TEMPE, Ariz. – University of South Carolina Aiken men's tennis standouts Salvador Bandeira and Antonio Sabugueiro were tabbed All-Americans for their doubles play, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

The criteria for ITA All-America honors include finishing the season in the top 20 of the Oracle/ITA singles rankings and top 10 in the final Oracle/ITA doubles rankings.

Bandeira and Sabugueiro were second-team all-conference honorees. The dyad combined to go 17-6 in doubles action at the No. 1 slot.

The duo helped USC Aiken to a 19-4 overall ledger while guiding the team to a No. 3 national ranking in the final poll. The Pacers reached the Elite Eight for the first time in school history after claiming NCAA Tournament wins over No. 14 North Georgia, No. 6 Wingate and No. 29 Drury before falling to then-No. 15 Hawaii Hilo.  

All-Americans

Men's Singles
Kiranpal Pannu (Columbus State University)
Angel Palacios (Midwestern State University)
Pierre Montrieul (Barry University)
Serdar Bojadjiev (Univ. of West Florida)
Alejandro Valarezo Plaza (Washburn University)
Jordi Mas (Valdosta State University)
Juan Scoppetta (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
Nicolo De Fraia (Rollins College)
Bruno Faletto (Saint Leo University)
Vinicius Santos (Cameron University)
Adham Gaber (Southwest Baptist)
Renato Lima (Univ. of Indianapolis)
Georg Trompler (Univ. of Montevallo)
Alvaro Regalado (Columbus State University)
Nico Hadeler (Drury University)
Valentin Masse (Hawaii Pacific University)
Robin Moeller (Georgia College)
Franco Oliva (Northwest Missouri State)
Vaclav Slezak (Univ. of Hawaii, Hilo)
Alejandro Ibanez Gallego (Barry University)

Men's Doubles
Zach Whaanga / Alvaro Regalado (Columbus State University)
Daniel Belsito / Josep Canyadell Fabregas (Wingate University)
Robin Moeller / Matthias Rogel (Georgia College)
Antonio Sabugueiro / Salvador Bandeira (USC Aiken)
Axel Cronje / Adam Elliget (Lander University)
Alejandro Valarezo Plaza / Paul Haase (Washburn University)
Blake Bayldon / Pierre Montrieul (Barry University)
Alan Braschinsky / Oskar Lusti (Lewis University)
Vinicius Santos / Julen Gutierrez (Cameron University)
Serdar Bojadjiev / Vitinho Galvao (Univ. of West Florida)

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