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GENERAL INFORMATION
PROGRAM HISTORY
Location:................................................................. Tuscaloosa, Alabama Enrollment:...................................................................................... 38,533 Founded:..............................................................................April 12, 1831 Conference:...........................................................................Southeastern Colors:....................................................................... Crimson and White Nickname:............................................................................Crimson Tide Stadium:...........................................................Alabama Tennis Stadium Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility Capacity:............................................................................................. 2,000 Athletics Website:....................................................... www.rolltide.com President:............................................................................ Dr. Stuart Bell Athletic Director:................................................................... Greg Byrne SWA:.................................................................................................. Marie Robbins Sport Administrator:................................................................... Kevin Almond
First Year of Sport:............................................................................ 1949 All-Time Record:.......................................................... 866-675-2 (.562) All-Time SEC Record:.................................................. 267-358-2 (.427) NCAA Tournament Appearances:..................................................... 17 NCAA Tournament Record:.............................................. 12-17 (.414) NCAA Singles Qualifiers:.................................................................... 36 NCAA Doubles Qualifiers:.................................................................. 23 Singles All-Americans:............................................................................ 8 Doubles All-Americans:......................................................................... 8 All-SEC Selections:..................................................39 players, 76 times
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Associate AD/Communications:....................................................Jessica Pare Tennis Contact:....................................................................Zach Rhodes Office: 205.348.3523 Cell: 919.247.7585 Fax: 205.348.8841 Email:
[email protected] Director:............................................................................... Aaron Jordan Associate Director:........................................................Roots Woodruff Assistant Director:.................................................................... Todd Bell Assistant Director:........................................................ Nathan Sheehan Assistant Director:.........................................................Alex Thompson Alabama Athletics Communications Mailing Address Box 870391 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Overnight Address 323 Bryant Drive Coleman Coliseum Rm 170 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone & Fax Number Phone: 205.348.6084 Fax: 205.348.8841 SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter:................................................................................... @AlabamaMTN @UAAthletics Facebook:...................................................................................AlabamaMTN Instagram..................................................................................AlabamaMTN Website........................................................................................RollTide.com
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COACHING STAFF Head Coach (Season):....................................... George Husack (Sixth) Alma Mater:........................................................ San Diego State (1991) Record at UA:........................................................................ 70-76 (.479) Career Record (Seasons):......................... 138-139 (.498) (11 seasons) Assistant Coach (Season):................................Robbie Weiss (Second) Volunteer Assistant Coach (Season):.............. Glen Fanelli (Second) Undergrad. Assistant Coach:.............................. Ritchie Kruunenberg Tennis Office Phone:...........................................................205.348.0526
2017 TEAM INFORMATION 2017 Record: .....................................................................................11-17 2017 SEC Record/Finish...................................................... 2-10/T-12th 2017 Postseason:.................................................................................N/A Letterwinners Returning/Lost:..........................................................5/4 Newcomers................................................................................................ 2
2018 ROSTER Name Thibault Cancel Sam Fischer Alexey Nesterov Edson Ortiz Mazen Osama Grant Stuckey Zhe Zhou
Ht. Class Hometown (High Schools) 6-2 So. Toulouse, France (Lycee Polyvalent Bellevue) 5-10 Fr. Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood) 6-3 So. Moscow, Russia (Moscow #1101) 5-11 So. Chihuahua, Mexico (Colegio Belen) 5-10 Jr. Cairo, Egypt (Hadabet Alahram Internation School) 6-2 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Catholic) 5-9 So. Tianjin, China (Tianjin Sports School)
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HEAD COACH GEORGE HUSACK and No. 13 Kentucky, 4-2. The victories against the Commodores and the Wildcats were the Tide’s first in both series since 2009.
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For the second year in a row, Husack had a doubles team earn All-America honors with senior Daniil Proskura and sophomore Becker O’Shaughnessey receiving the nod. The duo was ranked throughout the season and reached a high of No. 7 after defeating the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in consecutive weeks. Individually, the two were named all-conference performers with Proskura making the first team and O’Shaughnessey the second team, while Proskura repeated as the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Nikko Madregallejo also earned a spot in the postseason mentions as he was one of eight rookies named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.
