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Men's Tennis Earns Six All-Conference Honors; Davy Sum Unanimous Pick for Freshman of the Year

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Davy Sum earned three of Campbell's six Atlantic Sun men's tennis All-Conference honors, including the prestigious Freshman of the Year award, the league office announced Thursday. In addition to this honor, Sum, a native of Strasbourg, France, reeled in First-Team and All-Freshman awards as well.

Larbi Lamzouri joins Sum on the All-Freshman team, while also claiming a spot on the All-Conference Second-Team. For the third straight year, senior Marc Sifre earned a spot on the Second-Team as well.

Sum was a unanimous pick among A-Sun head coaches and sports information directors for Freshman of the Year. He is the first CU tennis player to earn this honor since the school joined the Atlantic Sun conference in 1995.

In his first year as a Fighting Camel, Sum has accumulated a 24-10 singles mark while playing every match of the spring season at the top singles position. His outing at number-one singles stands at 16-6, while his record against A-Sun opponents matches the team's conference record of 7-3.

In February, the freshman earned back-to-back A-Sun Player of the Week honors, while riding an 11-match win streak that extended from February 8 to March 17.

Sum also recorded a 12-6 doubles record with partner Gabriel Delarue, also playing primarily at number-one.

Lamzouri, a freshman from Meknes, Morocco, joined the team prior to the spring season and compiled a 13-7 singles record, including an 8-3 mark at the two-spot. Lamzouri was 7-3 in conference action, and just last week earned the final A-Sun Player of the Week award of the season.

Just as he did his sophomore and junior years, Sifre finds himself awarded A-Sun Second-Team honors once again. The Barcelona, Spain native earned a 20-7 singles mark on the year, including a 13-5 mark at the three-spot.

Sifre's career singles total stands at 61-42, which ties him for eighth place in CU's record books for most career wins. He shares the spot with former Camel Jiri Beranek, who compiled a 61-37 record from 2002-05.

Sifre and Lamzouri have also teamed together at number-two doubles to record a 7-7 mark on the year.

Prior to Sum, the last Campbell tennis player to earn first-team honors was Florent Wilpotte, as a senior in the 2005-06 season.

Campbell has placed one or more freshmen on the men's All-Freshman team for the past six years. Last year, Viktor Taune earned the all-freshman honor for the Camels, while Sifre and Delarue notched second-team awards. Head Coach David Johnson also earned the distinction of men's tennis Coach of the Year.

The Fighting Camels (15-7, 7-3 A-Sun) have earned a three-seed heading into this weekend's A-Sun championship tournament. The squad will first face sixth-seeded Mercer (4-17, 2-8 A-Sun) tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. The tournament is being held on East Tennessee State's campus in Johnson City, Tenn.

Player of the Year: Enrique Olivares, ETSU
Freshman of the Year: *Davy Sum, Campbell
Coach of the Year:
Yaser Zaatini, ETSU

First Team All-Atlantic Sun
*Enrique Olivares ETSU
Sebastian Serrano ETSU

Davy Sum Campbell
Evgeny Slesarev Gardner-Webb
Marcus Echtler Stetson
*Hicham Laalej Stetson
Jordi Ballester Jacksonville
Sandy Franz USC Upstate

Second Team All-Atlantic Sun
Predrag Burmazovic ETSU
Lisandro Picardo ETSU

Larbi Lamzouri Campbell
Marc Sifre Campbell

Joey Jones Stetson
Javier Ferrin UNF
Eduardo Pereira UNF
Renzo Airaldi USC Upstate


Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team
Larbi Lamzouri Campbell
Davy Sum Campbell

Sergio Velez ETSU
Ervin Garibovic Florida Gulf Coast
Ricardo Hernandez Florida Gulf Coast
Andrew Veeder Gardner-Webb
Gokay Celik Stetson
Chris Swantenson Stetson

* = Unanimous Selection
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Players Mentioned

Viktor Taune

Viktor Taune

6' 1"
Freshman
Gabriel Delarue

Gabriel Delarue

6' 3"
Senior
Larbi Lamzouri

Larbi Lamzouri

5' 9"
Freshman
Marc Sifre

Marc Sifre

5' 11"
Senior
Davy Sum

Davy Sum

6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Viktor Taune

Viktor Taune

6' 1"
Freshman
Gabriel Delarue

Gabriel Delarue

6' 3"
Senior
Larbi Lamzouri

Larbi Lamzouri

5' 9"
Freshman
Marc Sifre

Marc Sifre

5' 11"
Senior
Davy Sum

Davy Sum

6' 1"
Freshman