The Presbyterian Blue Hose men's tennis team continues its quest for their second straight Big South Tournament title on Saturday as the Blue Hose face No. 1 seed Campbell at 9 a.m. The match will be played at Marion Diehl Park in Charlotte, N.C. and the winner of this match will face the winner of No. 2 seed Radford vs. No. 6 seed North Carolina A&T in Sunday's title match.
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MATCHDAY CENTRAL
MATCHUP:Â Presbyterian (14-10, Big South: 4-3) vs. Campbell (15-5, Big South: 7-0)
TIME:Â Saturday, April 23 at 9 a.m.
LOCATION:Â Marion Diehl Park (Charlotte, N.C.)
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ALL-BIG SOUTH HONORS
Freshman
Dusan Milanovic was voted Big South Freshman of the Year by the league's head coaches. Senior
Nicholas McKinney was named Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year in a vote by the league's sports information directors. McKinney was also named to the Big South All-Academic team for the second consecutive year.
Milanovic was named First Team All-Conference Singles and he teamed with senior
Max Benson to garner First Team All-Conference Doubles honors. Benson and sophomores
Sebastian Dominguez and
Javier Matos were voted Second Team All-Conference Singles. Matos and Dominguez earned Second Team All-Conference Doubles honors as well.
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BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS
Matos and Milanovic are tied for the team lead with 14 singles wins apiece. Dominguez has tallied 13 wins. Benson has collected ten wins. McKinney has won five straight matches giving him ten wins this spring.
Georgije Babic, who posted the match clinching win in Presbyterian's quarterfinal's victory over UNC Asheville, has also won 10 matches this spring.
Teo Cariov has won six of his last eight matches.
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The doubles tandem of Benson and Milanovic, who have been nationally ranked this season, have won a team-leading 17 matches at number one doubles. The doubles team of Dominguez and Matos have won seven of their last nine matches at number three doubles.
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SCOUTING CAMPBELL
The Campbell Camels have won 12 of their last 13 matches heading into Saturday's match. Â Campbell was the Big South regular-season champions after finishing the season 7-0 in the league.
Campbell beat the Blue Hose in a tightly contested match, 4-3, during the regular season on April 9.
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Pol Otin leads the Camels with 13 wins playing mostly at number two or three singles. Tomas Balazi has tallied 12 wins mostly at number two singles. The doubles tandem of Damien Nezar and Benjamin Maes lead the Camels with 12 wins primarily playing at number two doubles. Â Otin and Nezar were both First Team All-Conference Singles selections and Nezar and Maes were voted First Team All-Conference Doubles.
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SCOUTING RADFORD
The Highlanders finished the regular season with a 12-7 overall record and a 6-1 mark in the Big South Conference. Radford narrowly defeated Presbyterian, 4-3, in their regular-season matchup on March 27.
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Radford's Demis Taramonlis was voted Big South Player of the Year after finishing the regular season with a 7-0 record in the league. Radford's doubles teams' of Taramonlis and Andres Silva and Guilherme Severin and Konstantinos Raptis were named First Team All-Conference Doubles.
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SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA A&T
The Aggies finished the regular season with a 12-9 overall record and a 2-5 record in the Big South. North Carolina A&T defeated Gardner-Webb, 4-3, on the road in the Big South Championship quarterfinals to advance to Saturday's semifinals match. During the regular season, Presbyterian defeated North Carolina A&T, 5-2, on the road on March 13.
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The Aggies' Vasil Ivanov was voted First Team All-Big South Singles. Ivanov won 15 matches this season playing mostly at number two singles. He teamed with Esteban Lopez to form a doubles team that earned First Team All-League Doubles honors. They recorded 11 wins as a doubles team. Â
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