O’Shaughnessey returned to the postseason in 2015, Sixth Season partnering with freshman newcomer Korey Lovett. The duo marked the fourth consecutive doubles team SAN DIEGO STATE, 1991 Husack guided to the NCAA Doubles Championship. When he assumed the role of head coach for The pair played the majority of the dual match season the Crimson Tide men’s tennis team in 2012, together at No. 1 doubles for the Crimson Tide George Husack had a vision to instill a winning where they won 11 matches, including four against mentality in Tuscaloosa and bring Alabama to nationally-ranked opponents. national prominence. After only months at the reins, Husack had the Tide back in the NCAA Under Husack’s watch, Lovett turned in one of the best freshman campaigns in the history of the Alabama Championship tournament. men’s tennis program. Lovett collected several After only one season, it was evident Husack’s postseason accolades including the Intercollegiate vision was coming to life. In addition to making Tennis Association’s Rookie of the Year Award for the the NCAAs as a team for the first time in Southern Region, as well as a spot on the SEC Allthree years, Husack’s development of individual Freshman Team. players shined. Jarryd Botha, the Tide’s No. 1 player, nearly tripled his win total from the The Tide shined off the court in 2015 as well, earning previous year, earned a national ranking and the highest GPA of all men’s programs at Alabama claimed spots in the NCAA Singles and Doubles with a combined 3.34 average. Championships. He, and partner David Vieyra, were awarded All-America honors in doubles, In 2016, members of the Alabama men’s tennis team the first for any Tide doubles team in two were selected to compete in the NCAA singles and/ or doubles championships for the fifth consecutive decades. season. Mazen Osama and Korey Lovett were awarded Despite losing three starters and gaining a No. 5-8 seed in the NCAA doubles championships, only one freshman, the team collected four the third pair to do so under head coach George more wins in Husack’s first year than it did Husack, while Osama also earned a spot in the singles in 2012, with that 2013 win-total including a field of 64. He was the first Alabama freshman to 4-3 victory in the SEC Championship against make the cut since two-time All-American Francisco sixth-ranked tournament host Ole Miss. Botha Rodriguez did so in 1997. and Becker O’Shaughnessey earned All-SEC honors, while Daniil Proskura was named SEC Alabama student-athletes continued to earn Scholar-Athlete of the Year and recipient of the individual awards under Husack in 2017. Osama ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship was named the ITA Player to Watch, while Thibault Cancel earned ITA Rookie of the Year honors. Both Award for the Southern Region. players were also named to the All-SEC teams with Year two did not end with as many wins Osama earning a place on the first team and Cancel as Husack would have liked, but there were taking home both second-team and All-Freshman still several positives to take away from the team accolades. Osama returned to the NCAA 2014 campaign. Playing one of the toughest Doubles Championships for the second consecutive schedules in the nation against 21 nationally- season, this time with Spencer Richey. He also earned ranked opponents, the Tide walked away with a spot in the field of 64 for the singles bracket. 14 victories in all. During the final weekend of March, late into the SEC season, Alabama posted two huge wins, beating No. 26 Vanderbilt, 4-1, Head Coach
HUSACK’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • In his first season at Alabama, coached Jarryd Botha and David Vierya to All-America honors in doubles • For the second year in a row, his top doubles team was named All-America, with Becker O’Shaughnessey and Daniil Proskura earning the nod in 2014 • Has sent four consecutive doubles teams to the NCAA Doubles Championship • Led the Tide back to the 2013 NCAA Championship tournament for the first time since 2010 after inheriting a team that lost three starters • Signed the No. 5 recruiting class in the nation in 2014 • 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Assistant Coach of the Year • 2011 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Assistant Coach of the Year • Three-time NCAA National Team Champions (2010, 2011, 2012) at Southern California • 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor Champions at Southern California • 2012 Pac-12 Conference Tournament Champions at Southern California • Two-time Pac-10 Conference Tournament Champions at Southern California • 2011 Pac-10 Conference Regular Season Champions at Southern California • Two-time United States Tennis Association Northern California National Boys 18s Coach (2005, 2006) • 2003 United States Tennis Association and Intercollegiate Tennis Association Community Service Award Winner • 2001 Santa Clara University Club Advisor of the Year
