GREENSBORO, N.C. – Duke sophomore Nicolas Alvarez repeated as a first team All-ACC honoree in a vote of the league's coaches, according to a release from the conference office Thursday morning. Alvarez served as Duke's top singles player all year.
Alvarez, who has been ranked among the top 26 singles players all year, will enter the NCAA Individual Championship with a 17-14 overall record. He topped the Blue Devils with 10 wins against nationally ranked opponents and went 6-5 versus ACC foes. Alvarez's six league victories, all in the No. 1 position, tied for the most on the squad.
The Lima, Peru, product clinched a team-leading four matches for Duke, against Tennessee, N.C. A&T, Charlotte and Miami. After tallying both deciding points in 7-0 sweeps against N.C. A&T and Charlotte, Alvarez was tabbed the February 23 ACC Player of the Week.
Alvarez has been on a hot streak near the end of the campaign with wins in his last three matches and six of the last seven, five against ACC foes. Alvarez tallied his highest ranked win of the season during the stretch at No. 6 Wake Forest with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against No. 13 Skander Mansouri.
The top individual winners in the league this year were Georgia Tech's Chris Eubanks, who received the ACC's Player of the Year accolade and Wake Forest's Petros Chysochos and Tony Bresky, who were named the league's freshman and coach of the year, respectively.
Alvarez will learn his NCAA Individual Championship draw Wednesday, May 4.
All-ACC Honors
Individual Award Winners
Player of the Year, Chris Eubanks, So., Georgia Tech
Freshman of the Year, Petros Chysochos, Wake Forest
Coach of the Year, Tony Bresky, Wake Forest
All-ACC First Team
Chis Eubanks @, So., Georgia Tech
Benjamin Lock @, Sr., Florida State
Ryan Shane #, Sr., Virginia
Skander Mansouri, So., Wake Forest
Nicolas Alvarez @, So., Duke
Brayden Schnur #, Jr., North Carolina
Joao Monteiro #, Sr., Virginia Tech
Ronnie Schneider #, Jr., North Carolina
Quentin Monaghan #, Sr., Notre Dame
All-ACC Second Team
Petros Chrysochos, Fr., Wake Forest
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski #, Jr., Virginia
Piotr Lomacki, So., Miami
Collin Altamirano @, So., Virginia
Simon Norenius, Sr., NC State
Marco Nunez, Sr., Florida State
Brett Clark #, Sr., North Carolina
Andreas Bjerrehus !, Sr., Virginia Tech
Alex Favrot, Fr., Clemson
All-ACC Third Team
Carlos Benito, Jr., Georgia Tech
Thomas Weigel, Jr., NC State
J.C. Aragone, Jr., Virginia
Robert Kelly, So., North Carolina
Nick Horton, So., NC State
Romain Bogaerts #, Sr., Wake Forest
Amerigo Contini !, Sr., Virginia Tech
Alex Gornet, Sr., Louisville
Edoardo Tessaro, Sr., Virginia Tech
Luca Corinteli, Jr., Virginia
Henrik Wiersholm, So., Virginia
Josh Hagar, Jr., Notre Dame
@ - Two-time honoree
# - Three-time honoree
! – Four-time honoree
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