April 28, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - Metro State's Brandon Lupo earned Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's tennis Freshman of the Year honors, while Dave Alden was named the men's Coach of the Year the league announced.

For the Roadrunner men, the regular-season and tournament champions, Lupo (No. 2 singles), Angelo Faustino (No. 3 singles), Riley Meyer (No. 4 singles), Ryan Campbell (No. 5 singles) and Sean Carlton (No. 6 singles) all earned first-team all-conference accolades. No. 1-singles player Sascha Ruckelshausen was named to the second team. In doubles action, Faustino and Campbell earned first-team honors at No. 2 doubles, while Ruckelshausen and Meyer (No. 1) and Carlton and Lupo (No. 3) all earned second-team honors.

Alden earns his first men's RMAC award after earning the women's honor in 2004.

For the women, Katie Reitz and Alexis Alvarez were named second team at No. 3 doubles.

William Jacome of Nebraska-Kearney and Heidi Lehman of Montana State-Billings were each named Player of the Year, while Jerry Peach of Montana State Billings was named women's Coach of the Year.

Metro State defeated Nebraska-Kearney to win the men's RMAC team tournament title this past weekend. The Roadrunners now await word on their NCAA Tournament seeding.

2008 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference all-RMAC Tennis Teams

Men's
First Team Singles
1. William Jacome, Nebraska-Kearney
2. Brandon Lupo, Metro State
3. Angelo Faustino, Metro State
4. Riley Meyer, Metro State
5. Ryan Campbell, Metro State
6. Sean Carlton, Metro State

Second Team Singles
1. Sascha Ruckelshausen, Metro State
2. Ricardo Oaxaca, CSU-Pueblo
3. Nick Provenza, Mesa State
4. Miguel Acosta, Nebraska-Kearney
5. Luke Salazar, Western New Mexico
6. Niko Carrizo, Mesa State

First Team Doubles
1. William Jacome/Andres Espinoza, Nebraska-Kearney
2. Angelo Faustino/Ryan Campbell, Metro State
3. Luke Salazar/Billy Wilton, Western New Mexico

Second Team Doubles
1. Sascha Ruckelshausen/Riley Meyer, Metro State
2. Joey Coleman/Kevin Nydam, Mesa State
3. Sean Carlton/Brandon Lupo, Metro State

RMAC Player of the Year: William Jacome, Nebraska-Kearney
RMAC Freshman of the Year: Brandon Lupo, Metro State
RMAC Coach of the Year: Dave Alden, Metro State

Women
First Team Singles
1. Heidi Lehman, Montana State-Billings
2. Anne-Sophie Tredet, Montana State-Billings
3. Victoria Sargent, Mesa State
4. Christina Kolb, Western New Mexico
5. Victoria Hernandez, Montana State-Billings
6. Jamie Hanks, Mesa State

Second Team Singles
1. Teri Mayeda, Mesa State
2. Julie Wainwright, CSU-Pueblo
3. Marta Borges, Montana State-Billings
4. Ashley Erickson, CSU-Pueblo
5. Krystal Smith, Mesa State
6. Valerie Boughton, CSU-Pueblo

First Team Doubles
1. Teri Mayeda/Kelsey Bottinelli, Mesa State
2. Callie Erickson/Marcelle Strydom, Nebraska-Kearney
3. Krystal Smith/Jamie Hanks, Mesa State

Second Team Doubles
1. Jamie Raun/Julie Wainwright, CSU-Pueblo
2. Kate Lowder/Victoria Sargent, Mesa State
3. Alexis Alvarez/Katie Reitz, Metro State

RMAC Player of the Year: Heidi Lehman, Montana State-Billings
RMAC Freshman of the Year: Victoria Sargent, Mesa State
RMAC Coach of the Year: Jerry Peach, Montana State-Billings