PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – Benedict College junior men's tennis player Julius Mutetwa has been named to the 2019 All-SIAC Men's Tennis All-Conference Team.

The honors, announced Monday, were determined by votes from the league's head coaches and sports information directors.

Spring Hill's Cedric Nitz has been named the SIAC Men's Tennis Player of the Year. Fellow Badger, Til Behrendt, was named the Freshman of the Year, and Spring Hill's head coach John Dotson was named Coach of the Year.

Mutetwa went 10-6 overall and was undefeated at 10-0 in conference play. He played most of his matches at No. 3 singles, going 8-0 against SIAC competition.

Playing primarily at the No. 1 singles spot, Nitz finished 12-9 in singles play and finished with a spotless 10-0 conference record. A native of Germany, Nitz paired with Kurt Shell for a nine-match doubles win streak against Division II competition to finish 14-9 on the season and a perfect 11-0 in conference. 

Til Behrendt, a freshman from Heidelberg, Germany finished with a 7-4 singles record, including a 7-1 conference record. Behrendt paired with teammates Chris Mines, Alex Demel, Ulf Grosseloh, and Ricardo Pena to finish with a 9-9 doubles record, going only 8-1 in conference play.

Dotson has guided Spring Hill's men and women tennis teams to a 93-101 overall record and a 71-33 conference record since their introduction to Division II. This Detroit, Michigan, native went 24-0 versus conference opponents in the last two seasons in men's competition and is leading his teams to their first chance at a conference title. 

The 2019 SIAC Men's Tennis Championship is set to take place April 15-16 at Peachtree Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Ga. For more information, click here.
 
Men's Tennis All-Conference
 
Player of the Year: Cedric Nitz, Spring Hill
 
Freshman of the Year: Til Behrendt, Spring Hill
 
Coach of the Year: John Dotson, Spring Hill
 
All-Conference Team

Singles
Ulf Grossaloh	Spring Hill	Junior	Maximiliansau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Cedric Nitz	Spring Hill	Sophomore	Pfaffenhofen, Germany
Justin Samples	Morehouse	Senior	Atlanta, Ga.
Julius Mutetwa	Benedict	Junior	Harare, Zimbabwe
Julian Rheams	Morehouse	Sophomore	Milwaukee, Wi.
Til Behrendt	Spring Hill	Junior	Maximiliansau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Doubles
Cedric Nitz/Kurt Shiell	Spring Hill	Sophomore/ Junior	Pfaffenhofen, Germany/ Mandeville, La
Alex Demel/ Til Behrendt	Spring Hill	Freshman/ Freshman	Ostelsheim, Germany/ Heidelberg, Germany
Ulf Grossaloh/Ricardo Pena	Spring Hill	Junior/ Sophomore	Maximiliansau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany / Mexico City, Mexico