Lamar University Cardinals Tennis
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2016 Schedule/Results January 12 at #12 Texas 16 at UL-Lafayette 17 at #5 Texas A&M 31 at Southern Mississippi
L 6-1 W 4-3 L 7-0 W 4-3
February 7 at UT Rio Grande Valley 12 at Prairie View A&M 14 Oral Roberts 28 at #37 LSU
W 6-1 W 7-0 W 7-0 L 6-1
March 2 13 13 15 15 25 29
W 6-1 L 4-0 W 4-2 W 6-1 L 4-2 W 7-0 W 7-0
vs. Presbyterian~ at #5 Oklahoma State vs. #47 Iowa! at Omaha at Nebraska Nicholls* UTSA
April 2 at New Orleans* W 6-1 3 Abilene Christian* W 4-3 9 #28 Rice W 4-1 10 at Incarnate Word* W 6-1 13 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 4-0 23 vs. Nicholls^ W 4-0 24 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi^ W 4-1 May 13 vs. #18 Texas$ 10 a.m. 14 vs. Texas A&M/G. Washington$ 1 p.m. *Indicates SLC match All Times Central/Subject to Change ~Match played in Thibodaux, La. !Match played in Stillwater, Okla. ^Indicates SLC Championships $Indicates NCAA Championships
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NCAA Championships – First/Second Rounds Friday, May 13, 2016 #56 Lamar University (17-5) vs. #18 Texas (17-11) – 10 am George Washington (14-8) vs. #12 Texas A&M (26-9) – 1 pm
George P. Mitchell Tennis Center College Station, Texas Cardinals Face Texas in NCAA First Round Match
The Lamar University men’s tennis team (17-5) returns to action Friday when it opens play in the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas. The 56th-ranked Cardinals punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament after winning the Southland’s automatic bid. Big Red will face No. 18 Texas (17-11) who received an at-large bid from the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns closed the regular season losing three straight and five of their last seven matches, while the Cardinals have won nine consecutive. The Red and White enter the NCAA tournament as the three seed in College Station’s four-team pod. LU’s match against Texas is slated to begin at 10 a.m. Friday from the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. The other half of the bracket will consist of No. 12 Texas A&M against George Washington (1 p.m.).
LU vs. the Longhorns
The Cardinals are 0-3 (according to partial LU records) all-time against Texas. LU opened the 2016 season against the Longhorns in Austin. Texas took that decision by a 6-1 score but the match was closer than the final tally indicated when looking at the individual matches. The Red and White forced two matches to a third set and had three sets that went to a tiebreaker before being decided, including No. 1 doubles.
LU vs. the Aggies
Should the Cardinals advance to the second round of the NCAA Championships and face Texas A&M, it would be a familiar foe. The Cardinals are 2-13 (.133) all-time against Texas A&M (according to partial LU records) – a record that includes a 7-0 setback in College Station earlier this season.
2016 Lamar University Men’s Tennis Roster Trey Crysel Michael Feucht Lukas Grubelnig Jeandre Hoogenboezem Juuso Laitinen Nikita Lis Steven McMullan Sebastian Santibanez Benny Schweizer
6-1 Sr.-3L 6-2 Jr.-2L 6-0 Fr.-HS 5-10 Jr.-2L 6-1 Jr.-2L 6-1 Jr.-2L 6-2 Sr.-3L 5-8 Fr.-HS 6-0 So.-1L
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Beaumont, Texas/West Brook HS Augsburg, Germany/Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium Reifnitz, Austria Amanzintoti, S. Africa/Glenwood HS Kuopio, Finland/Koulutuskeskus Salpus Kaliningrad, Russia/Lyceum No. 49 Houston, Texas/Langham Creek HS Santiago, Chile Manheim, Germany/Kurpfalz Gymnasium
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Lamar University Tennis Notes LU vs. the Colonials
Should LU advance to the second round and face George Washington, it would be the first meeting between the two schools on the court.
