January 19, 2011

SKILLMAN, N.J. – UNCG junior Orcun Seyrek is the 11^th-ranked singles player in the Carolina Regional in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.

Seyrek, who went 8-2 in the fall, is a two-time All-SoCon performer in singles and was the league's player of the year and freshman of the year in 2008-09.

The Istanbul, Turkey, native went 28-6 as a sophomore last season, setting a school record for single-season singles wins.

Seyrek is the highest-ranked SoCon singles player in the region. Only College of Charleston's Kyle Parker also appears in the Carolina Regional singles rankings, checking in at No. 20.

UNCG opens the spring portion of the schedule when it hosts Winthrop at the Starmount Forest Country Club Indoor Courts on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Men's Carolina Regional Rankings
Administered by the ITA

SINGLES
1.  H. Cunha         Duke
2.  R. Carleton      Duke
3.  J. Hernandez   North Carolina
4.  S. Hardy         North Carolina
5.  D. Thomson    NC State
6.  T. Carleton      Wake Forest
7.  J. Pulgar         NC State
8.  J. Burkhardt    North Carolina
9.  J. Wolff           Wake Forest
10. I. Atkinson     Wake Forest
11. O. Seyrek      UNCG
12. D. Sum          Campbell
13. I. Machado     South Carolina
14. D. Hodgson    NC State
15. B. Boyajian    North Carolina
16. D. Kreyman    Wake Forest
17. K. Sharma     UNC Wilmington
18. C. Mengel      Duke
19. J. Pinsky       Duke
20. K. Parker      College of Charleston

DOUBLES
1.  Cunha-Carleton            Duke
2.  Hernandez-Burkhardt    North Carolina
3.  Pinsky-Saba                Duke
4.  Sum-Kaniewski            Campbell
5.  Boyaijan-Hardy            North Carolina
6.  Boyer-Trintingac           College of Charleston
t7.  Nemec-Helpingstine     Elon
      KreymanWolff              Wake Forest
t9. Sharma-Pereira            UNC Wilmington
     Holland-Mengel            Duke

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