Posted: Feb 24, 2022
THE TEAMS
UNLV (4-4) at Santa Clara (3-2)
UC Irvine (*2-4) at Santa Clara (3-2)
*Plays San Francisco on Saturday before facing Santa Clara.
MATCH INFO
vs. UNLV
When: Saturday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Video: Live Stream
vs. UC Irvine
When: Sunday, Feb. 26 at 11 a.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Video: Live Stream
NOTES
- Santa Clara hosts UNLV and UC Irvine at the Degheri Tennis Center this weekend.
- The Broncos are coming off a 6-1 loss at UC Davis.
- Guillaume Dalmasso is undefeated in both singles (5-0) and doubles (4-0) play 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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