Three Blue Devils Named to All-ACC Team

DURHAM – No. 34 Duke saw Garrett Johns, Sean Sculley and Andrew Zhang all garner All-ACC recognition, the league announced Thursday.

Johns was tabbed to the second team, while Sculley and Zhang were third team selections. The all-league honor was a first for all three players.

Johns, ranked No. 74 nationally, has served as Duke's No. 1 singles player all year, going 9-9 overall with a victory over No. 34 Adria Soriano Barrera of Miami. He has played all but one doubles match on the top court and boasts a 10-10 mark on the year. The Atlanta, Ga., native clinched two matches for Duke and had 5-of-10 matches against ranked opponents go unfinished.

Sculley, who's bounced between Duke's No. 2 and 3 singles positions, holds a 6-4 record, including a 3-3 mark in ACC action. He finished the regular season 1-2 against ranked opponents with his lone victory coming against No. 118 Connor Thomson of No. 20 South Carolina. Sculley clinched two matches for the Blue Devils in singles action, including a victory at the No. 2 spot in a 5-2 win over No. 40 Liberty.

In doubles action, Johns and Sculley have been Duke's hottest pair registering a 9-8 record to earn the No. 20 national ranking. The duo has held a top-20 national ranking throughout the entire season and has gone 4-5 against ranked opponents. The twosome's most recent victory came verses No. 45 Fabien Salle and Matthew Fung of No. 49 Louisville in the ACC Championship second round.

Zhang leads the Blue Devils with a 12-5 mark in singles action and has been in the No. 3 position for the latter portion of the season. He wrapped up the regular season at 5-0 in that position and led the team with a 4-3 record in ACC play. The Bloomfield Hills, Mich., product won three of his final four league matches, including clinching victories for Duke over Florida State and No. 43 Miami.

For Zhang in doubles action, the sophomore has played mostly with teammates Edu Güell and Michael Heller at the No. 2 spot. Overall, Zhang holds a team-best 13-6 mark in doubles action, including a 6-3 ledger in ACC play.

The top individual winners in the league this year were Virginia's Carl Söderlund, who was the ACC's Player of the Year, and Wake Forest's Henri Squire as Freshman of the Year. Virginia's Andres Pedroso was named the ACC Coach of the Year.

Duke awaits its seeding for the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship. Selections will be announced at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 3, on an NCAA.com stream.

2021 ACC Men's Tennis Awards
Player of the Year – Carl Söderlund, Gr., Virginia
Freshman of the Year – Henri Squire, Wake Forest
Coach of the Year – Andres Pedroso, Virginia

First Team All-ACC
Marcus McDaniel, Fr., Georgia Tech
Adria Soriano Barrera***, Sr., Miami
William Blumberg****, Sr., North Carolina
Rinky Hijikata, Fr., North Carolina
Alexis Galarneau****, Sr., NC State
Axel Nefve**, Jr., Notre Dame
Carl Söderlund****, Gr., Virginia
Jeffrey von der Schulenburg, Fr., Virginia
Henri Squire, Fr., Wake Forest

Second Team All-ACC
Garrett Johns, Fr., Duke
Loris Pourroy, Fr., Florida State
Andres Martin, Fr., Georgia Tech
Fabien Salle, Jr., Louisville
Brian Cernoch**, Jr., North Carolina
Richard Ciamarra***, Sr., Notre Dame
Inaki Montes de la Torre, Fr., Virginia
Mitch Harper**, Gr., Virginia Tech
Eduardo Nava, Gr., Wake Forest

Third Team All-ACC
Sean Sculley, Sr., Duke
Andrew Zhang, So., Duke
Sergio Hernandez, Jr., Louisville
Bojan Jankulovski**, Sr., Miami
Benjamin Sigouin***, Sr., North Carolina
Tadas Babelis**, Sr., NC State
Tristan McCormick, Sr., Notre Dame
Taha Baadi, R-Fr., Wake Forest
Rrezart Cungu, Jr., Wake Forest

*denotes number of career All-ACC honors

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