The MAAC Announces the 2015 All-MAAC Men's Tennis Teams
MAAC Sports
EDISON, N.J. – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced the members of the 2015 Men’s Tennis All-MAAC teams, highlighted by Monmouth University’s Victor Pugliese, who was selected as the league’s Player of the Year while Marist College’s Rudolf Kurz was named Rookie of the Year.
Quinnipiac head coach Chris Pappas was named 2015 MAAC Men’s Coach of the Year.
Pugliese, a senior from Boulogne, France, finished the regular season with an overall record of 11-7 and a 4-0 mark in MAAC play. He ended the regular season with a record of 10-3 in first singles play. Pugliese also earned a spot on the All-MAAC First Team at No. 1 Singles and All-MAAC First Team at No. 1 Doubles with his partner Vidit Vaghela.
Kurz, a freshman from Oberpullendorf, Austria, finished the regular season as a Red Fox with an overall record of 18-8 including a 6-0 record in league play. Kurz also earned a spot on the All-MAAC First Team at No. 2 Singles and All-MAAC First Team at No. 3 Doubles with his partner Dylan Fletcher.
Pappas, currently in his first year as the head coach of the men’s tennis program, led the Bobcats to an overall record of 11-9 and a 5-2 mark in conference play.
All-MAAC First Team
No. 1 Singles: Victor Pugliese, Monmouth
No. 2 Singles: Rudolf Kurz, Marist
No. 3 Singles: Ale Gomez Estrada, Monmouth
No. 4 Singles: Joseph Dube, Marist
No. 5 Singles: Matteo Giudici, Marist
No. 6 Singles: Bee Kumthonkittikul, Monmouth
No. 1 Doubles: Vidit Vaghela/ Victor Pugliese, Monmouth
No. 2 Doubles: Ale Gomez Estrada/ Ramy Bekheit, Monmouth
No. 3 Doubles: Rudolf Kurz/ Dylan Fletcher, Marist
All-MAAC Second Team
No. 1 Singles: Kei Ezaka, Quinnipiac
No. 2 Singles: Jonas Kuwert, Quinnipiac
No. 3 Singles: Fredrik Bjerke, Marist
No. 4 Singles: Julian Rozenstein, Quinnipiac
No. 5 Singles: Dylan Appel, Fairfield
No. 6 Singles: Jan Dernic, Marist
No. 1 Doubles: Inaki Belloso/ Michael Elortegui, Niagara
No. 2 Doubles: Justin Chanthalangsy/ Matteo Giudici, Marist
No. 3 Doubles: Eric Ambrosio/ Willem van Biezen, Quinnipaic
Player of the Year: Victor Pugliese, Monmouth
Rookie of the Year: Rudolf Kurz, Marist
Coach of the Year: Chris Pappas, Quinnipiac