Seyrek, Kumdereli earn All-SoCon honors

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - UNC Greensboro's Orcun Seyrek earned first-team all-conference in singles and doubles alongside Arsel Kumdereli when the Southern Conference announced its men's tennis awards on Thursday.

Seyrek, a sophomore from Istanbul, Turkey, was 17-2 on the spring season, including a 9-1 mark in league action. Last year's Southern Conference Player of the Year, Seyrek had a 16-match winning streak at one point this spring, including 13 matches by straight sets. 

In doubles play, Seyrek and Kumdereli were 15-9 overall at No. 1 doubles, including 13-6 in the spring slate. They went 6-4 in conference play during the spring.

UNCG opens SoCon Tournament play as the No. 3 seed, taking on No. 2 seed Furman on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

AGATE

First Team
Singles
Lukas Koncilia, College of Charleston
Mickael Trintignac, College of Charleston
Philip Nemec, Elon
Sawyer Duncan, Furman
Orcun Seyrek, UNC Greensboro
Roberto Vieira, Chattanooga  

Doubles
Trent Constance /Peter Jacobs, Appalachian State
Tom Delme/Lukas Koncilia, College of Charleston
Joe Schafer/Eric Noble, Davidson
Orcun Seyrek/Arsel Kumdereli, UNC Greensboro

Second Team
Singles (by position)
No. 1 - Carson Kadi, Samford
No. 2 - Zac Dunkle, Samford
No. 3 - Carl Lundberg, Furman
No. 4 - Mickael Boyer, College of Charleston
No. 5 - Calum Gee, Davidson
No. 6 - Thomas Darling, Elon  

Doubles (by position)
No. 1 - Alberto Diaz/Yufo Sutantio, The Citadel
No. 2 - Philip Nemec/Cody Stauffer-MacDowell, Elon
No. 3 - Mickael Boyer/Mickael Trintignac, CofC

All-Freshman
David Orces, The Citadel
Joe Schafer, Davidson
Carl Lundberg, Furman
Juan Manuel Melian Puigventos, Georgia Southern
Zac Dunkle, Samford
Roberto Vieira, Chattanooga

Player of the Year - Lukas Koncilia, College of Charleston
Freshman of the Year - Roberto Vieira, Chattanooga
Don Bunch/Buddy Hartsell Sportsmanship Award - Philip Nemec, Elon
Coach of the Year - Jay Bruner, College of Charleston

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