Ichabod Netters have 9 players on all-MIAA tennis squad

The Washburn Ichabod tennis team received nine honors today as the MIAA announced the all-conference squad. The Ichabods entered the NCAA first round against Northwest Missouri on Saturday in Maryville.

Washburn's Pascal Laucht earned unanimous first team all-MIAA honors at No. 3 singles after going 17-8 during the regular season including a perfect 6-0 mark during conference matches. He was the only first team member to receive unanimous honors. Chance Joost joined Laucht on the first team at No. 6 singles after going 18-5 so far this season including a 4-0 mark in conference matches. Overall Joost is 13-1 in singles matches at the No. 6 slot.

Joost and No. 3 doubles partner Bobby Florence were named first team all-conference at No. 3 after compiling a 15-7 record overall going 5-1 during the MIAA slate.

Earning second team all-MIAA honors were Steven Fletcher at No. 4 singles and Florence at No. 5 singles. Fletcher has gone 17-8 this season going a perfect 5-0 during MIAA matches. He was 12-4 at No. 4 overall so far this season. Florence has a team-high 20 wins so far going 20-7 overall with a 13-4 record with a 5-1 mark during MIAA matches.

Thilo Schlenker was an honorable mention choice at No. 2 singles as he was gone 3-3 during MIAA matches and 8-11 overall after joining the Ichabods in January. The Ichabods' No. 1 doubles team of Fletcher and Arek Kozaczuk were honorable mention selections after a 17-10 record and a 4-2 record during MIAA play this season.


2013 ALL-MIAA MEN'S TENNIS TEAM

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Domingo Carissimo, Southwest Baptist

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Sergio De Vilchez, Northwest Missouri

COACH OF THE YEAR
Mark Rosewell, Northwest Missouri

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Guilherme Narducci, NWMSU

FIRST TEAM
1S: Domingos Carissimo, Southwest Baptist
2S: Kritof Kinal, Southwest Baptist
3S: Pascal Laucht, Washburn**
4S: Alvaro Riveros, Northwest Missouri
5S: Guilherme Naducci, Northwest Missouri
6S: Chance Joost, Washburn
1D: Lluis Altimires/Sergio De Vilchez, Northwest Missouri
2D: Daniel Cardona/Domingos Carissimo, Southwest Baptist
3D: Chance Joost/Bobby Florence, Washburn
**Unanimous Selection

SECOND TEAM
1S: Sergio De Vilchez, Northwest Missouri
2S: Andrei Masin, Lindenwood
3S: Lluis Altimires, Northwest Missouri
4S: Steven Fletcher, Washburn
5S: Bobby Florence, Washburn
6S: Jason Harris, Northwest Missouri
1D: Omar El Kheshan/Kristof Kinal, Southwest Baptist
2D: Guilherme Narducci/Alvaro Riveros, Northwest Missouri
3D: Jack Nicholson/Arin Enge, Nebraska-Kearney

Honorable Mention
#1S: Yeswanth Nadella, UNK; Rodrigo Traldi, LWU
#2S: Rafeal Bugiga, NWMSU; Thilo Schlenker, WU
#3S: Joe Murphy-Baum, TSU; Omar El Kheshan, SBU
#4S: Daniel Cardona, SBU
#5S: Jack Nicholson, UNK; Eddy Belhaouane, LWU
#6S: Guido Margiotta, SBU; Thiago Matroianni, LWU; Dylan Bernatzky, NWMSU
#1D: Steven Fletcher/Arek Kozaczuk, WU
#2D: Fletcher Sheridan/Revel Yehezkia, UNK; Adam King/Joe Murphy-Baum, TSU
#3D: Jason Harris/Dylan Bernatzky, NWMSU; Eddy Belhaouane/Yoshikazu Ysa, LWU