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Sophomore Rok Bozic earned impressive singles wins vs. George Mason's Jimmy Lange and Queens' Sharvill Nawghre.
Sophomore Rok Bozic earned impressive singles wins vs. George Mason's Jimmy Lange and Queens' Sharvill Nawghre.
Posted: Apr 30, 2016

Rok Bozic Earns Men’s Tennis Second Team All-East Coast Conference Honor

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – The University of the District of Columbia's Rok Bozic was named Men's Tennis Second Team All-East Coast Conference as voted on by the league's head coaches.

Bozic, a Ljubljana, Slovenia native, was 5-8 overall and 3-2 vs. the ECC at the top singles spot this season. Two of his No. 1 singles losses came vs. Division I opponents while one of his victories came against Division I George Mason's Jimmy Lange, 2-6, 7-6, 10-6. Another of Bozic's marquee singles wins was a stunning, 6-2, 5-7, 12-10 upset over First Team All-ECC selection from Queens College, Sharvill Nawghre.

In doubles play, Bozic teamed up with Marco Feligioni at the No. 2 flight, and the pair earned an overall regular season record of 5-8, including a conference mark of 2-3.

Bozic and the Firebirds were a No. 3 seed in the ECC Tournament but bowed out to tournament host and No. 2 seed, Queens, 5-1 in the semifinals on Friday afternoon.