FLORENCE, Ala. -- After a strong season where he earned the team's No. 1 singles spot and went 5-2 in conference play, University of North Alabama freshman Lachlan Brain of Adelaide, Australia has been named ASUN Conference Men's Tennis Freshman of the Year.

Brain finished the regular-season with a 10-6 singles record and won five of his last seven matches of the season, including wins at No. 1  singles over Jacksonville State (twice), Kennesaw State, Queens and Bellarmine.  He also had a 4-9 doubles record, playing primarily at No. 2.

Brain had the team match clinching wins over Jacksonville State in a 4-3 victory on March 20 at JSU and a 4-1 home win on April 5. In the first meeting with the Gamecocks, with the team match tied 3-3, Brain rallied from a set down and a 5-3 deficit in the second set to defeat Jacksonville State's Zavier Sarda Marti 7-5, 6-4 and give North Alabama a 4-3 win over the Gamecocks. He fought off three match points in the second set.

UNA completed its regular season schedule with a 9-9 record, marking the best record and most wins by a Lion team on the Division I level. North Alabama won just 13 combined matches in its previous four seasons in Division I. It is the most overall wins in a season since 2017.

Brain becomes just the second UNA men's tennis player to earn an ASUN All-Freshman team honor, joining Oscar Meslin from 2019.