Posted: Mar 23, 2023
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (8-6, 0-1 WCC) at Pacific (3-8, 0-1 WCC)
Santa Clara (8-6, 0-1 WCC) at Saint Mary's (1-7, 0-1 WCC)
All records are as of March 23. Pacific and Saint Mary's plays San Francisco before playing the Broncos.
MATCH INFO
vs. Pacific
When: Saturday, March 25 at 1 p.m.
Where: Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center (Stockton, Calif.)
Where: Eve Zimmerman Tennis Center (Stockton, Calif.)
No live stats and live stream
vs. Saint Mary's
When: Sunday, March 26 at 11 a.m.
Where: Timothy Korth Tennis Complex (Moraga, Calif.)
Where: Timothy Korth Tennis Complex (Moraga, Calif.)
No live stats and live stream
NOTES
- Santa Clara hits the road for two West Coast Conference matches this weekend at Pacific on Saturday and at Saint Mary's on Sunday.
- The Broncos enter the heart of league play this weekend with eight of the next 10 matches against WCC opponents. SCU opened WCC action back on Feb. 12 against San Diego and lost 4-1.
- This spring, SCU is 3-4 in true road contests. Pacific is 2-1 and Saint Mary's is 1-1 at home.
- Guillaume Dalmasso and Christian Lerby tops the team with nine singles wins each.
- Dalmasso, Arthur Neuhaus and Mann Shah leads the team in doubles wins with seven.
- 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.
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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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