Posted: Sep 29, 2022
THE TOURNAMENTS
-Aggie Invitational
TOURNAMENT INFO
Aggie Invitational
When: Friday, Sept. 30 - Sunday, Oct. 2
Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center (Davis, California)
Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center (Davis, California)
ITA All-American Championships
When: Saturday, Oct. 1 - Sunday, Oct. 9
Where: Michael D. Case Tennis Center & Case Tennis Center at LaFortune Park (Tulsa, Okla.)
Where: Michael D. Case Tennis Center & Case Tennis Center at LaFortune Park (Tulsa, Okla.)
Video: Web Track
NOTES
- Santa Clara opens the fall season at two tournaments, the Aggie Invitational hosted by UC Davis starting on Friday and the ITA All-American Championships starting Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Five Broncos - Nick Cmager, Santiago Hinojosa, Jack Pulliam, Matthew Rodriguez and Mann Shah - will play at the Aggie Invitational.
- Four 16-player singles draws and two 16-team doubles draws for the event.
- Shah won the top-flight singles title at the Aggie Invitational last season.
- Two Broncos - Guillaume Dalmasso and Arthur Neuhaus - will play at the ITA All-American Championships.
- Both Dalmasso and Neuhaus will play in the singles pre-qualifying rounds starting Saturday.
- The Bronco duo will play the doubles qualifying rounds starting Monday.
- The Broncos hired a new assistant coach, Edson Ortiz during the offseason.
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.
- Shah won two titles last fall, the top-flight singles title at the UC Davis Aggie Invitational and the ITA Super Regionals consolation bracket singles title.
- Dalmasso was the singles runner-up at the ITA Northwest Regional Championship's main draw.
- Santa Clara returns seven players (James Bell, 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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