ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman junior Trent Slagle (Knoxville, Tenn.) and sophomore Rodolfo Schwarz (Brazil) received second team All-South Atlantic Conference honors for men's tennis, league officials announced Wednesday.
Slagle and Schwarz guided C-N to a 9-7 record this season, including a 4-4 mark in SAC play. The duo combined to go 9-7 in No. 1 doubles for the Eagles.
Lincoln Memorial's Hannes Ganss and standout freshman Philipp Hoffmann, who helped guide the Railsplitters to the conference championship, headline the All-SAC tennis teams.
Ganss, a junior from Erlangen, Germany (Emmy-Noether Gymnasium), was named Player of the Year after going 16-2 overall at singles, with a 12-2 record at the No. 1 position. He was 7-1 in singles play against conference opponents. In doubles competition, Ganss was 16-1 overall with partner Bastian Guenther, with all 16 wins coming at No. 2.
Hoffmann, a freshman from Karlsruhe, Germany (Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium, Karlsruhe), was named Freshman of the Year. He went 17-1 in singles play, including a 12-0 record at the No. 2 position. He was unbeaten in conference play. In doubles, he paired with Tom Goossens to go 18-0, with all but one match at No. 1 doubles.
Lincoln Memorial head coach Benny Collins, who guided the Railsplitters to a 17-1 overall record and the conference championship with an 8-0 record.
Wingate University led the way with four All-Conference selections, while LMU and Tusculum College had three All-Conference members each.
The All-Conference team is selected by the league's head coaches.
The awards will be presented Friday after the women's semifinals matches of the 2010 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament. The tournament is being played at the Rock Hill Tennis Center in Rock Hill, S.C.
2010 MEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Scott McCormick, Brevard
Hannes Ganss, Lincoln Memorial
Bastian Guenther, Lincoln Memorial
Philipp Hoffmann, Lincoln Memorial
Alessandro Du Besse, Mars Hill
Koeche Smith, Mars Hill
Bruno Pudence, Wingate
Matt Lichtenstein, Wingate
SECOND TEAM
Rodolfo Schwarz, Carson-Newman
Trent Slagle, Carson-Newman
Hernando Saavedra, Lenoir-Rhyne
Steven Lin, Tusculum
Henrique Rodrigues, Tusculum
Luis Zamora, Tusculum
Flavio Rathsam, Wingate
Braeden Patchell, Wingate
Player of the Year - Hannes Ganss, Lincoln Memorial
Freshman of the Year - Philipp Hoffmann, Lincoln Memorial
Coach of the Year - Benny Collins, Lincoln Memorial
Scholar-Athlete - Henrique Rodrigues, Tusculum