LU vs. the Field
It can be argued that LU’s 2016 schedule has prepared them for this moment. The Cardinals’ slate consisted of five matches against NCAA Championship participants, including two in the College Station four-team pod. Those five teams include Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Rice and LSU. The Cardinals posted 1-4 (.200) mark in those matches, with the one victory being a 4-1 decision over No. 28 Rice in Beaumont.
Lone Star Dominance
The State of Texas will be very well represented in the 2016 NCAA Championships. LU is one of nine programs from the Lone Star State qualifying for the 2016 tournament. The other programs include Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, SMU, Rice, TCU, UT Arlington and Baylor.
LU vs. Ranked Teams
Friday’s match against No. 18 Texas will mark the seventh time this season LU has squared off against a nationally ranked opponent, and the third time it will face a team ranked among the nation’s top 20. The Cardinals are 2-4 (.333) in the previous six matches picking up wins against No. 47 Iowa and No. 28 Rice.
The Streak
The Cardinals enter the 2016 NCAA Championships as one of the nation’s hottest teams. LU has won nine consecutive matches, and 11 of its last 12, with the only setback during that stretch a 4-2 decision at Nebraska.
All-Southland Conference
The Cardinals dominated the 2016 All-Southland Conference teams. All six of LU’s regular starters earned postseason recognition, including four first-team selections in singles and doubles. Led by league player of the year Michael Feucht, the Red and White landed five names on the singles all-conference teams which included first-team selections Benny Schweizer, Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Juuso Laitinen. Junior Nikita Lis was a second-team selection in singles. Feucht, Schweizer, Lis and Hoogenboezem each earned first-team all-conference honors in doubles, while the team of Laitinen and freshman Sebastian Santibanez garnered second-team honors. LU head coach Scott Shankles was named Southland Coach of the Year.
SLC Players of the Week
Big Red also dominated the Southland’s weekly honors throughout the 2016 season. The Cardinals received the Southland’s Player of the Week honor six times this past season. Junior Michael Feucht received the honor three times, classmate Nikita Lis twice and sophomore Benny Schweizer was named league player of the week in March.
Among the Nation’s Best
The Cardinals jumped in the ITA national rankings at 61 after their upset victory over No. 47 Iowa, and have remained in the poll each week since that time. The Red and White climbed as high as 54th after a win over No. 28 Rice at home. The Cards enter the postseason ranked 56th overall. In addition to the team being ranked, LU’s No. 1 doubles team of junior Michael Feucht and Benny Schweizer landed in the doubles national rankings after their upset win over Oklahoma State’s Arjun Kadhe and Julian Cash. The Cowboys duo was ranked ninth nationally at the time of the upset. Feucht and Schweizer debuted in the poll at No. 43 and enter the NCAA Championships ranked 74th overall.
Home Sweet Home
The Cardinals were one of the nation’s toughest team at home this past season. Big Red posted a perfect 7-0 record in those matches outscoring opponents, 40-4. The Cardinals surrendered points to only two opponents, with one of those points coming against the No. 28 Rice Owls.
Next Match
Should the Cardinals advance out of the College Station pod, they would face the winner of the Columbus, Ohio pod. That four-team pod consists of No. 5 Ohio State, Kentucky, Virginia Tech and Tennessee Tech.
