The South Atlantic Conference Announces Annual Men's Tennis Awards

ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSac.com) – Newberry's Edison Ambarzumian was voted the 2019 South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year, while Wingate's Tolunay Sumer was voted the Conference's Freshman of the Year.  In addition, Wingate's head coach Michael Cabana was named the Coach of the Year, the SAC office announced today.

Ambarzumian, a junior from Munich, Germany, has compiled a record of 19-3 at No. 1 singles for the Wolves this season. Currently ranked No. 7 in the latest ITA/Oracle rankings, he has gone 3-0 against ranked opponents this season and has earned six wins versus ranked teams. Ambarzumian is 8-1 is SAC action and has put together an 11-10 record at No. 1 doubles.

Sumer, a freshman from Istanbul, Turkey, finished the 2019 regular season with a record of 12-4 in singles play, making most of his appearances at No. 5 singles for the Bulldogs. He was also a perfect 9-0 in the SAC.

Cabana guided the Bulldogs to their second-consecutive South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Championship with a 9-1 record in SAC play.  Overall, the Bulldogs finished the 2019 campaign with a 15-4 record.  Wingate is currently ranked No. 5 in the latest Oracle/ITA Division II Men's Tennis National Ranking.

Joining Ambarzumian and Sumer on the All-SAC first team singles squad were Daniel Belsito of Wingate, Agustin Aran Martin from Queens, Josep Canyadell from Wingate, and Anderson's Ignacio Bidegain.

The All-SAC first team doubles honorees were Belsito and Canyadell from Wingate, Martin and Julian Bosch from Queens and Anderson's Spencer Brown and Adam Kush.

2019 SAC Men's Tennis Conference  

First Team Doubles

Daniel Belsito / Josep Canyadell, Wingate
Agustin Aran Martin / Julian Bosch, Queens
Spencer Brown / Adam Kush, Anderson

Second Team Doubles

Paolo Bompieri / Joel Dunlap, Queens
Edison Ambarzumjan / Enrico Haas, Newberry
Enrico Giacomini / Roy Stepanov, Wingate

Honorable Mention Doubles

Mauricio Hernandez / Shane O'Dea, Lenoir-Rhyne
Paul Lenz / Rhodri Atkinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Luca Picci / Ryen Reid, Catawba
Sebastian Muem / Kasper Rolfsen, Queens

First Team Singles

Daniel Belsito, Wingate
Edison Ambarzumjan, Newberry
Agustin Aran Martin, Queens
Josep Canyadell, Wingate
Ignacio Bidegain, Anderson
Tolunay Sumer, Wingate 

Second Team Singles

Matt Jones, Wingate 
Melwin Krall, Coker
Yago Fernandez, Tusculum
Ryen Reid, Catawba
Mathias Degardin, Queens 
Paolo Bompieri, Queens 

Honorable Mention Singles

Rhodri Atkinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Luca Picci, Catawba
Tales Miranda, Lenoir-Rhyne
David Segarra, Lincoln Memorial 
David Akinpetide, Tusculum
Hamed Gandouz, Lenoir-Rhyne

Player of the Year

Edison Ambarzumjan, Newberry

Freshman of the Year

Tolunay Sumer, Wingate

Coach of the Year

Michael Cabana, Wingate 

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