Posted: Apr 13, 2023
THE TEAMS
San Francisco (2-14, 0-6 WCC) at Santa Clara (12-8, 4-2 WCC)
William Jessup (7-8) at Santa Clara (12-8)
All records are as of April 13.
MATCH INFO
vs. San Francisco
When: Saturday, April 15 at 10 a.m. PT
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.). FREE admission.
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: Live Stream
vs. William Jessup
When: Saturday, April 15 at 3 p.m. PT
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.) FREE admission.
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: Live Stream
NOTES
- Santa Clara returns to the Degheri Tennis Center for the home stretch with two matches this Saturday against San Francisco and William Jessup along with two more matches the weekend of April 22-23 to close out the regular season.
- The Broncos currently sit in sole position of third place in the West Coast Conference standings with a 4-2 record trailing Pepperdine (5-0) and San Diego (5-1).
- SCU is 6-2 at home this season. San Francisco is 1-10 and William Jessup is 7-5 on the road.
- Christian Lerby entered the ITA Division I Men's National Singles Rankings at No. 117 this week.
- Lerby tops the team with 13 singles wins in dual matches including eight-straight victories and two wins over nationally ranked opponents.
- Mann Shah leads the team in doubles wins in dual matches with 10.
- 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.
LIVE STREAM
All home matches will be live streamed. Viewers can go to this link and follow the live action on each of the six courts with the scores integrated into the live stream view.
PARKING
For weekday matches, the Leavey Center lot (see below for access), located on Accolti Way off El Camino Real, is free beginning one hour prior to start of the match. Any other parking facility on campus will be subject to normal daily rates or restrictions, including the main structure, located adjacent to Stevens Stadium on Palm Drive. During the weekend, campus parking facilities are free (except for permit required locations). Click here for a campus map and parking restrictions.
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