Lamar University Tennis Notes Lamar University Season Statistics (Through games of May 09, 2016) Overall record: 17-5 • SLC: 5-0 • Region: 5-0 • Home: 7-0 • Away: 6-5 • Neutral: 4-0 vs National ranked: 0-2 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0 vs
SINGLES Trey Crysel Michael Feucht Lukas Grubelnig Jeandre Hoogenboezem Juuso Laitinen Nikita Lis Steven McMullan Sebastian Santibanez Benny Schweizer Totals Percentage
Overall 1-1 14-5 1-0 13-6 12-2 12-7 2-2 11-8 14-6 81-37 .686
Dual 1-1 14-5 1-0 13-6 12-2 12-7 2-2 11-8 14-6 81-37 .686
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000
SLC 0-0 4-0 0-0 5-0 4-0 4-1 0-0 2-2 4-1 23-4 .852
ranked
1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat'l Reg'l --------1-1 --0-0 0-0 14-5 ----------0-1 0-0 ----------1-0 0-0 0-0 ------1-0 12-6 --0-0 0-0 ----------- 12-2 0-0 0-0 --- 12-7 --------0-0 0-0 ------1-0 --1-2 0-0 0-0 --2-0 7-7 2-1 ----0-0 0-0 ----3-3 11-3 ----0-0 0-0 14-5 14-7 10-10 15-4 13-7 15-4 0-1 0-0 .737 .667 .500 .789 .650 .789 .000 .000 vs
DOUBLES TEAMS Jeandre Hoogenboezem/Nikita Lis Michael Feucht/Benny Schweizer Juuso Laitinen/Sebastian Santibanez Trey Crysel/Steven McMullan No player/No player Totals Percentage
% %
* % * * % * %*
Date Jan 12, 2016 Jan 16, 2016 Jan 17, 2016 Jan. 31, 2016 Feb 07, 2016 Feb 12, 2016 Feb 14, 2016 Feb. 28, 2016 Mar 02, 2016 Mar 13, 2016 Mar 13, 2016 Mar 15, 2016 Mar 15, 2016 Mar 25, 2016 Mar 29, 2016 Apr 03, 2016 Apr 02, 2016 Apr 09, 2016 Apr 10, 2016 Apr 13, 2016 Apr 23, 2016 Apr 24, 2016
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Opponent #12 Texas Louisiana-Lafayette #5 Texas A&M Southern Miss UT Rio Grande Valley PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ORAL ROBERTS #37 LSU Presbyterian College Oklahoma State #47 Iowa Omaha Mavericks Nebraska NICHOLLS UTSA ABILENE CHRISTIAN New Orleans #28 RICE Incarnate Word A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI Nicholls Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Overall 12-7 12-5 8-8 1-0 1-0 34-20 .630
Dual 12-7 12-5 8-8 1-0 1-0 34-20 .630
L W L W W W W L W L W W L W W W W W W W W W
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000
Score 1-6 4-3 0-7 4-3 6-1 7-0 7-0 1-6 6-1 0-4 4-2 6-1 2-4 7-0 7-0 4-3 6-1 4-1 6-1 4-0 4-0 4-1
Overall 0-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 3-2 4-2 5-2 5-3 6-3 6-4 7-4 8-4 8-5 9-5 10-5 11-5 12-5 13-5 14-5 15-5 16-5 17-5
SLC 4-0 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 SLC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 5-0 5-0
1 2 3-6 9-1 7-3 5-2 ------1-0 ----10-9 15-3 .526 .833
#68 #54
Last 10 1-1 7-1 1-0 7-1 8-0 8-2 2-2 3-4 8-1
ranked
3 Nat'l Reg'l --0-1 0-0 --1-0 0-0 8-8 0-0 0-0 --0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 9-8 1-1 0-0 .529 .500 .000
Nation Region
#61 #61 #72 #71 #71
Strk L1 W7 W1 W7 W10 W6 W2 W1 W5
Strk W9 L1 L1 W1 W1
Last 10 9-1 7-3 5-5 1-0 1-0
2016 Schedule/Results January 12 at #12 Texas 16 at UL-Lafayette 17 at #5 Texas A&M 31 at Southern Mississippi
L 6-1 W 4-3 L 7-0 W 4-3
February 7 at UT Rio Grande Valley 12 at Prairie View A&M 14 Oral Roberts 28 at #37 LSU
W 6-1 W 7-0 W 7-0 L 6-1
March 2 13 13 15 15 25 29
W 6-1 L 4-0 W 4-2 W 6-1 L 4-2 W 7-0 W 7-0
vs. Presbyterian~ at #5 Oklahoma State vs. #47 Iowa! at Omaha at Nebraska Nicholls* UTSA
April 2 at New Orleans* W 6-1 3 Abilene Christian* W 4-3 9 #28 Rice W 4-1 10 at Incarnate Word* W 6-1 13 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 4-0 23 vs. Nicholls^ W 4-0 24 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi^ W 4-1 May 13 vs. #18 Texas$ 10 a.m. 14 vs. Texas A&M/G. Washington$ 1 p.m. *Indicates SLC match All Times Central/Subject to Change ~Match played in Thibodaux, La. !Match played in Stillwater, Okla. ^Indicates SLC Championships $Indicates NCAA Championships
