and battled to a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win against Army's Jackson Armistead. He is now 4-1 in dual matches this season, all from the No. 1 slot.