Posted: Mar 01, 2023
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (6-4) at Cal Poly (3-4)
MATCH INFO
vs. Cal Poly
When: Saturday, March 4 at 1 p.m.
Where: Mustang Tennis Complex
Where: Mustang Tennis Complex
Live Stats:StatBroadcast
NOTES
- Santa Clara travels to San Luis Obispo to play Cal Poly on Saturday for their second-straight match on the road.
- The Broncos are coming off a 6-1 loss at Washington last weekend. Guillaume Dalmasso defeated No. 120-ranked Dzianis Zharyn in singles for the lone Bronco point.
- SCU is 4-0 this season at the Degheri Tennis Center, 1-4 in true road contests and 1-0 in neutral site matches.
- Dalmasso tops the team with six singles wins while Arthur Neuhaus, Christian Lerby and Mann Shah have five wins apiece.
- Dalmasso, Neuhaus and Shah leads the team in doubles wins with five.
- SCU has blanked three opponents this season - Seattle, UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz.
- 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.
-
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.
Connect with the Broncos on Social Media