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Slump, Horak headline Blue Raiders in All-Conference Awards
5/3/2023 11:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — After completing their fourth straight Conference USA title, six members of the Middle Tennessee men's tennis were named to All-Conference awards, announced by the league office on Wednesday.
"It's always nice to see our guys getting recognized for their hard work, said MTSU Assistant Coach Andrea Caligiana. "I believe Pavel had been getting snubbed from the conference over the years even though he has always been a key factor to our team dominance of the in C-USA. I was very happy for him to finally receive a big individual award being named the tournament MVP. I am very proud of Ondrej and Marcel for stepping up in doubles too and I am happy to see that all our guys got rewarded from our conference peers all receiving some kind of award."
"I was surprised not seeing Coach Jimmy's name next to the coach of the year award. He has built something that has never before in C-USA. At the end of the day, these are just awards, and this is not what pushes us to work hard every single day."
Graduate Student Stijn Slump tabbed Conference USA Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Slump's singles record is 15-8 with 14 of his wins coming on court No. 1. His doubles record is 18-4 including 16-4 on court No. 2. He is the highest ranked player in Conference USA and has been throughout the whole season. He has tallied six ranked wins including two top-30 wins against No. 26 Ozan Baris of Michigan State and No. 28 Etienne Donnet of Louisville.
Freshman Ondrej Horak won Conference USA Freshman of the Year. Horak is 19-4 in singles including eight wins against Power-5 programs. The freshman mainly played on court No. 4 going 16-4 and 3-0 on court No. 3. He won his first 12 matches to start the season. With the fall combined, his record is 24-8. The 24 wins is good for fourth all-time among freshman in program history.
Graduate Student Pavel Motl was named Outstanding Singles Player of the Championships. Motl, had a perfect singles record during the C-USA Championship. He was able to bring a point to the Blue Raiders and won both matches easily. The graduate student only lost seven games in the whole tournament, and no one won more than two games in a set against him. Motl defeated UAB's Thanos Spyropoulos 6-2, 6-2 and UTSA's Garrett Skelly 6-1, 6-2 to help lead the Blue Raiders to their fourth straight C-USA title.
The freshman duo of Horak and Marcel Kamrowski earned Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship. The two had perfect doubles outing during the Conference USA Championship. The two defeated UAB's Carlos Gimenez-Perez and Parker Bradbarry 6-4 and UTSA's Jackson Ross and Garrett Skelly 6-4. Both wins helped the Blue Raiders secure the doubles point in route to a fourth-straight C-USA title.
Francisco Rocha and Slump were named to the First Team All-Singles. Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Horak were tabbed as Second Team All-Singles.
In doubles, Brostrom Pouslen/Rocha and Motl/Slump both earned First Team All-Doubles.
2023 Conference USA Men's Tennis Superlative Awards
Player of the Year: Stijn Slump, Middle Tennessee
Freshman of the Year: Ondrej Horak, Middle Tennessee
Newcomer of the Year: Alberto Colas Sanchez, Florida Atlantic
Outstanding Singles Player of the Championship: Pavel Motl, Middle Tennessee
Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship: Ondrej Horak/Marcel Kamrowski, Middle Tennessee
Coach of the Year: Sergey Avdeyev, UTSA
All-Conference Singles-First Team:
Alberto Colas Sanchez, Florida Atlantic
Stijn Slump, Middle Tennessee
Francisco Rocha, Middle Tennessee
Michal Lusovsky, UAB
Tiago Torres, UTSA
Alan Magadan, UTSA
All-Conference Singles-Second Team:
Coy Simon, Charlotte
Hunter Robbins, Florida Atlantic
Oskar Brostrom Poulsen, Middle Tennessee
Ondrej Horak, Middle Tennessee
Trinity Grear, Rice
Roman Postolka, UAB
All-Conference Doubles-First Team:
Oskar Brostrom Poulsen/Francisco Rocha, Middle Tennessee
Pavel Motl/Stijn Slump, Middle Tennessee
Alan Magadan/Sebastian Rodriguez, UTSA
All-Conference Doubles-Second Team:
Kevin Huempfner/Nicolas Acevedo, Florida Atlantic
Wes Barnett/Trinity Grear, Rice
Roman Postolka/Nikola Puric, UAB
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"It's always nice to see our guys getting recognized for their hard work, said MTSU Assistant Coach Andrea Caligiana. "I believe Pavel had been getting snubbed from the conference over the years even though he has always been a key factor to our team dominance of the in C-USA. I was very happy for him to finally receive a big individual award being named the tournament MVP. I am very proud of Ondrej and Marcel for stepping up in doubles too and I am happy to see that all our guys got rewarded from our conference peers all receiving some kind of award."
