Tennis All-Conference Team's Announced | Oilers Pick Up Five Awards

Owensboro, Ky. – The Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) announced its' selections for the 2022 men's tennis all-conference teams on Friday, April 22 at the beginning of the Great Midwest Men's Tennis Championship Tournament. Findlay, which tied for the regular season title and is the number one seed for the event, took home multiple awards including Co-Coach of the Year which went to Doug Linden, and the Elite 25 Award which was awarded to junior Octavio Carrasco.

Along with those two major awards, senior Alfredo Berlanga, freshman Luigi Bove, and freshman Dallas Ramsey were all named second team all-conference.

After the Oilers were the fourth seed in last year's tournament, taking a first-round exit, Findlay's men rose to the occasion this year, earning a share of the Great Midwest regular season championship with a 5-1 record in conference play. With the turnaround, coach Doug Linden has earned Co-Coach of the Year along with Walsh's Bryan Whitaker. This is the first Coach of the Year award of Linden's nine year career at UF.

Earning the conference's Elite 25 Award is junior Octavio Carrasco. The award is given to the player in the conference who will be playing in the G-MAC Championship Tournament and has the highest cumulative GPA. Carrasco, a business major, boasts a 3.98 cumulative GPA.

Alfredo Berlanga earned second team all-conference for the second consecutive season after posting a 4-2 record in conference doubles matches this season and a 2-4 mark in singles.

Earning second team all-conference in his first season is freshman Luigi Bove. During conference play, Bove had a record of 5-1 in doubles action and a 1-4 mark at first singles.

Also earning second team all-conference in his first year is Dallas Ramsey. In doubles action, Ramsey teamed up with Luigi Bove during conference play and went 5-1 and had a perfect 5-0 record in singles matches, going back and forth between fourth and fifth singles much of the season.