Three Highlanders Earn All-Conference Honors

Radford, Va. - Radford University’s Arthur Vasarevic (Zagreb, Croatia) and the doubles team of Robel Mengisteab (Kista, Sweden) and Joakim Arhammar (Sollentuna, Sweden) were named to the 2004 Big South All-Conference Squad, announced at the League’s Tennis Awards Banquet held here Wednesday night at Winthrop University.

Vasarevic, a sophomore, finished the regular season with a 5-1 Big South record and a 20-10 overall record at #2 singles. He was also named to the All-Academic team. Juniors Mengisteab and Arhammar are RU’s No. 3 doubles team that posted a 5-1 Big South record and a 12-6 overall record.

For the women, sophomore Amy Costello (Montclair, Va.) was named to the Big South’s All-Academic team.

The awards, along with Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, the All-Academic teams and the All-Conference teams, were presented at the annual awards banquet, which precedes the 2004 Big South Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships. The championships get underway Thursday at Winthrop.

The fourth-seeded men’s squad (12-9, 4-2 Big South) will face fifth-seeded Charleston Southern (5-11, 3-4) at 11:30 a.m., while the seventh seeded women’s team (3-11, 1-5 Big South) will take on second-seeded Coastal Carolina (14-5, 6-1) at 2 p.m.