Northwood’s Bayle is “Freshman of the Year,” NU’s Colestock Named “Coach of the Year”

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BAY CITY, Mich. - Northwood University sophomore Antoine Panguad (Boisseuil, France) was named the 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) men’s tennis “Player of the Year” by the league’s head coaches in all-conference balloting.  The coaches named Northwood’s Valentin Bayle (Brie-Comte-Robert, France) the league’s “Freshman of the Year,” while Zane Colestock, head coach of the Northwood University team, earned GLIAC “Coach of the Year” honors.

    In his first year with the program, Antoine Pangaud became one of the top players in the Midwest region.  He went 14-3 in GLIAC play this spring, posting an 8-1 record at No. 1 singles while going 6-2 at No. 1 doubles.  During the spring season, Pangaud has won 20 matches overall for the Timberwolves.  He has saved his best play for the end of the season, having gone 16-4 combined in his last 20 singles and doubles matches.  Only one of his losses this season have come against an unranked team.  Pangaud led Northwood to its 17th straight GLIAC Championship this season.

    Freshman Valentin Bayle had an immediate impact for the Timberwolves this season, having won 20 matches this spring combined from the No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles position.  Bayle has been strong in GLIAC play, going 6-2 in both singles and doubles.   He was a big part of Northwood’s GLIAC Tournament title, going 4-1 combined at the event.  Bayle has gone 5-1 over his last six singles matches and 8-2 over his last 10 doubles matches. 

    Zane Colestock earned GLIAC Men’s Tennis “Coach of the Year” honors for the 10th time in his career this season.  Despite sporting an entirely new lineup from last season, Colestock led the Timberwolves to their 17th straight GLIAC Championship and their 12th straight GLIAC Tournament title.  For his career, Colestock now has a 545-147 (.788) record as the head coach of the men’s program at Northwood.  The Timberwolves have not lost a match to a GLIAC opponent since the spring of 1999.

    Joining Panguad and Bayle on the 2011 All-GLIAC Men’s Tennis First Team are: Grand Valley State University senior Philipp Claus (Cloppenburg, Germany/Grand Ledge, Mich.) and GVSU junior Marc Roesslein (Basel, Switzerland); University of Findlay senior Kyle Collette (Findlay, Ohio); Wayne State Univerity sophomore Thomas Ducret (Paris, France); Lake Superior State University sophomore Sergiu Laza (Toronto, Ont./Marshall McLuhan); Ferris State University senior Kyle Revall (West Lafayette, Ind./Mattawan); and Michigan Technological University junior Luka Stupar (Belgrade, Serbia).

    A complete list of the 2011 All-GLIAC men’s tennis teams are below: