BATON ROUGE, La.  – Nicholls men's tennis players Dmitry Kozionov and Nico Mertens received postseason honors for the second time this season as the Colonel duo was named to the 2013 All-Louisiana teams, the Louisiana Sports Writers Association announced late Saturday night.

Kozionov, who garnered first-team All-Southland in singles and doubles, was named All-Louisiana for the fourth time in his career, including three first-team selections. A native of Ivhevsk, Russia, Kozionov capped off a phenomenal career for the Colonels with a 12-6 singles record in his senior campaign. Nine of his wins came in straight sets, including a win over the 86th-ranked player in the country.

In Southland play, Kozionov went 4-1 for the fourth consecutive season and picked up his 53rd career victory with a near shutout against UNO in the Southland Conference Tournament. All of his matches in singles came at the No. 1 or No. 2 position.

Already named Southland first-team and freshman of the year, Mertens added second-team All-Louisiana to his accolades, giving Nicholls multiple all-state honorees for the second time in head coach Meenakshi Sundaram's three years. Mertens, a native of Hilden, Germany, played at the No. 3 position, going 11-6 overall and 4-1 in conference. While notching nine straight-set victories, four of Mertens' losses came against ranked teams with three of the matches going three sets or into a tiebreaker.

The complete men's All-Louisiana teams are listed below:

MEN'S FIRST TEAM
NAME, SCHOOL/YEAR/HOMETOWN
Rick DeGroot, Louisiana-Lafayette/Jr./Pekala, Holland
Loic Didavi, Xavier/Sr./Cotonou, Benin
Dmitry Kozionov, Nicholls /Sr./Ivhevsk, Russia
Dominik Koepfer, Tulane/Fr./Furtwanger, Germany
Kyle Montrel, Xavier/Fr./Atlanta, Ga.
Chris Simpson, LSU/So./Derby, England

MEN'S SECOND TEAM
NAME, SCHOOL/YEAR/HOMETOWN
Damian Farinola, Louisiana-Lafayette/So./Adelaide, South Australia
Hunter Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette/Fr./New Braunfels, Texas
Idan Mark, Tulane/Sr./Hod Hashanron, Israel
Hossam Meligy, UNO/Sr./Cairo, Egypt
Nico Mertens, Nicholls/Fr./Hilden, Germany
Rui Silva, UNO/So./Guimaraes, Portugal

PLAYERS OF THE YEAR (tie): Loic Didavi, Xavier; Chris Simpson, LSU
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Kyle Montrel, Xavier
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Rui Silva, UNO
COACH OF THE YEAR: Jeff Brown, LSU

HONORABLE MENTION
Mark Bowtell, LSU, Sr., County Wicklow, Ireland; Viktor Svoboda, Xavier, Jr., Kamenice, Czech Republic