Burtzlaff, Barnas earn CAC Men's Tennis awards; 11 All-CAC honors for Sea Gulls
YORK, Pa. - The Salisbury University men's tennis team earned two of the three Capital Athletic Conference postseason awards handed out this week. Salisbury University junior Scott Burtzlaff was named Co-Player of the Year and freshman Daniel Barnas was picked as the CAC Rookie of the Year. The Sea Gulls had six players honored altogether as five were named to All-CAC first or second teams for singles and all three doubles teams received all-conference recognition.
Burtzlaff posted a 4-11 record this season at first singles where he faced some of the top competition throughout the nation and region. He shares Co-Player of the Year honors with University of Mary Washington senior John James, who last won the conference player of the year award in '07. Burtzlaff makes his second appearance on the All-CAC first team for singles after he was named to the second team in '08.
Barnas had a strong first season for the Gulls as he played the majority of the season at fourth singles where he went 10-4 and had an overall record of 12-4. The freshman was named to the All-CAC second team for singles.
Junior Evan Thomas and sophomore David Lupinetti join Burtzlaff on the first team. Thomas makes his second appearance on the first team after he was named to the second team in '08. The junior posted an 8-8 overall record as he went 7-8 at No. 2 singles. Lupinetti collects his first all-conference singles recognition as the sophomore went 11-4 at No. 3 singles and 14-4 overall in singles.
Sophomore Andrew Nottage joins Barnas on the All-CAC second team for singles. Nottage had a strong season for the Gulls as he posted a 12-5 overall mark with a 10-5 record at No. 5 singles.
Burtzlaff returned to the All-CAC first team for doubles with first-year doubles partner Thomas. The duo is ranked fourth in the Atlantic South region. This is the third All-CAC doubles honors for Burtzlaff who was named to the first team last season and second team in '07. This is the third straight season Thomas has been All-CAC in doubles but his first appearance on the first team after he was selected to the second team the past two years. The two posted an 11-5 record at No. 1 singles. Lupinetti and junior Marcus Robinson were also named to the All-CAC first-team for doubles. This is the first appearance on an all-conference team for the pair who posted an 8-6 overall record and was 6-6 at No. 3 doubles. The final doubles honor went to Barnas and Nottage as the pair was named to the All-CAC second team. The two posted a 13-4 overall record including a 12-4 mark at second doubles.
This is the fifth time in SU men's tennis program history a Sea Gull has been named CAC Player of the Year. Burtzlaff joins Nick Peel ('03), Ben Madarang ('99) and Doug Neagle ('96,'97), the lone repeat winner from Salisbury. This is the third consecutive year a Sea Gull has captured CAC Rookie of the Year honors, fifth overall. Barnas joins Lupinetti ('08), Burtzlaff ('07), Brendan Kincaid ('05) and Nick Peel ('01).
Salisbury and Mary Washington led the conference selections at singles with five players each and both had all three doubles teams named All-CAC. UMW head coach Todd Helbling won CAC Coach of the Year honors for the sixth time since 2002.
SU now has 126 All-CAC men's tennis honors since it joined the conference in 1994. The Sea Gulls have placed 68 players on the first team and 58 on the second team.
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2009 Salisbury University Men's Tennis All-CAC Honorees
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Daniel Barnas |
Scott Burtzlaff | David Lupinetti All-CAC First Singles All-CAC First Doubles | ||
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| Andrew Nottage All-CAC Second Singles All-CAC Second Doubles | Marcus Robinson All-CAC First Doubles | Evan Thomas All-CAC First Singles All-CAC First Doubles |
