Three Flames Receive Conference USA Postseason Honors
4/29/2025 2:43:00 PM | Men's Tennis
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Three Liberty Flames received Conference USA postseason honors following the 2024-25 season. Joaquim Almeida, Carl Roothman and Siwanat Auytayakul brought in three different awards, with Almeida included in two selections, being named CUSA First Team All-Conference Singles and CUSA First Team All-Conference Doubles.
Almeida earned a selection to the CUSA All-Conference Singles first team and was recognized on the CUSA All-Conference Doubles first team alongside partner Auytayakul. The senior claimed the No. 1 singles position in his first season as a Flame after transferring from VCU (2021-23). Almeida claimed a 10-14 overall singles record with a 9-10 mark playing in the No. 1 singles slot. He secured a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over Jacksonville State's Timo De Visser in the CUSA Championship semifinals.
Roothman, a transfer from Oklahoma State, finished his first season with the Flames, earning a selection to the CUSA All-Conference Singles second team. The junior finished the year with a 15-15 singles mark and a 9-13 spring singles record, primarily playing in the No. 2 singles position. He picked up his biggest victory of the season with a triumph over No. 39 Yale's No. 2 singles player Zhengqing Ji, with a 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 1-0 (8) final.
Almeida and his doubles partner Auytayakul earned a selection to the CUSA All-Conference Doubles first team with a 19-9 record for the year and a 12-4 mark in the spring season. The duo concluded the season with a No. 51 ITA national ranking, finishing as the highest-ranked doubles pair in CUSA. In the fall season, the team went 5-0 at the ITA Atlantic Regional, beating out Old Dominion's No. 8 pair 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (8). Almeida and Auyataykul qualified for the NCAA Individual Championship and became the first Liberty athletes to win a match at the premier event.
2025 CUSA Women's Tennis Superlatives & All-Conference Teams
Player of the Year: Karim Al-Amin, MTSU
Newcomer of the Year: David Krasner, Jax State
Freshman of the Year: Kacper Szymkowiak, MTSU
Coach of the Year: Jimmy Borendame, MTSU
Outstanding Singles Player of the Championship: Ondrej Horak, MTSU
Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship: Shu Matsuoka & Igor Mandou Berranger, MTSU
First Team All-Conference Singles
Marko Milosavljevic, Jax State
Joaquim Almeida, Liberty
Karim Al-Amin, MTSU
Rostislav Halfinger, MTSU
Ondrej Horak, MTSU
Kacper Szymkowiak, MTSU
Second Team All-Conference Singles
David Krasner, Jax State
Anthony Weingarten, Kennesaw State
Carl Roothman, Liberty
Jakub Kroslak, MTSU
Shu Matsuoka, MTSU
Holland Snell, NM State
First Team All-Conference Doubles
Siwanat Auytayakul & Joaquim Almeida, Liberty
Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
Shu Matsuoka & Igor Mandou Berranger, MTSU
Second Team All-Conference Doubles
Zach Murphy & Lucius Soller, Jax State
Mikolaj Lis & Anthony Weingarten, Kennesaw State
Jakub Kroslak & Rostislav Halfinger, MTSU
Almeida earned a selection to the CUSA All-Conference Singles first team and was recognized on the CUSA All-Conference Doubles first team alongside partner Auytayakul. The senior claimed the No. 1 singles position in his first season as a Flame after transferring from VCU (2021-23). Almeida claimed a 10-14 overall singles record with a 9-10 mark playing in the No. 1 singles slot. He secured a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over Jacksonville State's Timo De Visser in the CUSA Championship semifinals.
Roothman, a transfer from Oklahoma State, finished his first season with the Flames, earning a selection to the CUSA All-Conference Singles second team. The junior finished the year with a 15-15 singles mark and a 9-13 spring singles record, primarily playing in the No. 2 singles position. He picked up his biggest victory of the season with a triumph over No. 39 Yale's No. 2 singles player Zhengqing Ji, with a 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 1-0 (8) final.
Almeida and his doubles partner Auytayakul earned a selection to the CUSA All-Conference Doubles first team with a 19-9 record for the year and a 12-4 mark in the spring season. The duo concluded the season with a No. 51 ITA national ranking, finishing as the highest-ranked doubles pair in CUSA. In the fall season, the team went 5-0 at the ITA Atlantic Regional, beating out Old Dominion's No. 8 pair 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (8). Almeida and Auyataykul qualified for the NCAA Individual Championship and became the first Liberty athletes to win a match at the premier event.
2025 CUSA Women's Tennis Superlatives & All-Conference Teams
Player of the Year: Karim Al-Amin, MTSU
Newcomer of the Year: David Krasner, Jax State
Freshman of the Year: Kacper Szymkowiak, MTSU
Coach of the Year: Jimmy Borendame, MTSU
Outstanding Singles Player of the Championship: Ondrej Horak, MTSU
Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship: Shu Matsuoka & Igor Mandou Berranger, MTSU
First Team All-Conference Singles
Marko Milosavljevic, Jax State
Joaquim Almeida, Liberty
Karim Al-Amin, MTSU
Rostislav Halfinger, MTSU
Ondrej Horak, MTSU
Kacper Szymkowiak, MTSU
Second Team All-Conference Singles
David Krasner, Jax State
Anthony Weingarten, Kennesaw State
Carl Roothman, Liberty
Jakub Kroslak, MTSU
Shu Matsuoka, MTSU
Holland Snell, NM State
First Team All-Conference Doubles
Siwanat Auytayakul & Joaquim Almeida, Liberty
Karim Al-Amin & Ondrej Horak, MTSU
Shu Matsuoka & Igor Mandou Berranger, MTSU
Second Team All-Conference Doubles
Zach Murphy & Lucius Soller, Jax State
Mikolaj Lis & Anthony Weingarten, Kennesaw State
Jakub Kroslak & Rostislav Halfinger, MTSU
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