HUSACK’S COACHING TIMELINE 2012-present 2009-12 2007-09 2002-07 1995-2002
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2017 RECORDS AND RESULTS Overall: 11-17 • SEC: 2-10 • Home: 8-5 • Away: 2-9 • Neutral: 1-3 Date Jan. 16 Jan. 16 Jan. 21 Jan. 26 Jan. 28 Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Feb. 10 Feb. 12 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 25 March 3 March 5 March 9 March 11 March 17 March 19 March 19 March 25 March 30 April 1 April 1 April 7 April 9 April 13 April 13 April 26
Opponent EAST TENNESSEE STATE SAMFORD vs. #21 Michigan at Washington PURDUE TEXAS TECH CLEMSON at #12 Oklahoma State at #14 Oklahoma vs. Virginia Tech vs. Boise State vs. Texas Tech OLE MISS ARKANSAS at #16 Mississippi State at Auburn #11 TEXAS A&M LSU TROY at #14 Georgia #12 FLORIDA #21 SOUTH CAROLINA JACKSON STATE at #47 Vanderbilt at #23 Kentucky at Tennessee at Jacksonville State at Vanderbilt
Date Opponent Score Jan. 16 EAST TENNESSEE STATE W, 4-2 Jan. 16 SAMFORD W, 4-0 Jan. 21 vs. #21 Michigan L, 0-4 Jan. 26 at Washington L, 2-4 Jan. 28 PURDUE W, 4-3 Feb. 3 TEXAS TECH W, 4-3 Feb. 5 CLEMSON W, 5-2 Feb. 10 at #12 Oklahoma State L, 0-7 Feb. 12 at #14 Oklahoma L, 2-5 Feb. 24 vs. Virginia Tech L, 2-4 Feb. 25 vs. Boise State W, 4-1 Feb. 25 vs. Texas Tech L, 1-4 March 3 OLE MISS L, 3-4 March 5 ARKANSAS L, 2-5 March 9 at #16 Mississippi State L, 2-5 March 11 at Auburn L, 1-6 March 17 #11 TEXAS A&M L, 0-4 March 19 LSU W, 6-1 March 19 TROY W, 4-1 March 25 at #14 Georgia L, 0-7 March 30 #12 FLORIDA L, 0-4 April 1 #21 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 3-4 April 1 JACKSON STATE W, 4-0 April 7 at #47 Vanderbilt L, 3-4 April 9 at #23 Kentucky W, 4-3 April 13 at Tennessee L, 2-4 April 13 at Jacksonville State W, 5-0 April 26 at Vanderbilt L, 2-4
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Score W, 4-2 W, 4-0 L, 0-4 L, 2-4 W, 4-3 W, 4-3 W, 5-2 L, 0-7 L, 2-5 L, 2-4 W, 4-1 L, 1-4 L, 3-4 L, 2-5 L, 2-5 L, 1-6 L, 0-4 W, 6-1 W, 4-1 L, 0-7 L, 0-4 L, 3-4 W, 4-0 L, 3-4 W, 4-3 L, 2-4 W, 5-0 L, 2-4
Overall 1-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 2-2-0 3-2-0 4-2-0 5-2-0 5-3-0 5-4-0 5-5-0 6-5-0 6-6-0 6-7-0 6-8-0 6-9-0 6-10-0 6-11-0 7-11-0 8-11-0 8-12-0 8-13-0 8-14-0 9-14-0 9-15-0 10-15-0 10-16-0 11-16-0 11-17-0
SEC Rank 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 N/A 0-0-0 50 0-0-0 50 0-0-0 50 0-1-0 N/A 0-2-0 N/A 0-3-0 N/A 0-4-0 N/A 0-5-0 N/A 1-5-0 N/A 1-5-0 N/A 1-6-0 N/A 1-7-0 N/A 1-8-0 N/A 1-8-0 N/A 1-9-0 N/A 2-9-0 N/A 2-10-0 N/A 2-10-0 N/A 2-10-0 N/A
Singles Doubles 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 u W L W W L L W W W W u u W u W u W u u L u L L u L L L L L W u L W W u W W L L W L W W L L W L L W W W L W W W L W W L W L W L L L L L L L L u W L L W L L L L u W L L W L u L u L W L W u u W W W L u L L L u W L L u W W W L L L W L L L L W L L W L L W W W L L L L L u L L L L L W L u L L L u L u L u W L L W W W W L W W W u W u u W W L W L W L L L L L L L W L u u L L L u u L L W L W L L L W L W u W u W W u W u W L L L L W W W W u W W L L W L W W L Lr L L L u W W u W W W W W u u W u W L L L u W W W L L
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2017 SEASON STATS Overall: 11-17 • SEC: 2-10 • Home: 8-5 • Away: 2-9 • Neutral: 1-3 SINGLES Hayes Brewer Thibault Cancel Langford Hills Ritchie Kruunenberg Alexey Nesterov Edson Ortiz Mazen Osama Spencer Richey Zhe Zhou Totals Percentage
Overall Dual Tour SEC 1 2 3 4 5 6 Streak Last 10 0-8 0-0 0-8 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- --- L8 0-8 17-15 11-13 6-2 4-6 2-1 9-12 --- --- --- --- L1 3-5 5-8 1-5 4-3 0-0 --- --- --- --- 1-0 0-5 W1 2-7 6-10 2-5 4-5 1-3 --- --- --- 1-0 0-1 1-4 L1 3-6 10-22 7-16 3-6 2-9 --- 2-0 1-7 2-6 0-3 2-0 L1 3-6 11-10 11-10 0-0 3-6 --- --- 5-7 1-2 5-1 --- W1 2-6 19-13 11-10 8-3 5-7 11-9 0-1 --- --- --- --- L2 3-6 8-20 6-16 2-4 2-10 --- --- 0-5 4-6 0-5 2-0 W2 3-5 9-7 9-7 0-0 5-4 --- --- --- 1-0 5-2 3-5 W4 6-2 85-113 58-82 27-31 21-44 13-10 11-13 6-19 9-14 11-12 8-14 .429 .414 .466 .323 .565 .458 .240 .391 .478 .364
