SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's tennis team Tymofiy Khrystyuk and Hector Nissen both earned spots on The Southern Conference (SoCon) postseason awards list, announced by the league office on Wednesday. 
 
Khrystyuk, a Poltava, Ukraine native, owned a 10-7 record in singles this season, which included an impressive 5-1 mark in conference play. Additionally, Khrystyuk had a 9-9 overall record in doubles this season. He earned six wins alongside Eric Lindemann with the other three coming alongside Lars Frafjord. This is Khrystyuk's third All-SoCon nomination of his career as he leaves UNCG with 28 singles wins and 23 doubles victories. His highlight of the season was when Khrystyuk defeated the reigning two-time SoCon Player of the Year,Oscar Martinez, in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, on March 11.  
 
Nissen earned the All-SoCon Freshman team nomination after going 10-9 in singles matches with a 2-4 record in the SoCon. The Copenhagen, Denmark, native also captured six victories in doubles matches with duos partner William Elmers. This is the first All-Freshman team selection for UNCG Men's Tennis since 2024 when Tejas Walls earned the nod.  
 
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The Spartans will enter the 2026 SoCon Tournament as the No. 6 seed, facing No. 3 Chattanooga in the SoCon Quarterfinals on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 
 

2026 Southern Conference Player of the Year 
Oscar Martinez, ETSU 
  
2026 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year 
Brady Gober, The Citadel 
  
2026 Southern Conference Coach of the Year 
Ricky Rojas, ETSU 
  
2026 Southern Conference Don Bunch/Buddy Hartsell Sportsmanship Award 
Ted Bagwell, The Citadel 
 
2026 All-Southern Conference Men's Tennis 
First team 
Singles 
Oscar Martinez, ETSU  
Martin Vergara, ETSU 
Nemanja Stefanovic, Mercer 
Hod'Abalo Isak Padio, Mercer 
Tymofiy Khrystyuk, UNCG 
Jakub Jupa, Chattanooga 

Doubles 
Oscar Martinez/Martin Vergara, ETSU  

Hod'Abalo Isak Padio/Nemanja Stefanovic, Mercer 

Darcy Nicholls/Sandeep Mohandoss, Samford 
  
Second team 
Singles 
Brady Gober, The Citadel 

Nico Snyder, Furman 

Sebastian Harrison, Samford 

Sandeep Mohandoss, Samford 

Darcy Nicholls, Samford 

Julian Franzmann, Chattanooga 

Doubles 
Nico Snyder/Nico Dispas, Furman 

Lukas Dvorak/Cooper Errey, Samford 

Jakub Jupa/Cortland Grove, Chattanooga 
  
All-Freshman Team 
Brady Gober, The Citadel 

Landon Ecarma, Furman 

Finn Pollard, Furman 

Hector Nissen, UNCG 

Lukas Dvorak, Samford 

Val Dubin, Wofford