Lanne And Codina Sala Earn Sun Belt All-Conference Honors
4/16/2015 12:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis
2015 Sun Belt Conference Championship Central
New Orleans, La. – Georgia Southern Men's Tennis student-athletes Ristomatti Lanne and Albert Codina Sala were honored by the league Thursday night. Lanne earned First Team All-Conference while Codina Sala was tabbed to the Second Team. The duo has played No. 1 and No. 2 singles respectively this spring season and Lanne has amassed a 13-7 record while Codina Sala is 10-10.
In addition to the honors for Lanne and Codina Sala, the league announced their Player of the Year award and Freshman of the Year award at the championship banquet Thursday night. Daniel Leitner of South Alabama took home Player of the Year honor and Appalachian State's Scott Webster was named Freshman of the Year. The All-Conference teams and individual award winners were determined by a vote of the league's 10 women's tennis head coaches.
Lanne, a 5'11" junior from Kangasala Finland enters the Sun Belt Conference Championship at 13-7 this spring season and is riding a 4 match win streak as well as winning 5 of his last 6 regular season matches this season. Playing exclusively in the No. 1 position, Lanne has polished off his opponents in straight sets a total of 9 times while only needing a 3rd set in 4 matches to claim victory.
Codina Sala, a 5'11" senior from Manresa Spain enters the Sun Belt Conference Championship at 10-10 on the season while winning of 3 of his final 5 regular season matches. Playing the vast majority of his season in the No. 2 position, Codina Sala has come up big by earning the match-winner multiple times this year. Of his 10 wins, 8 have come in straight set victories.
The Eagles will open Sun Belt Conference Championship play Friday at City Park / Pepsi Tennis Center in New Orleans against University of Louisian-Lafayette at 3 p.m. CST
SUN BELT CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS AWARDS
Player of the Year
Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)
Freshman of the Year
Scott Webster (Appalachian State)
Sun Belt All-Conference Singles First Team
Ristomatti Lanne (Georgia Southern)
Jannis Koeke (Georgia State)
Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)
Tim Srkala (South Alabama)
Gabriel Dias (Troy)
Hassan Ndayishimye (Troy)
Sun Belt All-Conference Doubles First Team
Gerhard Gruindelingh/Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)
Damian Farinola/Edgar Lopez (UL Lafayette)
Coleman Wahlborg/Jarred Wynan (UL Lafayette)
Sun Belt All-Conference Singles Second Team
Olivier Casey (Appalachian State)
Albert Codina Sala (Georgia Southern)
Andy Lau (Troy)
Tuki Jacobs (South Alabama)
Giovani Samaha (Troy)
Mario Muniesa (UT Arlington)
Sun Belt All-Conference Doubles Second Team
Andy Lau/Pablo Moreno (Troy)
Jack Maddocks/Scott Webster (Appalachian State)
Olivier Casey/Trey Morris (Appalachian State)
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New Orleans, La. – Georgia Southern Men's Tennis student-athletes Ristomatti Lanne and Albert Codina Sala were honored by the league Thursday night. Lanne earned First Team All-Conference while Codina Sala was tabbed to the Second Team. The duo has played No. 1 and No. 2 singles respectively this spring season and Lanne has amassed a 13-7 record while Codina Sala is 10-10.
In addition to the honors for Lanne and Codina Sala, the league announced their Player of the Year award and Freshman of the Year award at the championship banquet Thursday night. Daniel Leitner of South Alabama took home Player of the Year honor and Appalachian State's Scott Webster was named Freshman of the Year. The All-Conference teams and individual award winners were determined by a vote of the league's 10 women's tennis head coaches.
Lanne, a 5'11" junior from Kangasala Finland enters the Sun Belt Conference Championship at 13-7 this spring season and is riding a 4 match win streak as well as winning 5 of his last 6 regular season matches this season. Playing exclusively in the No. 1 position, Lanne has polished off his opponents in straight sets a total of 9 times while only needing a 3rd set in 4 matches to claim victory.
Codina Sala, a 5'11" senior from Manresa Spain enters the Sun Belt Conference Championship at 10-10 on the season while winning of 3 of his final 5 regular season matches. Playing the vast majority of his season in the No. 2 position, Codina Sala has come up big by earning the match-winner multiple times this year. Of his 10 wins, 8 have come in straight set victories.
The Eagles will open Sun Belt Conference Championship play Friday at City Park / Pepsi Tennis Center in New Orleans against University of Louisian-Lafayette at 3 p.m. CST
SUN BELT CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS AWARDS
Player of the Year
Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)
Freshman of the Year
Scott Webster (Appalachian State)
Sun Belt All-Conference Singles First Team
Ristomatti Lanne (Georgia Southern)
Jannis Koeke (Georgia State)
Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)
Tim Srkala (South Alabama)
Gabriel Dias (Troy)
Hassan Ndayishimye (Troy)
Sun Belt All-Conference Doubles First Team
Gerhard Gruindelingh/Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)
Damian Farinola/Edgar Lopez (UL Lafayette)
Coleman Wahlborg/Jarred Wynan (UL Lafayette)
Sun Belt All-Conference Singles Second Team
Olivier Casey (Appalachian State)
Albert Codina Sala (Georgia Southern)
Andy Lau (Troy)
Tuki Jacobs (South Alabama)
Giovani Samaha (Troy)
Mario Muniesa (UT Arlington)
Sun Belt All-Conference Doubles Second Team
Andy Lau/Pablo Moreno (Troy)
Jack Maddocks/Scott Webster (Appalachian State)
Olivier Casey/Trey Morris (Appalachian State)
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com.
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