NORFOLK, Va. - Luca Maldoner and Nicola Vidal of the Old Dominion men's tennis team were named to the 2021 VaSID All-State Doubles Second Team on Wednesday.
Maldoner/Vidal ended the season nationally ranked No. 76, which was the second highest ranked tandem in the league and earned them a spot on the All-Conference USA Doubles First Team. At one point this year, Maldoner/Vidal were ranked as high as No. 25 by the ITA. This season they went 11-8 overall, 4-1 at home and picked up three nationally ranked wins over No. 26 Murgett/Maclean (Auburn), No. 61 Chrysostom/Ribeiro (Virginia Tech) and No. 66 Huynh/Maughan (Georgia State). Maldoner/Vidal compiled six wins over top 75 ranked teams. These two were also named to the all-league doubles first team last year.
VaSID names 44 all-state teams in 23 sports each year, as well as an Academic All-State squad and an all-sports champion in both the University and College Divisions. Membership in VaSID is open to all media relations professionals working at a university or conference in the state of Virginia.
2021 VaSID Men's Tennis All-State Honors:
State Player of the Year – Carl Söderlund (Virginia)
State Rookie of the Year – Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (Virginia)
State Coach of the Year – Andres Pedroso (Virginia)
All-State First Team
Singles
Lleyton Cronje (VCU)
Rafael Marques Da Silva (Liberty)
Nicaise Muamba (Liberty)
Carl Söderlund (Virginia)
Rayane Stable (VCU)
Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (Virginia)
Doubles
Jordan Chrysostom/Ryan Fishback (Virginia Tech)
Chris Rodesch/Ryan Goetz (Virginia)
Carl Söderlund/William Woodall (Virginia)
All-State Second Team
Singles
Andres Alcaraz (Norfolk State)
Aditya Balsekar (Radford)
Charles Bertimon (VCU)
Ryan Goetz (Virginia)
Mitch Harper (Virginia Tech)
Holden Koons (James Madison)
Iñaki Montes (Virginia)
Deji Thomas-Smith (Liberty)
Brenden Volk (William & Mary)
Doubles
Luca Maldoner/Nicola Vidal (Old Dominion)
Deji Thomas-Smith/Christiaan Worst (Liberty)
Jeffrey von der Schulenburg/Iñaki Montes (Virginia)
Maldoner and Vidal Earn All-State Honors
