Posted: Feb 09, 2023
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (3-2) at San Diego State (1-1)
Santa Clara (3-2) vs San Diego (3-3, 1-0 WCC)
Note: all records are as of Feb 9. San Diego will face Pacific on Saturday prior to playing Santa Clara.
MATCH INFO
vs. San Diego State
When: Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m.
Where: Aztec Tennis Center (San Diego State campus)
Where: Aztec Tennis Center (San Diego State campus)
Video: Live Stream
vs. San Diego
When: Sunday, Feb. 12 at noon
Where: Hogan Tennis Center (University San Diego campus)
Where: Hogan Tennis Center (University San Diego campus)
Live Stats: SideArm
Video: Live Stream
NOTES
- Santa Clara heads to Southern California to face San Diego State on Saturday and open West Coast Conference action at San Diego on Sunday.
- San Diego already has played a WCC match, beating San Francisco, 4-0, back on Jan. 22 and will face Pacific on Saturday before facing the Broncos.
- Santa Clara is coming off a weekend split in Eugene, Oregon, losing to the University of Oregon before downing Seattle University in a neutral site match.
- The 4-0 sweep of Seattle was the third blanking of an opponent this season. The Broncos also shutout UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz.
- Christian Lerby is 4-0 in singles play this spring to lead the team. Lerby has teamed up with Guillaume Dalmasso in doubles action for a team best 3-1 record.
- 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.
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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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