TOWSON, Md. - The Landmark Conference has announced its 2026 men’s tennis major award winners and All-Conference selections following the season.

Player of the Year: Maksims Kazancevs (Juniata College)
Rookie of the Year: Maksims Kazancevs (Juniata College)
Coaching Staff of the Year: Moravian University

Kazancevs becomes the third player in program history to earn Player of the Year honors and the first since 2015, when Dean Polisena earned back-to-back recognition in 2014 and 2015. He joins Polisena as the only Eagle to receive the award, while also becoming just the fourth player in Landmark Conference history to earn both Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honors, a group that includes Polisena.

Kazancevs posted a 14-2 overall record in singles play, competing exclusively at the No. 1 position, and went 8-1 in Landmark Conference matches, dropping just one conference singles contest during the season. In doubles action, he finished 11-5 overall, including a 5-3 mark in Landmark play, while also anchoring the top of the lineup for Juniata throughout the year.

Led by head coach Mariana Freitas, Moravian was named Landmark Conference Coaching Staff of the Year for the second consecutive season. The honor follows a historic year for the Greyhounds, who captured their first-ever Landmark Conference Championship and advanced to the conference title match for just the second time in program history and first since 2009.

The Greyhounds are 15-5 overall and went a perfect 9-0 in Landmark Conference regular season play, marking the first undefeated conference season in program history. Freitas was assisted by Dylan Westmeyer, Nicholas Espinoza, Peter Demyan, Lauren Steinert, and Eiman Nazif.

Earning the league’s automatic qualifier, Moravian will face Baruch College on Friday, May 8, at 11:00 a.m. in the opening round of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament.

 

All-Landmark First Team Singles
Name	School	Year	Previous Honor
Lorenzo Neri	Catholic University	Sophomore	2025 Second Team
Daniel Arcari	Drew University	Junior	2025 Honorable Mention; 2024 Second Team
Jesse Faro	Drew University	Senior	2025 First Team; 2024 First Team & Player of the Year
Gabe Naftoly	Goucher College	Senior	2025 First Team & Player of the Year; 2024 First Team
Maksims Kazancevs	Juniata College	First-Year
Max Dombrowski	University of Scranton	Junior	2025 First Team; 2024 First Team
All-Landmark First Team Doubles
Name	School	Year	Previous Honor
JT Earwood	Catholic University	Senior	2025 First Team
Diego Romo	Catholic University	Senior	2025 First Team
Jesse Faro	Drew University	Senior	2025 First Team; 2024 Second Team
Daniel Acari	Drew University	Junior	2025 First Team; 2024 Second Team
Gabe Naftoly	Goucher College	Senior	2025 First Team
Benedikt Rummel	Goucher College	Junior	2025 First Team
All-Landmark Second Team Singles
Name	School	Year	Previous Honor
Diego Romo	Catholic University	Senior
Tadeo Asprella	Goucher College	Senior	2025 First Team; 2024 Honorable Mention
Enzo Guarda	Moravian University	First-Year
Gavin Labbadia	Moravian University	Junior
Logan Rauschenberger	Susquehanna University	Sophomore	2025 First Team & Rookie of the Year
Sebastian Sylvester	Wilkes University
All-Landmark Second Team Doubles
Name	School	Year	Previous Honor
Enzo Guarda	Moravian University	First-Year
Cris Calfat Jabra	Moravian University	First-Year
Roman Farhad	Moravian University	Sophomore
Gavin Labbadia	Moravian University	Junior
Max Dombrowksi	University of Scranton	Junior	2025 Second Team; 2024 Honorable Mention
Ethan Borick	University of Scranton	Sophomore
All-Landmark Honorable Mention Singles
Name	School	Year	Previous Honor
Joey Kelly	Moravian University	Sophomore	2025 Honorable Mention