DOUBLES Overall Dual Tour SEC 1 2 3 Streak Last 10 Alexey Nesterov/Matthew Rossouw 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 --- --- --- W 1 1-0 Hayes Brewer/Langford Hills 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 --- --- 1-0 W 2 2-0 Hayes Brewer/Matthew Rossouw 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- L 1 0-1 Hayes Brewer/Thibault Cancel 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 --- --- --- W 2 3-1 Ritchie Kruunenberg/Alexey Nesterov 5-3 2-2 3-1 0-0 --- 2-2 --- L 2 5-3 Thibault Cancel/Alexey Nesterov 5-6 4-5 1-1 4-3 --- 4-5 --- L 1 4-6 Langford Hills/Ritchie Kruunenberg 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 --- --- --- W 1 1-0 Thibault Cancel/Langford Hills 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- L 1 0-1 Mazen Osama/Matthew Rossouw 3-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 --- --- --- L 1 3-1 Hayes Brewer/Ritchie Kruunenberg 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 --- --- --- L 1 2-1 Langford Hills/Spencer Richey 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --- L 1 0-1 Mazen Osama/Spencer Richey 16-7 13-7 3-0 7-3 13-7 --- --- W 5 7-3 Alexey Nesterov/Edson Ortiz 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-3 --- 1-5 --- L 5 1-5 Thibault Cancel/Zhe Zhou 3-6 3-6 0-0 1-3 --- --- 3-6 L 2 3-6 Thibault Cancel/Edson Ortiz 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 --- 0-1 2-1 L 1 2-2 Alexey Nesterov/Zhe Zhou 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 --- 0-1 --- L 1 0-1 Alexey Nesterov/Mazen Osama 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 --- --- W 1 1-1 Edson Ortiz/Spencer Richey 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 --- 1-0 --- W 1 1-0 Edson Ortiz/Zhe Zhou 4-4 4-4 0-0 2-3 --- --- 4-4 L 1 4-4 Ritchie Kruunenberg/Spencer Richey 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 --- --- W 1 1-0 Thibault Cancel/Mazen Osama 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 --- --- W 2 2-0 Ritchie Kruunenberg/Zhe Zhou 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 --- --- 0-1 L 1 0-1 Totals 53-42 35-34 18-8 14-16 17-8 8-14 10-12 Percentage .558 .507 .692 .467 .680 .364 .455 DOUBLES Hayes Brewer Thibault Cancel Langford Hills Ritchie Kruunenberg Alexey Nesterov Edson Ortiz Mazen Osama Spencer Richey Zhe Zhou Totals Percentage
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Overall Dual Tour SEC 1 2 3 7-3 1-0 6-3 0-0 --- --- 1-0 15-16 11-13 4-3 5-6 2-0 4-6 5-7 3-2 1-0 2-2 0-0 --- --- 1-0 9-4 3-2 6-2 0-0 1-0 2-2 --13-16 8-14 5-2 4-6 1-1 7-13 --8-11 8-11 0-0 2-6 --- 2-6 6-5 22-9 16-8 6-1 7-3 16-8 --- --18-8 15-7 3-1 7-3 14-7 1-0 --7-12 7-12 0-0 3-7 --- 0-1 7-11 53-42 35-34 18-8 14-16 17-8 8-14 10-12 .558 .507 .692 .467 .680 .364 .455
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2018 NEWCOMERS SAM FISCHER | FRESHMAN | BRENTWOOD, TENN. (BRENTWOOD HS) PREP HIGHLIGHTS Was ranked as high as No. 62 in the USTA Boys 18s national singles rankings according to tennisrecruiting.net … named the Tennessee Individual State Champion … a two-time USTA Qualifier Champion in both singles and doubles … was named the Tennessee USTA Player of the Year in 2015 ... an eight-time representative of Team Tennessee at the Junior Southern Cup ... was named the 2015 WILLCO Award Winner for the best tennis studentathlete ... chose to come to Alabama over Tennessee, Nebraska and Auburn … attended Brentwood High School.
GRANT STUCKEY | FRESHMAN | CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HS) PREP HIGHLIGHTS Was ranked as high as No. 33 and No. 81 in the Boys 16s and 18s national singles rankings, respectively, according to tennisrecruiting.net … ranked as the top player in the Boys 14s and 16s in North Carolina, and he was No. 2 in the Boys 18s … awarded the Sportsmanship Trophy for all age groups at the North Carolina State Qualifier in Boys 16s, where he finished runner-up … chose to come to Alabama over North Carolina State, Furman and Davidson … attended Charlotte Catholic High School.
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