GREENVILLE, S.C. – Three members of the Barton men's tennis squad were named to the 2022 All-Conference Carolinas Teams:
Kristoffer Staahlbrand,
Diego Agudelo and
Johan Holgersson. The teams were announced earlier today by the league office. Barton is ranked No. 26 in NCAA Division II.
Staahlbrand and Agudelo were named to the second team while Holgersson picked up third-team all-league accolades.
Staahlbrand, a freshman from Oslo, NORWAY, has a 13-6 overall record and a 7-3 mark in league play as the Bulldogs' No. 1 singles' player. Staahlbrand is riding a seven-match winning streak as well.
Agudelo, a senior from Bogota, COLOMBIA, earned all-conference honors for the fourth time in his collegiate career. On the year, Agudelo has a 12-9 mark in singles action (7-3 in league play). Agudelo is the second singles' player for the Bulldogs and has notched 15 wins in doubles' action.
Holgersson, a freshman from Bromma, SWEDEN, sports a 9-1 record against Conference Carolinas foes this season and a 15-3 mark overall in singles action. Holgersson also has 13 victories in doubles' play.
Barton (17-7), the second seed in the 2022 Conference Carolinas Men's Tennis Championship, has already advanced to the semifinals of the league tournament and will compete at 9:00 a.m., at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, S.C. The Bulldogs enter the championship on a seven-match winning streak.
2021-22 All-Conference Carolinas
Men's Tennis Teams
FIRST TEAM
Thembo Makhanya, Emmanuel
Zachary Blythe, Belmont Abbey
Armando Ferreira, Mount Olive
Liam Day, Francis Marion
Merlin Bellet, Converse
Xaveam Van Wijk, Belmont Abbey
SECOND TEAM
Kristoffer Staahlbrand, Barton
Diego Agudelo, Barton
Nelson Stafford, Belmont Abbey
Gregoire Legrand, Converse
Harri Lloyd-Evans, Francis Marion
Hanqing Wang, Lees-McRae
THIRD TEAM
Johan Holgersson, Barton
Kent Shiell, Belmont Abbey
Aditya Balda, Mount Olive
Adam Ibrahim, Mount Olive
Nicholas Cary, Belmont Abbey
Enzo Marcheschi, Southern Wesleyan
Player of the Year
Thembokwakhe Makhanya, Emmanuel
Freshman of the Year
Merlin Bellet, Converse
Coach of the Year
Michael Salomon, Belmont Abbey
Elite 23
Elijah Buerkle, Belmont Abbey
