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ROCK HILL, S.C. – The men’s tennis team at Lenoir-Rhyne University has been picked to finish seventh in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) this season.
In a vote of the league’s head coaches, the Bears had two players selected preseason All-SAC (second-team).
Queens and Wingate were tabbed to finish 1-2 in the league race.
Junior Hamed Gandouz of Hammam Sousse, Tunisa and senior Tomas Hons of Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic are LRU’s preseason-all league selections.
Gandouz was all-league second-team last spring after going 11-4 playing No. 1 singles. He was 6-3 in conference matches and won eight doubles matches.
Hons went 12-6 last year, four of those wins coming in the SAC. He played first or second singles, also played 18 matches at No. 1 doubles and picked up 10 victories.
LRU is 3-1 and opens the spring portion of its schedule on Feb. 1, playing Young Harris at the YMCA of Catawba Valley.
2018 SAC MEN’S TENNIS POLL
(as voted on by league head coaches)
1. Queens (8) 108
2. Wingate (2) 101
3. Newberry (1) 83
4. Lincoln Memorial 80
5. Anderson 78
6. Tusculum 72
7. LENOIR-RHYHE 55
8. Carson-Newman 43
9. Catawba 41
10. Coker 33
11. Mars Hill 21
PRESEASON ALL-SAC
First-Team Doubles
1. Josh DuToit/Daniel Belsito, Wingate
2. Paolo Bompieri/Andor Vas, Queens
3. Edison Ambarzumjan/Joran Monosky, Newberry
Second-Team Doubles
1. Xavier Marti/Josh Peress, Lincoln Memorial
2. Agustin Aran Martin / Sebastian Meum, Queens
3. Tomas Kmetko/Yago Fernandez, Tusculum
First-Team Singles
1. Edison Ambarzumjan, Newberry
2. Ignacio Bidegain, Anderson
3. Paolo Bompieri, Queens
4. Daniel Belsito, Wingate
5. Xavier Marti, Lincoln Memorial
6. Thomas Kmetko, Tusculum
Second-Team Singles
1. Hamed Gandouz, Lenoir-Rhyne
2. Yago Fernandez, Tusculum
3. Jordan Monosky, Newberry
4. Agustin Aran Martin, Queens
5. Tomas Hons, Lenoir-Rhyne
6. Mark Watt, Coker
- Reported by LRU Sports Information