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MTEN Trio Earns All-BIG EAST Accolades
5/6/2021 2:03:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Dragovic tabbed BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
Release courtesy BIG EAST
The BIG EAST announced the 2021 All-Conference Men's Tennis honors on Thursday along with the regular season awards. Marquette redshirt freshman Stefan Dragovic was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and the DePaul staff, led by head coach Matt Brothers earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Dragovic, a redshirt freshman went 12-5 overall, 6-0 at the No. 3 spot for Marquette. In doubles action he finished with a 6-4 record. In the BIG EAST Championship, he went 2-0 in his singles matches defeating Charlie James of St. John's in the semifinals and Villanova's Eitan Khromchenko in straight sets in the quarters. Dragovic was also voted to the All-BIG EAST First Team.
Fran San Andres was also named All-BIG EAST First Team and Luis Heredia Gomez was tabbed All-BIG EAST Second Team. San Andres was a two-time BIG EAST Player of the Week, clinched the team win in five matches and finidhed 12-2 overall in singles. He also teamed up with Heredia Gomez for a 12-4 mark at No. 1 doubles. Heredia Gomez finished 11-3 overall in singles, including a 4-1 mark against league programs at No. 1.
The ballots were cast by the league's head coaches who could not vote for their own teams. The All-BIG EAST men's tennis all-conference teams are made up of six at-large selections each. Coaches could not vote for their own players. See below for the full listing.
BIG EAST Men's Tennis Player of the Year
Vito Tonejc, DePaul, Jr.
BIG EAST Men's Tennis Freshman of the Year
Stefan Dragovic, Marquette, RS-Fr.
BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year
DePaul
All-BIG EAST First Team
Tom Brennan, Butler, Jr. ^
Stefan Dragovic, Marquette, Jr.
Ignacio Garcia, St. John's, Sr.
Vito Tonejc, DePaul, Jr. ^
Fran San Andres, Marquette, Jr.
Boris Spanjaard, DePaul, Sr. ^
All-BIG EAST Second Team
Luis Heredia Gomez, Marquette, Sr.
Michael Dickson, Butler, RS-Jr.
Srdan Pejic, Xavier, Sr.
Stratton Brown, Creighton, Sr.
Louis-Nils Michel, St. John's, Sr.
Luuk Wassenaar, DePaul, Jr.
^ denotes unanimous selection
The BIG EAST announced the 2021 All-Conference Men's Tennis honors on Thursday along with the regular season awards. Marquette redshirt freshman Stefan Dragovic was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and the DePaul staff, led by head coach Matt Brothers earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Dragovic, a redshirt freshman went 12-5 overall, 6-0 at the No. 3 spot for Marquette. In doubles action he finished with a 6-4 record. In the BIG EAST Championship, he went 2-0 in his singles matches defeating Charlie James of St. John's in the semifinals and Villanova's Eitan Khromchenko in straight sets in the quarters. Dragovic was also voted to the All-BIG EAST First Team.
Fran San Andres was also named All-BIG EAST First Team and Luis Heredia Gomez was tabbed All-BIG EAST Second Team. San Andres was a two-time BIG EAST Player of the Week, clinched the team win in five matches and finidhed 12-2 overall in singles. He also teamed up with Heredia Gomez for a 12-4 mark at No. 1 doubles. Heredia Gomez finished 11-3 overall in singles, including a 4-1 mark against league programs at No. 1.
The ballots were cast by the league's head coaches who could not vote for their own teams. The All-BIG EAST men's tennis all-conference teams are made up of six at-large selections each. Coaches could not vote for their own players. See below for the full listing.
BIG EAST Men's Tennis Player of the Year
Vito Tonejc, DePaul, Jr.
BIG EAST Men's Tennis Freshman of the Year
Stefan Dragovic, Marquette, RS-Fr.
BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year
DePaul
All-BIG EAST First Team
Tom Brennan, Butler, Jr. ^
Stefan Dragovic, Marquette, Jr.
Ignacio Garcia, St. John's, Sr.
Vito Tonejc, DePaul, Jr. ^
Fran San Andres, Marquette, Jr.
Boris Spanjaard, DePaul, Sr. ^
All-BIG EAST Second Team
Luis Heredia Gomez, Marquette, Sr.
Michael Dickson, Butler, RS-Jr.
Srdan Pejic, Xavier, Sr.
Stratton Brown, Creighton, Sr.
Louis-Nils Michel, St. John's, Sr.
Luuk Wassenaar, DePaul, Jr.
^ denotes unanimous selection
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