| April 26, 2006
Contact: Carlos Valdez (210) 458-4930 UTSA’s Moreira collects SLC Freshman of the Year and first team all-conference honors All-conference team
PLANO - The UTSA men’s team placed three in the 2006 Southland Conference all-conference team with freshman Andrea Moreira (right) picking up SLC Freshman of the Year and first team all-conference at the No. 2 singles, announced by the conference office Wednesday morning.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Southeastern Louisiana each had nine student-athletes receive either singles or doubles all-conference merits, while UTSA and Texas-Arlington had three student-athletes earn all-conference honors.
Joining Morant-Rivas, men’s Player of the Year, on the All-SLC first team as an automatic qualifier is freshman Andre Moreira of UTSA, sophomore Matthieu Leboucher of Southeastern Louisiana, sophomore Jan Cingel of TAMCC and sophomore Vladimir Paunic of SLU. Senior Niels Buksik of Texas-Arlington was voted to the first team at No. 6 singles by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.
Moreira was undefeated, 4-0, at No. 2 singles while Leboucher and Cingel went 3-0 at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively. Moreira was also named the SLC Freshman of the Year, only the second player in UTSA men’s tennis history to earn this honor. Senior teammate Jonas Hoglund was the other in 2003. Producing the only flawless SLC record was Paunic. The sophomore from Novi Sad, Serbia went 6-0 at No. 5 singles verses SLC opponents.
Joining UTSA’s Moreira’s on the All-SLC first-team is the Roadrunners No. 3 doubles tandem of Joe Olfindo (left) and Adam Becker. Olfindo, a senior, and Becker, a sophomore, were tagged as automatic all-conference picks after totaling a 4-0 mark.
2006 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
SINGLES
No. 1 #Raul Morant-Rivas^ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Jr. Barcelona, Spain
No. 2 #Andre Moreira Texas-San Antonio Fr. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
No. 3 #Matthieu Leboucher Southeastern Louisiana So. LePerreux, France
No. 4 #Jan Cingel Texas A&M-Corpus Christi So. Slovak Republic
No. 5 #Vladimir Paunic Southeastern Louisiana So. Novi Sad, Serbia
No. 6 Niels Buksik Texas-Arlington Sr. Stuttgart, Germany
DOUBLES
No. 1 #Mikhail Pavlov Texas A&M-Corpus Christi So. Moscow, Russia
#Andrey Kumantsov Jr. Tula, Russia
No. 2 Matthieu Leboucher Southeastern Louisiana So. LePerreux, France
Julien Lausao Jr. Noisy, France
No. 3 #Joe Olfindo Texas-San Antonio Sr. Houston, Texas
#Adam Becker So. Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
SECOND TEAM
SINGLES
No. 1 Sandy Farguharson~ Texas-Arlington Sr. Cheam, England
No. 2 #Andrey Kumantsov Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Jr. Tula, Russia
No. 3 Mikhail Pavlov Texas A&M-Corpus Christi So. Moscow, Russia
No. 4 Alberto Agis^ Texas-Arlington So. Pontevedra, Spain
No. 5 Jose Ycaza Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Fr. Guayaquil, Ecuador
No. 6 Julien Lausao Southeastern Louisiana Jr. Noisy, France
DOUBLES
No. 1 Haris Huremovic Southeastern Louisiana Sr. Sarajevo, Bosnia
Ondrej Krivka So. Louny, Czech Republic
No. 2 Raul Morant-Rivas Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Jr. Barcelona, Spain
Jose Ycaza Fr. Guayaquil, Ecuador
No. 3 Ilie Babincuic Southeastern Louisiana So. Kishinev, Moldova
Vladimir Paunic So. Novi Sad, Serbia
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Raul Morant-Rivas, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Jr. / Barcelona, Spain) +
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Andre Moreira, Texas-San Antonio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Filip Kanczula, Lamar (So. / Wroclaw, Poland)
COACH OF THE YEAR: Jason Hayes, Southeastern Louisiana
#Automatic first team based on undefeated conference record at position nominated.
^2005 All-SLC first team selection
~2005 All-SLC second team selection
+2005 SLC Player of the Year
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