Posted: Apr 19, 2023
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (0-17, 0-6 WCC) at LMU (11-6, 5-2 WCC)
All records are as of April 19.
MATCH INFO
vs. LMU
When: Friday, April 21 at 1 p.m.
Where: LMU Tennis Center (Los Angeles)
Where: LMU Tennis Center (Los Angeles)
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Video: none
NOTES
- Santa Clara closes out the 2023 spring dual match season at LMU on Friday.
- The Broncos are 0-7 on the road this season. The Lions are 5-1 at home.
- Velizara Fileva and JennaMarie Gordon leads the team with five singles wins. Fileva and Gordon also tops the team with five doubles wins along with Dasee Carter.
- Fileva had her singles four-match win streak snapped at San Francisco.
- During the fall season, 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 is 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.
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.
