Andrade and Orlandini Tabbed to PBC Men’s Tennis All-Conference Team
AUGUSTA, Ga. – University of South Carolina Aiken men's tennis players Gregory Andrade and Bruno Orlandini were chosen to the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Men's Tennis All-Conference team on Saturday morning during a banquet at the site of the Peach Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championship.
Andrade (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Unigrade Valinhos) and Orlandini (Araraquara, SP/Brazil /Longwood) were selected to the PBC All-Conference second team in doubles. Saturday's honoring marked the second straight all-conference nod for Andrade in doubles as he and former partner Juan Xavier Ponce were tabbed to the 2010 PBC All-Conference first team in doubles. Andrade and Ponce were also All-America selections in 2010.
Presently ranked 16th nationally, Andrade and Orlandini were the Pacers' No. 1 tandem in 2011. They were 8-8 on the year with all their matches at No. 1 doubles. They were 4-5 in PBC matches.
The duo downed Augusta State's nationally 13th-ranked duo of Bernardo Fernandes and Henrique Boturao, 9-7, on March 29, 2011.
Andrade was also chosen as a second team All-PBC selection in singles.
Currently ranked 40th in the nation, Andrade played No. 1 singles all year for the 30th-ranked Pacers. He was 6-9 overall in 2011.
Andrade's biggest win of the year came on Feb. 11 when he bested then nationally 16th-ranked Jerome Leborgne of Georgia College 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 at the USC Aiken Tennis Complex.
Below is the PBC men's tennis All-Conference team as selected by the league's head coaches. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.
2011 Peach Belt Conference
Men's Tennis All-Conference Team
First Team – Singles
Rafael Array, Armstrong Atlantic State
Paul-Henri Arrigoni, Lander
Eudaldo Bonet, Armstrong Atlantic State
David Cotrone, Flagler
Mikk Irdoja, Armstrong Atlantic State
Oshada Wijemanne, Francis Marion
First Team – Doubles Teams
Rafael Array & Mikk Irdoa, Armstrong Atlantic State
David Cotrone & Gino Ramirez, Flagler
Christophe Noblet & Gordan Divljak, Columbus State
Second Team – Singles
Gregory Andrade, USC Aiken
Bernando Fernandes, Augusta State
Jerome Leborgne, Georgia College
Matus Mylda, Armstrong Atlantic State
Christophe Noblet, Columbus State
Johan Wadstein, Georgia College
Second Team – Doubles
Gregory Andrade & Bruno Orlandini, USC Aiken
Alex Caspari & Karl Rogers, Francis Marion
Matus Mylda & Pedro Scocuglia, Armstrong Atlantic State
Player of the Year: Eudaldo Bonet, Armstrong Atlantic State
Freshman of the Year: Pedro Scocuglia, Armstrong Atlantic State
Co-Coaches of the Year: Simon Earnshaw, Armstrong Atlantic State, Walter Shinn, Flagler
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