A 6-1 senior from Lisbon, Portugal, the All-Big South honor is the second of Sergio's career following his placement on the league's doubles first team alongside former teammate Amadeo Blasco in 2019. He becomes the eighth Lancer to earn All-Big South singles recognition and the fourth to appear on the first team, joining Blasco from 2017-19, Dan Elston in 2015 and Florian Uffer in 2017.
Sergio earned his most recent award after posting an 8-5 overall record and a 3-2 mark in Big South play in 2021, doing so while playing every singles bout in Longwood's top three slots. He went 5-2 at No. 1, 2-3 at No. 2 and 1-0 at No. 3, while winning both of his Big South bouts playing at No. 1.
Among his top wins on the year were a three-set victory over James Madison ace Holden Koons, a straight-set win over UNC Asheville's All-Big South singles rep Oli Nolan and a three-set win over Big South Player of the year Max Benson from Presbyterian. Sergio's win over Benson was one of only two conference losses for the Presbyterian ace.
On the season, Sergio went 3-2 against All-Big South singles players, including a straight-set road win at No. 2 against Gardner-Webb's second-team selection Chrisjan Van Wyk.
Sergio's 2021 season capped a three-year Lancer career in which he amassed a 49-19 singles record and an 11-4 record in Big South play to finish second in program history in singles winning percentage, fifth in singles wins, third in Big South wins and second in singles win percentage.
Meanwhile, Cagigas repeated as a Big South All-Academic Team honoree, receiving the award for a second straight year. The 5-11 native of Madrid, Spain, became the third Lancer to earn the honor multiple times, joining fellow two-timers Ed Becker in 2013-14 and Florian Uffer in 2016-17. A business administration major with a concentration in finance, Cagigas boasts a 3.495 grade point average and is a perennial Longwood University Dean's List selection. He has also contributed in both singles and doubles play, going 7-7 in singles and 7-7 in doubles this season.
The awards for Sergio and Cagigas come at the conclusion of head coach Jhonnatan Medina Alvarez's third season leading the program. He recruited both of those players and will return six letterwinners for his fourth-year squad in 2021-22.
2021 Big South Men's Tennis All-Conference Awards
First Team All-Conference Singles
Max Benson, Jr., Presbyterian College
Yevhen Sirous, Sr., Radford
•Guilherme Sergio, Sr., Longwood
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
Victor Putter, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Nicholas McKinney, Jr., Presbyterian College
Jon Brann Reid, Fr., UNC Asheville
Oli Nolan, Sr., UNC Asheville
First Team All-Conference Doubles
Andres Silva / Demi Taramonlis, Radford
Guilherme Severin / Yevhen Sirous, Radford
Victor Putter / Chrisjan Van Wyk,Gardner-Webb
Max Benson / Georgije Babic, Presbyterian College
Second Team All-Conference Singles
Andres Silva, Jr., Radford
Demi Taramonlis, Soph., Radford
Guilherme Severin, Fr., Radford
Leo Bierbaum, Jr., UNC Asheville
Chrisjan Van Wyk, Fr., Gardner-Webb
Dinos Raptis, Soph., Radford
Javier Matos, Fr., Presbyterian College
Matthew Beecher, Jr., Campbell
Second Team All-Conference Doubles
Benjamin Niv / Matt Beecher, Campbell
Jon Brann Reid / Charlie Morkel, UNC Asheville
Harry Thursfield / Leo Bierbaum, UNC Asheville
Stefano Puga / Breno Plentz, Gardner-Webb
All-Academic Team
Noe Macquart, Soph., Campbell
Victor Putter, Soph., Gardner-Webb
Mathew Foster-Estwick, Gr., Hampton
•Guillermo Cagigas, Jr., Longwood
Nicholas McKinney, Jr., Presbyterian College
Yevhen Sirous, Sr., Radford
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
Player of the Year
Max Benson, Jr., Presbyterian College
Freshman of the Year
Jon Brann Reid, UNC Asheville
Coach of the Year
Tom Hand, UNC Asheville
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Charlie Morkel, Sr., UNC Asheville
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