Posted: Jan 27, 2023
THE TEAMS
UC San Diego (3-2) at Santa Clara (1-0)
UC Santa Cruz (1-0) at Santa Clara (1-0)
Note: all records are as of Jan. 27. UC San Diego plays at Pacific the day before facing Santa Clara.
MATCH INFO
vs. UC San Diego
When: Sunday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: Live Stream
vs. UC Santa Cruz
When: Sunday, Jan. 29 at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: Live Stream
NOTES
- Santa Clara hosts two matches on Sunday's home opener, first against UC San Diego at 10 a.m. followed by UC Santa Cruz at 2:30 p.m.
- The Broncos are coming off a season opening 4-0 loss at No. 13 Stanford.
- In his Bronco debut, mid-year transfer Christian Lerby teamed up with Guillaume Dalmasso to pick up a 6-3 doubles victory against Stanford's number two tandem of Max Basing and Anders Matta.
- Santa Clara was picked to finish fourth in the West Coast Conference in the WCC preseason poll.
- The eight-player squad is comprised entirely of upperclassmen. Graduate Students (4): Santiago Hinojosa, Christian Lerby, Arthur Neuhaus and Jack Pulliam; Seniors (3): Nick Cmager, Matthew Rodriguez and Mann Shah; Junior (1): Guillaume Dalmasso.
- In the fall, Hinojosa led the team with eight singles wins while Pulliam had the most doubles wins with seven.
- The Broncos hired a new assistant coach, Edson Ortiz last May.
�� Hear from head coach Niall Angus & grad student Arthur Neuhaus on the upcoming season!
— Santa Clara Men's Tennis (@SCUMTennis) January 19, 2023
The spring campaign starts on Sunday at No. 13 Stanford. First serve at noon. #SCUBroncos #StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/zFjnbeMVr9
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In 2021-22:
- Santa Clara posted a 10-12 season in 2021-22 including 5-4 in the West Coast Conference to qualify for the league tournament for the fourth time in five years (missing only during 2019-20 COVID year).
- The Broncos finished ranked No. 7 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional team rankings with Guillaume Dalmasso and Arthur Neuhaus ranked top-20 in singles.
- Three Broncos garnered All-WCC honors: Arthur Neuhaus, Mann Shah and Guillaume Dalmasso.
- The team was recognized by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association as an All-Academic team for the fourth-straight year and four Broncos were named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
- Dalmasso had a team best 24-11 overall singles record and a 12-4 dual match record.
- Mann Shah led the team with 12 overall doubles victories and 10 dual match wins.
- Santa Clara returns six players (Nick Cmager, Guillaume Dalmasso, Santiago Hinojosa, Arthur Neuhaus, Matthew Rodriguez and Mann Shah) from last season.
- Head coach Niall Angus is in his seventh year as the head coach. Entering the 2021-22 season, Angus owned a 68-53 career record and coached 11 all-conference singles, 11 all-conference doubles and 16 conference all-academic honorees.
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