VALDOSTA, Ga. – After another outstanding season, the Valdosta State men's tennis team finished 12^th in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, while sophomore Luca Mack finished seventh in singles and he and sophomore Rodrigo Carvalho led the rankings in doubles.
 
The Blazers finished 14-7 on the year and 8-1 in Gulf South Conference play, qualifying for their 27^th NCAA postseason and now are 52-25 all-time in the field with national titles in 2006 and 2011, along with three runner-up finishes.  This season marked the eighth-straight year VSU qualified for the NCAA postseason, while the 52 victories are fifth-most in NCAA Division II.
 
VSU finished runner-up in both the Gulf South Conference regular season and GSC Championship this season as the Blazers have won a GSC-record 14 conference titles in program history. 
 
Mack, a native of Emmendingen, Germany, went 20-5 against Division II competition in singles this year and was 15-5 in the spring, while going 7-2 in league play as he earned first team all-conference honors.  Carvalho, who finished ranked 32^nd in singles went 15-5 for the year and 15-4 this spring as he also went 7-2 in conference play.  Carvalho, a native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, also earned first team all-league honors this season.
 
The duo is ranked No. 1 nationally at 16-8 this year and went 10-8 this spring, while finishing 5-2 in league play.  The tandem reached the championship match of the ITA Cup in the Fall, losing to Columbus State duo of Tomaso Schold and Pietro Martinetti, 7-5, 2-6, 1-6. 
 
Freshman Lamar Bartley, a London, England, native, earned second team all-league honors this season, finished 56^th in singles with a 10-5 record for the year and was 11-6 in the spring, going 6-2 in league play.  Sophomore Christian Wedel, who didn't finish in the ITA final ranking in singles, earned first team all-conference honors and was a team-best 16-4 in the spring, while going 9-0 in GSC play.  Wedel also earned first team all-league accolades last season. 
 
With all of these players returning for next season, the Blazers are in great position to contend for another GSC title and NCAA postseason bid.