Concordia Clippers

5/1/2008

Concordia's Alex Grubin Named ECC Men's Tennis Player of the Year

Central Islip, N.Y. - Alex Grubin of Concordia College and a native of Belgrade, Serbia, has been named the East Coast Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year as selected by the conference coaches.

Grubin, who currently is ranked the top player in NCAA Division II by the International Tennis Association, owns an 18-2 overall mark at No. 1 singles and a 17-6 record as part of the Clippers' No. 1 singles pairings. He also captured the ECC No. 1 singles flight championship this past February.

Fabio Minami of Queens College and a native of Sao Bernardo de Campo, Brazil, earned ECC Rookie of the Year honors. Minami put together a 13-2 overall record in singles play including a 7-0 overall mark at No. 2, a 3-0 mark at No. 3 and was 2-2 against No. 1 singles opponents. He added an 11-5 overall combined record in double play including an 11-3 mark at the No. 2 doubles flight.

Neil Tarangioli of Concordia was named Coach of the Year. Tarangioli guided the Clippers to a 16-2 overall regular season record including a perfect 5-0 mark in ECC play. The Clippers captured their fourth consecutive ECC regular season title and went on to post their 10^th straight ECC tournament title and 16^th overall.

The ECC All Conference First Team included Minami and Grubin, along with Rodrigo Teixeira and Nik Boerger of Concordia, Tomasz Walczak of Adelphi University, and Jose Gomez of Dowling College.

The Second Team included Kirill Azovtsev, Josep Molet and Henning Ruenz of Concordia, Anton Voynov of Adelphi, Mehdi Rhazali of Mercy College, and Dave Burstein of Queens.

2008 East Coast Conference Men's Tennis All Conference

First Team

Nik Boerger So. Concordia Muenster, Germany

Jose Gomez Sr. Dowling Asuncion, Paraguay

Alex Grubin So. Concordia Belgrade, Serbia

Fabio Minami Fr. Queens Sao Bernardo de Campo, Brazil

Rodrigo Teixeira Sr. Concordia Vitoria, Brazil

Tomasz Walczak Sr. Adelphi Olesnica, Poland

Second Team

Kirill Azovtsev Sr. Concordia St. Petersburg, Russia

Dave Burstein Fr. Queens East Rockaway, N.Y.

Josep Molet Jr. Concordia Sabadell, Spain

Mehdi Rhazali Fr. Mercy Rabat, Morocco

Henning Ruenz So. Concordia Muelheim-Kaerlich, Germany

Anton Voynov Fr. Adelphi Burgas, Bulgaria

Player of the Year: Alex Grubin, Concordia

Rookie of the Year: Fabio Minami, Queens

* Story Courtesy of Ken Belbin, East Coast Conference Associate Commissioner for Media Relations


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	5/1/2008 Concordia's Alex Grubin Named ECC Men's Tennis Player of the Year Central Islip, N.Y. - Alex Grubin of Concordia College and a native of Belgrade, Serbia, has been named the East Coast Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year as selected by the conference coaches. Grubin, who currently is ranked the top player in NCAA Division II by the International Tennis Association, owns an 18-2 overall mark at No. 1 singles and a 17-6 record as part of the Clippers' No. 1 singles pairings. He also captured the ECC No. 1 singles flight championship this past February. Fabio Minami of Queens College and a native of Sao Bernardo de Campo, Brazil, earned ECC Rookie of the Year honors. Minami put together a 13-2 overall record in singles play including a 7-0 overall mark at No. 2, a 3-0 mark at No. 3 and was 2-2 against No. 1 singles opponents. He added an 11-5 overall combined record in double play including an 11-3 mark at the No. 2 doubles flight. Neil Tarangioli of Concordia was named Coach of the Year. Tarangioli guided the Clippers to a 16-2 overall regular season record including a perfect 5-0 mark in ECC play. The Clippers captured their fourth consecutive ECC regular season title and went on to post their 10^th straight ECC tournament title and 16^th overall. The ECC All Conference First Team included Minami and Grubin, along with Rodrigo Teixeira and Nik Boerger of Concordia, Tomasz Walczak of Adelphi University, and Jose Gomez of Dowling College. The Second Team included Kirill Azovtsev, Josep Molet and Henning Ruenz of Concordia, Anton Voynov of Adelphi, Mehdi Rhazali of Mercy College, and Dave Burstein of Queens. 2008 East Coast Conference Men's Tennis All Conference First Team Nik Boerger So. Concordia Muenster, Germany Jose Gomez Sr. Dowling Asuncion, Paraguay Alex Grubin So. Concordia Belgrade, Serbia Fabio Minami Fr. Queens Sao Bernardo de Campo, Brazil Rodrigo Teixeira Sr. Concordia Vitoria, Brazil Tomasz Walczak Sr. Adelphi Olesnica, Poland Second Team Kirill Azovtsev Sr. Concordia St. Petersburg, Russia Dave Burstein Fr. Queens East Rockaway, N.Y. Josep Molet Jr. Concordia Sabadell, Spain Mehdi Rhazali Fr. Mercy Rabat, Morocco Henning Ruenz So. Concordia Muelheim-Kaerlich, Germany Anton Voynov Fr. Adelphi Burgas, Bulgaria Player of the Year: Alex Grubin, Concordia Rookie of the Year: Fabio Minami, Queens * Story Courtesy of Ken Belbin, East Coast Conference Associate Commissioner for Media Relations