MORROW, Ga. – USC Aiken's Gregory Andrade and Juan Xavier Ponce were chosen to the 2010 Peach Belt Conference Men's Tennis All-Conference team on Saturday morning during a banquet at the site of the Peach Belt Conference Men's Tennis Championship.

Ranked seventh nationally, Andrade (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Sergio D'Amorim) and Ponce (Miami, Fla. /Drury University) were chosen to the first team as a doubles tandem. Ponce was also selected to the singles second team.

As a duo, Andrade and Ponce are currently 17-5 on the 2010 season. They were 7-2 in Peach Belt Conference action. The tandem has won 13 of their last 15 matches overall, which included an 11-match winning streak. Andrade and Ponce have played all of their matches at No. 1 doubles.

In singles, Ponce was a team-best 14-6 in singles in the 2010 campaign. He was 5-4 in PBC action. Ranked 16^th regionally, Ponce played mainly at No. 2 singles over the course of the season. He was 13-4 at No. 2 singles and a perfect 1-2 at No. 1 singles.

The 26^th-ranked and eighth-seeded USC Aiken men's tennis team saw its three-match winning streak snapped yesterday in a 5-0 Peach Belt Conference Men's Championship quarterfinal loss to top-seeded and national No. 1 Armstrong Atlantic State at the Laker Courts on the campus of Clayton State University.

The loss drops the Pacers to 11-1 1 on the year. USC Aiken will now have to wait and see if they will receive an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championship. The First and Second rounds will be contested on May 6-8 at sites yet to be determined.

The 2010 all-conference team is listed below as selected by the league's head coaches. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.

2010 Peach Belt Conference
Men's Tennis All-Conference Team
 
Singles Players

First Team
Rafael Array, Armstrong Atlantic State
Paul Henri Arrigoni, Lander
Eudaldo Bonet, Armstrong Atlantic State
David Cotrone, Flagler
Mikk Irdoja, Armstrong Atlantic State
Dilshod Sharifi, Francis Marion
 
Second Team
Bernando Fernandes, Augusta State
Jerome Leborgne, GCSU
Matus Mydla, Armstrong Atlantic State
Juan Xavier Ponce, USC Aiken
Frank Suarez, Columbus State
Oshada Wijemanne, Francis Marion
 
Doubles Teams
 
First Team
Rafael Array & Mikk Irdoja, Armstrong Atlantic State
Juan Xavier Ponce & Gregory Andrade, USC Aiken
David Cotrone & Gino Ramirez, Flagler

Second Team
Dilshod Sharifi & Oshada Wijemanne, Francis Marion
Henrique Boturao & Bernando Fernandes, Augusta State
Matus Mydla & Daniel Regan, Armstrong Atlantic State
 
Player of the Year
Mikk Irdoja, Armstrong Atlantic State
 
Freshman of the Year
Matus Mydla, Armstrong Atlantic State
 
Coach of the Year
Simon Earnshaw, Armstrong Atlantic State