Men's Tennis Opens Spring Season at No. 13 Stanford on Sunday

THE TEAMS

Santa Clara (0-0) at No. 13 Stanford (*1-0)

*Stanford plays at Cal in a nonconference match on Friday prior to meeting the Broncos on Sunday.

MATCH INFO

When: Sunday, Jan. 22 at noon
Where: Taube Family Tennis Center

Video/Live Stats: PlaySight/Sidearm

NOTES

Santa Clara opens their spring season at No. 13 Stanford on Sunday.
The Broncos also played the Cardinal in the spring opener of the 2018-19 season.
Sunday's match will be Stanford's third match of the spring having already played and defeated Saint Mary's on Jan. 12. They will also face Cal in a nonconference road match on Friday.
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.

�� Hear from head coach Niall Angus & grad student Arthur Neuhaus on the upcoming season!

The spring campaign starts on Sunday at No. 13 Stanford. First serve at noon. #SCUBroncos #StampedeTogether pic.twitter.com/zFjnbeMVr9
— Santa Clara Men's Tennis (@SCUMTennis) January 19, 2023

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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Players Mentioned

Nick Cmager: 5' 8"; Senior

Guillaume Dalmasso: 6' 3"; Junior

Santiago Hinojosa: 6' 0"; Graduate Student

Christian Lerby: 6' 4"; Graduate Student

Arthur Neuhaus: 6' 0"; Graduate Student

Jack Pulliam: 5' 11"; Graduate Student

Matthew Rodriguez: 6' 1"; Senior

Mann Shah: 6' 4"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Nick Cmager
: 5' 8"; Senior

Guillaume Dalmasso
: 6' 3"; Junior

Santiago Hinojosa
: 6' 0"; Graduate Student

Christian Lerby
: 6' 4"; Graduate Student

Arthur Neuhaus
: 6' 0"; Graduate Student

Jack Pulliam
: 5' 11"; Graduate Student

Matthew Rodriguez
: 6' 1"; Senior

Mann Shah
: 6' 4"; Senior