Posted: Jan 26, 2023
THE TEAMS
Nevada (1-1) at Santa Clara (0-0)
UC Davis (0-4) at Santa Clara (0-0)
MATCH INFO
vs. Nevada
When: Friday, Jan. 27 at 11 a.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: Live Stream
vs. UC Davis
When: Saturday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m.
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Where: Degheri Tennis Center (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: Live Stream
NOTES
- Santa Clara opens the 2023 season at home against Nevada on Friday, followed by another home match against UC Davis on Saturday. First serve for both matches are at 11 a.m.
- During the fall season, JennaMarie Gordon led the team with five singles wins while a trio of Broncos tallied two wins.
- The Broncos are led by first-year head coach Cliford Awuy who was promoted from a volunteer assistant on the SCU men's program. Awuy takes over the program from Ben Cabell who was at the helm for 16 seasons.
- Awuy will be assisted by Alory Pereira, a former All-Southern Conference selection at East Tennessee State, who joined the Broncos last September.
- The Broncos return six players from last season: Kacey Feng, Velizara Fileva, JennaMarie Gordon, Giulia Hayer, Finley Kalinic and Varya Zlotnik while adding two newcomers: Dasee Carter and Anna Semler.
�� Hear from first-year head coach Clif Awuy & senior Giulia Hayer on the upcoming season!
— Santa Clara Women's Tennis (@scuwtennis) January 25, 2023
The spring season starts with a pair of home matches this week at the Degheri Tennis Center.
�� Fri vs Nevada at 11 am
�� Sat vs UC Davis at 11 am#SCUBroncos #StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/jcp1uvFNOI
During the 2021-22 season:
- Santa Clara finished with a 9-9 overall record including 2-5 in the West Coast Conference.
- Hayer was named All-WCC doubles honorable mention.
- The team finished with a ranking of No. 10 in ITA's Northwest Regional team standings.
- For the fourth year in a row, the ITA recognized the Broncos as a 2022 All-Academic team while eight Broncos were named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
- Gordon and Hayer topped the team with 13 overall singles wins.
- Hayer also led the Broncos in overall doubles wins with 16 while Gordon was second with 15.
