Posted: Feb 15, 2023
THE TEAMS
UC Davis (4-2) at Santa Clara (4-3)
Grand Canyon (2-6) at Santa Clara (4-3)
Note: all records are as of Feb. 15.
MATCH INFO
vs. UC Davis
When: Friday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center
Where: Degheri Tennis Center
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: Live Stream
vs. Grand Canyon
When: Saturday, Feb. 18 at 10 a.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center
Where: Degheri Tennis Center
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: Live Stream
NOTES
- After two-straight weekends on the road, Santa Clara returns home for a pair of matches against UC Davis and Grand Canyon. The Broncos face UC Davis on Friday and Grand Canyon on Saturday.
- Santa Clara is 2-0 this season at the Degheri Tennis Center.
- The Broncos are coming off a weekend split in Southern California, beating San Diego State 4-1 before losing to San Diego in the West Coast Conference opener.
- Transfer Christian Lerby is undefeated in singles play this spring going 5-0 with four of those wins coming at No. 3 and the other win at No. 2.
- Lerby also tops the team in doubles wins with four. He has teamed up with Guillaume Dalmasso to go 4-1 at No. 2.
- 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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