April 24, 2008

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(San Bruno, CA) - Four members of San Francisco's men's tennis team have earned All-Conference honors as announced by the West Coast Conference today.

Junior Thong Tu earned second team honors for the second consecutive year. The Alameda, CA native finished the season 13-9 in dual matches at the No. 1 position, 15-12 overall. Tu took two of three matches in the WCC Tournament last weekend, taking a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Jacek Twaroski (LMU) and a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 55 Thomas Liversage (USD).

Junior Falko Huettenberger earned an Honorable Mention nod after going 17-6 overall, 14-4 in dual matches. The Stuttgart, Germany native was 14-3 at No. 5, and 0-1 at No. 4.

In doubles, Huettenberg and sophomore Asaf Cohen (Tel Aviv, Israel) earned second team nods along with Tu and sophomore Rainer Nachbauer (Bregenz, Austria).

Huettenberg/Cohen finished the season 12-9 in the number one slot. Tu/Nachbauer recorded a 14-6 dual record, 1-0 at position one, 13-5 at position two, and 0-1 at position three. Tu and Nachbauer had an eight match win streak from March 17 through April 18.

Individual Awards

Player of the Year: Andre Begemann, Pepperdine

Freshman of the Year: Dean Jackson, San Diego

Co-Coach of the Year: Adam Steinberg, Pepperdine Michael Wayman, Saint Mary's

2008 Men's Singles All-Conference Team

First Team Andre Begemann, PEP Bassam Beidas, PEP Dean Jackson, USD Joel Kusnierz, SMC Thomas Liversage, USD Filip Zivkovic, POR

Second Team Omar Altmann, PEP Mahmoud Kamel, PEP James Lemke, PEP Ivan Lopez, LMU Lucas Tirelli, SMC Thong Tu, USF Jay Wong, SCU

Honorable Mention Roman Dojcak, GON; Stefan Feddersen, GON; Joel Kincaid, POR; Marek Dvorak, SMC; Falko Huettenberger, USF

2008 Men's Doubles All-Conference Team

First Team Andre Begemann & Omar Altmann, Pepperdine Joel Kusnierz & Lucas Tirelli, Saint Mary's Thomas Liversage & Chris Coetzee, San Diego

Second Team Filip Zivkovic & Charlie Yemm, Portland Asaf Cohen & Falko Huettenberger, San Francisco Rainer Nachbauer & Thong Tu, San Francisco

Honorable Mention Cooper Fratt & Conor Feeney, GON; Renzo Maggi & Nick Von Der Ahe, LMU; Achim Christner & Marek Dvorak, SMC