"I was surprised not seeing Coach Jimmy's name next to the coach of the year award. He has built something that has never before in C-USA. At the end of the day, these are just awards, and this is not what pushes us to work hard every single day."
Graduate Student Stijn Slump tabbed Conference USA Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Slump's singles record is 15-8 with 14 of his wins coming on court No. 1. His doubles record is 18-4 including 16-4 on court No. 2. He is the highest ranked player in Conference USA and has been throughout the whole season. He has tallied six ranked wins including two top-30 wins against No. 26 Ozan Baris of Michigan State and No. 28 Etienne Donnet of Louisville.
Freshman Ondrej Horak won Conference USA Freshman of the Year. Horak is 19-4 in singles including eight wins against Power-5 programs. The freshman mainly played on court No. 4 going 16-4 and 3-0 on court No. 3. He won his first 12 matches to start the season. With the fall combined, his record is 24-8. The 24 wins is good for fourth all-time among freshman in program history.
Graduate Student Pavel Motl was named Outstanding Singles Player of the Championships. Motl, had a perfect singles record during the C-USA Championship. He was able to bring a point to the Blue Raiders and won both matches easily. The graduate student only lost seven games in the whole tournament, and no one won more than two games in a set against him. Motl defeated UAB's Thanos Spyropoulos 6-2, 6-2 and UTSA's Garrett Skelly 6-1, 6-2 to help lead the Blue Raiders to their fourth straight C-USA title.
The freshman duo of Horak and Marcel Kamrowski earned Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship. The two had perfect doubles outing during the Conference USA Championship. The two defeated UAB's Carlos Gimenez-Perez and Parker Bradbarry 6-4 and UTSA's Jackson Ross and Garrett Skelly 6-4. Both wins helped the Blue Raiders secure the doubles point in route to a fourth-straight C-USA title.
Francisco Rocha and Slump were named to the First Team All-Singles. Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Horak were tabbed as Second Team All-Singles.
In doubles, Brostrom Pouslen/Rocha and Motl/Slump both earned First Team All-Doubles.
2023 Conference USA Men's Tennis Superlative Awards
Player of the Year: Stijn Slump, Middle Tennessee
Freshman of the Year: Ondrej Horak, Middle Tennessee
Newcomer of the Year: Alberto Colas Sanchez, Florida Atlantic
Outstanding Singles Player of the Championship: Pavel Motl, Middle Tennessee
Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship: Ondrej Horak/Marcel Kamrowski, Middle Tennessee
Coach of the Year: Sergey Avdeyev, UTSA
All-Conference Singles-First Team:
Alberto Colas Sanchez, Florida Atlantic
Stijn Slump, Middle Tennessee
Francisco Rocha, Middle Tennessee
Michal Lusovsky, UAB
Tiago Torres, UTSA
Alan Magadan, UTSA
All-Conference Singles-Second Team:
Coy Simon, Charlotte
Hunter Robbins, Florida Atlantic
Oskar Brostrom Poulsen, Middle Tennessee
Ondrej Horak, Middle Tennessee
Trinity Grear, Rice
Roman Postolka, UAB
All-Conference Doubles-First Team:
Oskar Brostrom Poulsen/Francisco Rocha, Middle Tennessee
Pavel Motl/Stijn Slump, Middle Tennessee
Alan Magadan/Sebastian Rodriguez, UTSA
All-Conference Doubles-Second Team:
Kevin Huempfner/Nicolas Acevedo, Florida Atlantic
Wes Barnett/Trinity Grear, Rice
Roman Postolka/Nikola Puric, UAB
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