BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Six members of Campbell University's Big South regular season co-champion men's tennis teams have earned postseason awards.  Damien Nezar (first team), Benjamin Maes (second), Tomas Balazi (second) and Lukas Steffen (second) were named all-conference in singles, while Nezar (first), Maes (first), Balazi (second) and Leon Petko (second) were chosen in doubles by league head coaches. 

Big South athletics communications professionals selected Noe Macquart for the all-academic team.
 
Nezar was a first-team all-league choice in both singles and doubles for the second-straight season.  A sophomore from Eden, South Africa, he led the team with a 23-9 singles record, including an 11-7 mark at No. 1 singles.  He carries a two-match win streak into the Big South Championship.  Nezar and Maes posted a 14-9 doubles record, including a 13-5 mark in dual matches.  The tandem takes a six-match win streak into the league tournament.
 
Maes added a second-team all-league singles honor to his second-straight first-team award in doubles.  A junior from Geel, Belgium, Maes has fashioned a 19-5 singles record in '22-23, including a 15-4 dual match mark (4-1 vs. the Big South).  He enters the league championship with eight wins in his last 10 singles matches.
 
A junior from Trencin, Slovankia, Balazi earned second-team honors in both singles and doubles for a second-consecutive season.  He finished the regular season 15-11 in singles play (4-1 vs. the Big South), including a 9-7 mark at the No. 2 position.  Balazi and fellow Slovakian Petko (Bratislava) finished 10-8 at No. 1 doubles this spring and went 2-3 against Big South competition to earn second-team honors for a second-straight year.  Petko was also 12-7 in singles, including a 9-4 mark in dual matches.
 
A freshman from Cary, N.C., Steffen was one of only four Big South players to finish a perfect 5-0 in league singles competition this spring.  Twice named Big South freshman of the week, Steffen has compiled a 20-11 overall singles record in his first collegiate season, including a 13-7 record in dual match play.  He enters the Big South Championship with seven wins in his last 10 singles contests.
 
Not only did Macquart compile a 9-2 singles record and 6-0 doubles mark (with Gustavs Lukstins) this spring, he owns a 3.748 grade-point average as a finance and marketing major.  A two-time Big South All-Academic team member, Macquart helped lead the Camels to back-to-back regular season titles in 2022 (7-0) and 2023 (4-1).
 
Over the last two seasons, Campbell has compiled a 30-12 overall record and is 11-1 vs. the Big South in dual matches.
 
Second-seeded Campbell (14-6, 4-1) opens play in the Big South Championship Friday at 2:00 p.m. against third seed Presbyterian (14-9, 4-1) at the Marion Diehl Tennis Center in Charlotte.  The winner will advance to Saturday's 3:00 p.m. title match vs. either top-seeded Gardner-Webb (15-6, 4-1) or fourth seed Radford (9-9, 2-3).
 
2023 Big South Conference Men's Tennis Award Winners
 
First Team All-Conference Singles
Dusan Milanovic, Presbyterian
Eduardo Dias, Gardner-Webb
Demis Taramonlis, Radford
Damien Nezar, Campbell
Aditya Balsekar, Radford
Denim Yadav, Presbyterian
Sam Nicholson, UNC Asheville
Max Benson, Presbyterian
 
First Team All-Conference Doubles
Max Benson / Dusan Milanovic, Presbyterian
Eduardo Días / Chrisjan Van Wyck, Gardner-Webb
Damien Nezar / Benjamin Maes, Campbell
Demis Taramonlis / Dinos Raptis, Radford
 
Second Team All-Conference Singles
Benjamin Maes, Campbell
Tomas Balazi, Campbell
Javier Matos, Presbyterian
Kim Niethammer, Gardner-Webb
Lukas Steffen, Campbell
Alex Lepine, Gardner-Webb
Sebastian Dominguez, Presbyterian
Dinos Raptis, Radford
 
Second Team All-Conference Doubles
Javier Matos / Sebastian Dominguez, Presbyterian
Tomas Balazi / Leon Petko, Campbell
Numa Lemieux / Victor Putter, Gardner-Webb
Jon Brann Reid / Rafa Serra, UNC Asheville
 
All-Academic Team
Noe Macquart, Campbell
Victor Putter, Gardner-Webb
Yoav Weinberg, Longwood
Dusan Milanovic, Presbyterian
Guilherme Severin, Radford
Jon Brann Reid, UNC Asheville
 
Player of the Year
Dusan Milanovic, Presbyterian
 
Freshman of the Year
Denim Yadav, Presbyterian