May 8, 2006

San Bruno - The West Coast Conference announced that USF Junior Matthew Berry from Cape Town, South Africa was named to the conference's second team, singles. Freshmen Korbinian Kramer from Friedberg, Germany and Thong Tu from Alameda, CA earned honorable mention honors for singles. Kramer was 5-3 in conference singles play and Tu was 6-3.

The three players were instrumental in powering the Dons to third place in the WCC Championships as they swept rival St. Mary's in singles in the first round. The Dons led St. Mary's in their regular season series 2-1. The team concluded 2006 with a record of 10-14, 4-6 WCC.

2006 WCC Men's Tennis Awards:

Player of the Year: Scott Doerner, Pepperdine
Freshman of the Year: Ryo Sekiguchi, San Diego
Coach of the Year: Adam Steinberg, Pepperdine

2006 Men's Singles All-Conference Team:

First Team:
Scott Doerner, Pepperdine
Matthew Loucks, Portland
Ivor Lovrak, Pepperdine
Jan Macek, Santa Clara
Pedro Rico, Pepperdine
Pierrick Ysern, San Diego

Second Team:
Omar Altmann, Pepperdine
Andre Begemann, Pepperdine
Matthew Berry, San Francisco
Thomas Liversage, San Diego
Oscar Plotnik, San Diego
Nico Terrien, Loyola Marymount

Honorable Mention:
Reyniere Roxas, LMU; Mike Wojnarowicz, LMU; Richard Johnson, PEP;
Achim Christner, SMC; Martin Marechal, SMC; Julien Tizot, SMC;
Ryo Sekiguchi, USD; Korbinian Kramer, USF; Thong Tu, USF;
Brian Brogan, SCU; Tommy Hicks, SCU

2006 Men's Doubles All-Conference Team:

First Team:
Scott Doerner & Andre Begemann, Pepperdine
Ivor Lovrak & Pedro Rico, Pepperdine
Thomas Liversage & Pierrick Ysern, San Diego

Second Team:
James Redpath & Scott Kennel, Portland
Omar Altmann & Richard Johnson, Pepperdine
Kevin McQuaid & Blaine Shields, Santa Clara

Honorable Mention:
Michael Chan & Nico Terrien,LMU;Yury Platonov & Achim Christner,SMC; Martin Marechal & Julien Tizot,SMC; Jan Macek & Bobby Rasmussen,SCU