Charlotte freshman Michael Anders was named first-team All-Atlantic 10 for his outstanding opening collegiate campaign. |
|
|
Trio of Niners Honored Among League's Best Men's Tennis Players
April 17, 2008
Philadelphia, Pa. - Charlotte freshman Michael Anders was named first-team All-Atlantic 10, senior Felix Bernhoerster landed on the second team and Brad Clinard was selected to the All-Academic team for men's tennis, league officials announced.
Anders was Charlotte's top singles performer in the spring season, finishing with a 13-7 record, including a 3-0 record in conference matches. Overall, he was 5-4 at number-three singles and 6-2 in the number-four spot in the lineup.
Bernhoerster played up at number-one this season due to injuries and was a positive influence and leader among the young roster. He and younger brother Moritz finished 8-9 as a tandem in doubles play. He helped Charlotte finish the season with a key win, beating Richmond's number-one player Doug Banker in the opening match of the A-10 Championships.
Clinard battled injuries and was a clutch performer later in the season. He was able to keep up his grades while playing and rehabbing, keeping a 4.0 grade point average in Economics. He finished the season with four singles victories and 10 wins in doubles play.
After leading Xavier to its first-ever Atlantic 10 Men's Tennis Championship, junior Doug Matthews was named the A-10 men's tennis Most Outstanding Performer, Yan Levinski of George Washington was named Most Outstanding Rookie Performer and Xavier head coach Eric Toth was tabbed as Coach of the Year. Senior Sam Salyer of George Washington was selected as the Student-Athlete of the Year.
Others on the first-team are Dayton's Michael Rohona; Alex Mast and Michael Ortega of Duquesne; George Washington's Mustafa Gencsoy and Erik Hannah; Victor Lecina of St. Bonaventure; Saint Louis' Felipe Acosta; and Chris Herrlinger and Ra'ees Ismail of Xavier. Gencsoy is on the A-10 All-Conference first-team for the fourth straight year, while Matthews is honored for the third year in a row and Ismail and Ortega are making their second appearances.
|
|
 |
The All-Conference second-team also consists of Dayton's James O'Connell; Jeremy McClelland of Duquesne; George Washington's Sam Salyer; Leo Mochiznki, Jon Luce, and Diego Valdenegro of St. Bonaventure; Pat Adams from Saint Joseph's ; P.J. Hendrie and Sean McManus of Saint Louis; and Xavier's J.T. Torbeck and Brian Schubert.
Salyer, a senior from Minneapolis, Minn., was named the Student-Athlete of the Year after finishing the season with a 16-13 overall singles mark, which included three doubles wins and one singles victory from the third flight in the A-10 Championship. The American studies major won 10 of his final 16 matches of the season.
Joining Salyer and Clinard on the Academic All-Conference team are All-Conference honorees Chris Butera of La Salle; Ra'ees Ismail of Xavier; and Duquesne's Mark Maciuch and Adam Reeb of Saint Louis. It marks the third straight year that Salyer has been selected to the Academic All-Conference team, while Ismail and Reeb earn honors for the second time.
