ARLINGTON, Texas -- – Filip Vacula was named Freshman of the Year in the Lone Star Conference and was one of six players named First Team Singles in the LSC. Stephen Slocombe was named Senior of the Year and was Co-Sportsmanship Player of the Year along with Jonathan Vega of UT Permian Basin. The awards were presented on Wednesday night at the LSC Tennis Championship Awards Reception.

Slocombe and Vacula earned First Team Doubles recognition, and Slocombe was also selected for Second Team Singles.

Sophomore Bruno Sanchez earned Honorable Mention Singles, and was also named Honorable Mention Doubles alongside his partner Justin Van Amerongen.

Vacula, No. 18 in the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings, made quite an impression in his freshman campaign with the Mustangs. The Czech played 16 matches at No. 1 singles and won six of nine matches against ranked opponents. Vacula finished the regular season with a 10-6 record at No. 1 singles.

In doubles, Vacula and Slocombe won six of seven matches against LSC opponents en route to an 11-5 record overall. The duo has won eight of its last nine matches and has a four-match winning streak entering the LSC 2025 Men's Tennis Championship. Vacula and Slocombe are the No. 12 pairing in the latest ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings.

Slocombe enjoyed a 10-match winning streak in singles during the regular season and finished the conference campaign with a 6-1 record. Slocombe, a member of the Davis Cup team in Barbados, finished the regular season with an 11-4 record, playing primarily in the No. 3 position for Midwestern State.

Sanchez has won eight of his last 10 singles matches, and the Spaniard finished the regular season with a 12-6 record. He won his only appearance at No. 1 singles in a 7-0 win over UT Dallas on March 13, and was 11-6 at No. 2 singles. Sanchez is ranked No. 29 among NCAA Division II players.

Sanchez and Van Amerongen are 6-2 in conference duals and have won seven of their last 10 doubles matches. The duo finished the regular season with an 11-5 overall record and played primarily at No. 2 doubles for the Mustangs.

Midwestern State, the No. 4 seed, plays a quarterfinal match against fifth-seeded Cameron in the 2025 LSC Men's Tennis Championship at Arlington Tennis Center on Thursday at 9 a.m. The winner meets top-seeded UT Tyler in the semifinals on Friday morning.
 

2025 Lone Star Conference Men's Tennis Postseason Honors

Special Recognition

Player of the Year: Kelly Giese, Lubbock Christian
Academic Player of the Year: Mattia Ghedin, Lubbock Christian
Co-Sportsmanship Players of the Year: Stephen Slocombe, Midwestern State and Jonathan Vega, UT Permian Basin
Senior of the Year: Stephen Slocombe, Midwestern State
Co-Newcomers of the Year: Andres De Los Rios, Lubbock Christian and Martin Despodov, UT Tyler
Freshman of the Year: Filip Vacula, Midwestern State
Coach of the Year: Chris Bizot, UT Tyler

First Team Singles

Student-Athlete	Team	Year	Hometown
Kelly Giese	Lubbock Christian	So.	Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Pablo Segura	Lubbock Christian	So.	Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Filip Vacula	Midwestern State	Fr.	Dolany, Czech Republic
Alvaro Soler	St. Mary's	Sr.	Alicante, Spain
Jonathan Vega	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Fort Worth, Texas
Artiom Dorofeev	UT Tyler	Fr.	Paris, France

First Team Doubles

Student-Athlete	Team	Year	Hometown
Stephen Slocombe	Midwestern State	Sr.	Christ Church, Barbados
Filip Vacula	Midwestern State	Fr.	Dolany, Czech Republic
Kelly Giese	Lubbock Christian	So.	Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Jordan Georgiev	Lubbock Christian	Fr.	Johannesburg, South Africa
Jonathan Vega	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Fort Worth, Texas
Jonas Krahofer	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Winklarn, Austria

Second Team Singles

Student-Athlete	Team	Year	Hometown
Louis Boilevin	Cameron	So.	Honfleur, France
Noe Milliard	Cameron	Fr.	Marseille, France
Stephen Slocombe	Midwestern State	Sr.	Christ Church, Barbados
Andres De Los Rios	Lubbock Christian	Jr.	Madrid, Spain
Malo Poulesquen	UT Tyler	Fr.	Grenoble, France
Blas Ruiz Romero	Lubbock Christian	Sr.	Pozoblanco, Spain

Second Team Doubles

Student-Athlete	Team	Year	Hometown
Kristian Kubik	Cameron	Sr.	Prague, Czech Republic
Noe Milliard	Cameron	Fr.	Marseille, France
Rhys Edwards	Cameron	So.	Melbourne, Australia
Vicente Preto	Cameron	So.	Lisbon Portugal
Andres De Los Rios	Lubbock Christian	Jr.	Madrid, Spain
Pablo Segura	Lubbock Christian	So.	Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Honorable Mention Singles

Student-Athlete	Team	Year	Hometown
Kristian Kubik	Cameron	Sr.	Prague, Czech Republic
Blas Ruiz Romero	Lubbock Christian	Sr.	Pozoblanco, Spain
Bruno Sanchez	Midwestern State	So.	Sabadell, Spain
Daniil Felker	UT Tyler	Jr.	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Carel Wessel	UT Tyler	Jr.	Bucharest, Romania

Honorable Mention Doubles

Student-Athlete	Team	Year	Hometown
Bruno Sanchez	Midwestern State	So.	Sabadell, Spain
Justin Van Amerongen	Midwestern State	Sr.	Winssen, Netherlands
Gregorz Rudnicki	UT Permian Basin	Sr.	Szczecin, Poland
Florian Kralik	UT Permian Basin	Fr.	Trebic, Czech Republic
Artiom Dorofeev	UT Tyler	Fr.	Paris, France
Malo Poulesquen	UT Tyler	Fr.	Grenoble, France
Carel Wessel	UT Tyler	Jr.	Bucharest, Romania
Daniil Felker	UT Tyler	Jr.	Almaty, Kazakhstan

Sportsmanship Team

Student-Athlete	Team
Kristian Kubik	Cameron
Fabian Rosales	Dallas Baptist
Kelly Giese	Lubbock Christian
Stephen Slocombe	Midwestern State
Alvaro Soler	St. Mary's
Gavin Leon	Sul Ross State
Jonathan Vega	UT Permian Basin
Carel Wessel	UT Tyler
Javier Romero	Western New Mexico

LSC Men's Tennis All-Academic Team

Student-Athlete	Team	Year	Major	Hometown
Mattia Ghedin	Lubbock Christian	Jr.	Exercise Science	Trevino, Italy
Pablo Segura	Lubbock Christian	So.	Business	Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Bernhard Hauer	St. Mary's	Jr.	Finance & Risk Management	Vienna, Austria
Alvaro Soler	St. Mary's	Sr.	Finance & Risk Management	Alicante, Spain
Daniil Felker	UT Tyler	Jr.	Marketing	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Carel Wessel	UT Tyler	Jr.	Finance	Bucharest, Romania