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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kris Sears, William
& Mary
July 1, 2009
Inglot, Singh Share Men's Tennis
Player of the Year
Boland of Virginia and Somen of
Virginia Tech Named Coach and Rookie of the Year.
Williamsburg, Va. - The University of Virginia
Cavaliers headlined the Men’s Tennis – University Division –
All-State awards selected by the Virginia Sports Information
Directors (VaSID). The Cavalier duo of Dominic Inglot and
Sanam Singh shared the State Player of the Year honor, while
Virginia head coach Brian Boland was named the State Coach
of the Year for the fourth straight season, the organization
announced on July 1. Virginia Tech’s Luka Somen garnered the
VaSID Rookie of the Year honor.
2009 VaSID University Division Men's Tennis All-State Team
Inglot and Singh both earned ITA All-America honors in 2009.
Inglot finished the season ranked No. 15 after reaching as
high as No. 6 in the national polls. He was an All-ACC
selection with a 24 singles wins and garnered the ACC
Tournament MVP accolade. Singh finished the season at 42-7
overall and advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Singles
Championships. Along with earning All-ACC honors, Singh was
named the MVP of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
He finished the year ranked No. 21 nationally.
Boland won the state coach of the year accolade for the
fourth straight season after being named the ACC and ITA
Mideast Region Coach of the Year. He guided the Cavaliers to
an impressive 32-1 mark and a quarterfinal appearance in the
NCAA Tournament. Virginia was ranked No. 1 nationally for 10
weeks. Boland also led UVA its second straight ITA National
Team Indoor Championship as well as its third straight ACC
Tournament crown. Somen was the ACC Freshman of the Year
after leading Virginia Tech with 24 singles wins on the
season.
Inglot and Singh headlined the VaSID First Team choices,
joining teammate Michael Shabaz on the squad. Radford senior
Martin Sayer joined Inglot as the only repeat selection on
the All-State first team. William and Mary junior Keziel
Juneau and Old Dominion senior Aleksandr Seleznev rounded
out the first team singles choices. On the doubles side,
Virginia had a pair of teams honored on the first team as
Inglot and Shabaz along with the team of Singh and Houston
Barrick garnered the honor. Seleznev and Tobias Fanselow of
Old Dominion were the final doubles team selected to the
first team.
Virginia Tech led the way on the second team with senior
Nicolas Delgado de Robles and junior Yoann Re earning
all-state honors. Barrick coupled his first team selection
in doubles with a second team showing in singles. VCU junior
Thibaut Charron, William and Mary sophomore Sebastien Vidal
and Fanselow of Old Dominion rounded out the All-State
second team in singles. The All-State doubles second team
was comprised of the William and Mary team of Juneau and
Vidal, the VCU tandem of Emil Lindgren and Benjamin Bouhana
and the Radford pairing of Sayer and Zack Watson.
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