HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University men’s tennis players Amine Benjelloun and Oliver Marinkovic have been named All-Great Lakes Valley Conference by the league coaches.
Benjelloun owns a 10-5 overall record at No. 1 singles this season, and he is 11-4 in No. 1 doubles competition. Benjelloun, a senior from Kenitra, Morocco, also shared GLVC co-Player of the Year honors with University of Indianapolis standout Ross Johnson.
Marinkovic, a junior from Gothenburg, Sweden, enters the GLVC Tournament with a 15-1 overall record at No. 2 singles. Marinkovic is 10-5 at No. 2 doubles this season and has helped NKU (8-0 GLVC) earn the No. 1 seed in this week’s GLVC Championships at Indianapolis, Ind.
NKU is seeking its second straight GLVC Championships title. The Norse, who have won 21 consecutive matches against GLVC opponents, begin the tournament at 9 a.m. Friday with a first-round contest against eighth-seeded Quincy University.
NKU has not lost to a GLVC opponent since April 19, 2002, when the University of Missouri-St. Louis posted a 5-3 win over NKU at the GLVC Championships.
2004 Men’s Tennis All-GLVC
Brandon Campbell, Bellarmine
Jake Kirts, Bellarmine
Phillip Merrill, Bellarmine
Amine Benjelloun, Northern Kentucky
Oliver Marinkovic, Northern Kentucky
Zach Miller, Quincy
Tom Ruth, Saint Joseph’s
Matt Warner,Southern Illinois at Edwardsville
Ross Johnson, Indianapolis
Matt Vaulkhard, Missouri-St. Louis
Joe Epkey, Southern Indiana
Weston Phillips, Southern Indiana
Freshman of the Year: Joe Epkey, Southern Indiana
Co-Players of the Year: Amine Benjelloun, Northern Kentucky, Ross Johnson, Indianapolis
Coach of the Year: Winner of the Tournament
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