April 29, 2011

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Loyola Marymount's Nicholas Bjerke earned Second Team All-Conference Honors for his singles performance at the West Coast Conference Championship Tournament last weekend. Sophomore Nicholas Bjerke, a transfer from the University of Oregon, has been an important factor for the Lions throughout the season in both singles and doubles play.

Bjerke ended the season with an 11-10 singles record and a 5-3 conference record. Bjerke played at the Lion's number two position all season earning some decisive wins for LMU including wins over Santa Clara, San Francisco and Gonzaga. At the Tournament, Bjerke went 1-1 in singles play earning him Second Team All-Conference recognition.

Bjerke is also earned honorable mention for his doubles play with partner, senior Aris Andreasian. The duo earned a win over Portland in the final day of the tournament to help lead the Lions to a team win over Portland and a fifth place overall finish in the tournament.

Other Tournament Honorees:

Player of the Year: Dean Jackson, San Diego
Freshman of the Year: Clarke Spinosa, San Diego
Coach of the Year: Brett Masi, San Diego

2011 All-WCC First Team - Singles
Alex Llompart, Pepperdine
Dean Jackson, San Diego
Finn Tearney, Pepperdine
Kyle Dandan, Santa Clara
Nikola Bubnic, San Diego
Patrick Pohlmann, San Diego
Sebastian Fanselow, Pepperdine

2011 All-WCC Second Team - Singles
Alex Ferrero, Portland
Clarke Spinosa, San Diego
Lucas Tirelli, Saint Mary's
Maxime Armengaud, Santa Clara
Nicholas Bjerke, Loyola Marymount

Honorable Mention: John Lamble, SCU; Levin Guillermo, GON; Mark De Castro, USF; Maxime Olivan, SMC; Ola Bakke, USF; Thibaut Visy, USD; Tom Pham, SCU

2011 All-WCC First Team - Doubles Dean Jackson/Patrick Pohlmann, San Diego Jenson Turner/Sebastian Fanselow, Pepperdine Gavin Leon/Maxime Olivan, Saint Mary's

2011 All-WCC Second Team - Doubles Clarke Spinosa/Thibaut Visy, San Diego Mark De Castro/Richard Bucalem, San Francisco Nikola Bubnic/Nils Schive, San Diego

Honorable Mention: Aris Andreasian/Nicholas Bjerke, LMU; Jacob Hartwig/Ola Bakke, USF