Guerrero Named to Preseason All-SAC Team

The Mars Hill men’s tennis team was picked to finish in ninth place in the South Atlantic Conference by the league’s coaches in a preseason poll released Thursday. Junior Euquerio Guerrero was named to the preseason All-SAC Second Team.

Guerrero Named to Preseason All-SAC Team
January 30, 2014

ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Mars Hill men's tennis team was picked to finish in ninth place in the South Atlantic Conference by the league's coaches in a preseason poll released Thursday. Junior Euquerio Guerrero was named to the preseason All-SAC Second Team.

Mars Hill received 42 points in the poll, eight points behind eighth place Carson-Newman. In their first season under head coach John Hunter, the Lions went 5-10 and 4-5 in the South Atlantic Conference, qualifying for the league tournament for the first time in two seasons.  

Guerrero went a team-best 7-7 last season with a 6-3 record in league play, winning three of his last four matches to help the Lions clinch their tournament spot.

Wingate tied for third in the SAC standings at 7-2 last season, finishing 16-11 overall.  The Bulldogs received five of the possible 12 first-place votes in the preseason poll.

2013 SAC co-regular season champion Tusculum is second in the poll, while last year's Food Lion SAC Tournament champion Lincoln Memorial is third.  Tusculum earned three first-place votes in the poll, while LMU received two.

Anderson, which split the SAC title with Tusculum last season, is fourth in the preseason poll, followed by No. 5 Coker, which received the final two first-place votes.

The complete coaches' poll and preseason All-Conference teams are listed below

2014 Men's Tennis Preseason Poll

1. Wingate                          107 (5)

2. Tusculum                        99 (3)

3. Lincoln Memorial         93 (2)

4. Anderson                       91

5. Coker                               90 (2)

6. Newberry                       71

7. Queens                           70

8. Catawba                          54

9. Mars Hill                          42

10. Carson-Newman       35

11. Brevard                         22

12. Lenoir-Rhyne              18

 

2014 Men's Tennis Preseason All-Conference Team

First Team Singles

Lukas Winkelmann, TC

Jonas Winkelmann, TC

Nicolas Planchard, TC

ViniciusBotelho, NEW

Marcelo Alvim, LMU

Juan Sebastian Perez, C-N

 

First Team Doubles

ViniciusBotelho/Michael Saunders, NEW

Lukas Winkelmann/Nicolas Planchard, TC

Will Sparks/Marcelo Alvim, LMU

 

Second Team Singles

Euquerio Guerrero, MHU

Andre Staab, COK

Andre Bafume, QU

Sebastian Hall, WU

Fernando Espana, NEW

Guilherme Rocha, LMU

 

Second Team Doubles

William Marrafao/Martin Moncayo, COK

John Taylor/Jonas Winkelmann, TC

Juan Carracedo/Mateo Rivas, AU