Mountain West Tournament Preview
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Mountain West announced the 2019 Men’s Tennis All-Conference teams at the annual awards banquet prior to the start of the 2019 Mountain West Conference Tournament, and The University of New Mexico was well represented.
Three Lobos, Ricky Hernandez Tong, Dominic West and Stepan Holis were all named to the Mountain West All-Conference team in singles, and the doubles team of Hernandez Tong and Holis were one of six doubles teams honored as well.
For Hernandez Tong, it’s the third time in his career, and third straight season, that he was named All-Mountain West. West was named All-Mountain West in doubles in 2017, but this is his first honor in singles, and for Holis it’s his first honor.
The three Lobos are all tied for the team lead in wins in singles with 22. UNM was the only team to get three singles players on the All-Conference team. Hernandez Tong, a senior, is 22-13 on the season, and in the fall season he won the 2018 ITA Mountain Region title. He has played at No. 1 singles all year for UNM and he is a two-time Mountain West Player of the Week.
West, a junior, is 22-7 on the season, mostly playing at No. 2 singles, and he also has a Mountain West Player of the Week award to his credit. Holis, a junior, is 22-9 on the season, mostly playing at No. 3 singles.
Hernandez Tong and Holis have been formidable at No. 1 doubles for UNM, going 12-7 overall and 9-6 at the No. 1 slot.
UNM opens its 2019 Mountain West Tournament at 9 am Pacific/10 am Mountain in Fresno, California against No. 8 seed Air Force.
2019 All-MW Singles
Patrick Sklenka, So., Air Force
Luka Soskic, So., Boise State
Zdenek Derkas, Jr., Fresno State
Angus Bradshaw, Jr., Fresno State
Julien Evrard, Jr., Nevada
Ricky Hernandez Tong, Sr., New Mexico
Dominic West, Jr., New Mexico
Stepan Holis, So., New Mexico
Sander Gjoels-Andersen, Sr., San Diego State
Eric Samuelsson, Jr., UNLV
Isaac Arevalo Gómez, Fr., Utah State
Jose Carvajal, So., Utah State
2019 All-MW Doubles
Tadhg Collins/ Patrick Sklenka, Air Force
Julien Evrard/Kostya Nesterenko, Nevada
Ricky Hernandez Tong/Stepan Holis, New Mexico
Sander Gjoels-Andersen/ Ignacio Martinez, San Diego State
Eric Samuelsson/ Clayton Alenik, UNLV
Jose Carvajal/ Rithvik Bollipalli, Utah State
Freshman of the Year: Isaac Arevalo Gómez, Fr., Utah State
Player of the Year: Zdenek Derkas, Jr., Fresno State
