Posted: Feb 16, 2022
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (3-1) at UC Davis (*6-4)
*Plays San Francisco on Friday before facing Santa Clara.
MATCH INFO
Who: at UC Davis
When: Saturday, Feb. 19 at 11:30 a.m.
Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center (Davis, California)
Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center (Davis, California)
Live Stats: Not available
NOTES
- The Broncos are coming off a weekend split, losing at New Mexico 5-2, followed by a 4-3 win over Grand Canyon in a neutral site match in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Guillaume Dalmasso is undefeated in singles action this spring with a 4-0 record. Arthur Neuhaus has the second best record on the team at 3-1. In doubles, Dalmasso and Neuhaus have teamed up to go 3-0 this spring.
- Junior Mann Shah won two titles during the fall, the top-flight singles title at the UC Davis Aggie Invitational and the ITA Super Regionals consolation bracket singles title.
- Sophomore Guillaume Dalmasso was the singles runner-up at the ITA Northwest Regional Championship's main draw while junior Ryan Ali was the runner-up in the consolation bracket.
- Dalmasso tops the team with 12 singles wins while Shah and Neuhaus have nine each.
- Shah and James Bell led the fall with three doubles wins each.
- Santa Clara returns seven players (Ryan Ali, Nick Cmager, Guillaume Dalmasso, Santiago Hinojosa, Arthur Neuhaus, Matthew Rodriguez and Mann Shah) from last season when it finished 8-7, 4-4 WCC, including victories in five of the last six matches in an abbreviated campaign composed of only the spring season. The Broncos added one newcomer, James Bell, who transferred from Louisville.
- The Broncos finished No. 5 in the Spring 2021 Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional team rankings. Shah finished top-20 in singles with Arthur Neuhaus ranked No. 5 in doubles.
- Last spring, Neuhaus was named All-WCC Second Team Doubles where he tied for the team lead (alongside Dominic Barretto) with six doubles victories and led the team with nine singles wins.
- Shah earned his first conference honor when he finished the spring 7-8 including 3-7 at No. 1 and 4-1 at No. 2. The sophomore from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India won three of his last four matches.
- Head coach Niall Angus is in his sixth year as the head coach. Entering the 2021-22 season, Angus owned a 58-41 career record and coached eight all-conference singles, seven all-conference doubles and nine conference all-academic honorees.
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