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NCAA Championships – First/Second Rounds Friday, May 13, 2016 #56 Lamar University (17-5) vs. #18 Texas (17-11) – 10 am George Washington (14-8) vs. #12 Texas A&M (26-9) – 1 pm
George P. Mitchell Tennis Center College Station, Texas Cardinals Face Texas in NCAA First Round Match
The Lamar University men’s tennis team (17-5) returns to action Friday when it opens play in the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas. The 56th-ranked Cardinals punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament after winning the Southland’s automatic bid. Big Red will face No. 18 Texas (17-11) who received an at-large bid from the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns closed the regular season losing three straight and five of their last seven matches, while the Cardinals have won nine consecutive. The Red and White enter the NCAA tournament as the three seed in College Station’s four-team pod. LU’s match against Texas is slated to begin at 10 a.m. Friday from the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. The other half of the bracket will consist of No. 12 Texas A&M against George Washington (1 p.m.).
LU vs. the Longhorns
The Cardinals are 0-3 (according to partial LU records) all-time against Texas. LU opened the 2016 season against the Longhorns in Austin. Texas took that decision by a 6-1 score but the match was closer than the final tally indicated when looking at the individual matches. The Red and White forced two matches to a third set and had three sets that went to a tiebreaker before being decided, including No. 1 doubles.
LU vs. the Aggies
Should the Cardinals advance to the second round of the NCAA Championships and face Texas A&M, it would be a familiar foe. The Cardinals are 2-13 (.133) all-time against Texas A&M (according to partial LU records) – a record that includes a 7-0 setback in College Station earlier this season.
2016 Lamar University Men’s Tennis Roster Trey Crysel Michael Feucht Lukas Grubelnig Jeandre Hoogenboezem Juuso Laitinen Nikita Lis Steven McMullan Sebastian Santibanez Benny Schweizer
6-1 Sr.-3L 6-2 Jr.-2L 6-0 Fr.-HS 5-10 Jr.-2L 6-1 Jr.-2L 6-1 Jr.-2L 6-2 Sr.-3L 5-8 Fr.-HS 6-0 So.-1L
LamarAthletics
Beaumont, Texas/West Brook HS Augsburg, Germany/Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium Reifnitz, Austria Amanzintoti, S. Africa/Glenwood HS Kuopio, Finland/Koulutuskeskus Salpus Kaliningrad, Russia/Lyceum No. 49 Houston, Texas/Langham Creek HS Santiago, Chile Manheim, Germany/Kurpfalz Gymnasium
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Lamar University Tennis Notes LU vs. the Colonials
Should LU advance to the second round and face George Washington, it would be the first meeting between the two schools on the court.
LU vs. the Field
It can be argued that LU’s 2016 schedule has prepared them for this moment. The Cardinals’ slate consisted of five matches against NCAA Championship participants, including two in the College Station four-team pod. Those five teams include Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Rice and LSU. The Cardinals posted 1-4 (.200) mark in those matches, with the one victory being a 4-1 decision over No. 28 Rice in Beaumont.
Lone Star Dominance
The State of Texas will be very well represented in the 2016 NCAA Championships. LU is one of nine programs from the Lone Star State qualifying for the 2016 tournament. The other programs include Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, SMU, Rice, TCU, UT Arlington and Baylor.
LU vs. Ranked Teams
Friday’s match against No. 18 Texas will mark the seventh time this season LU has squared off against a nationally ranked opponent, and the third time it will face a team ranked among the nation’s top 20. The Cardinals are 2-4 (.333) in the previous six matches picking up wins against No. 47 Iowa and No. 28 Rice.
The Streak
The Cardinals enter the 2016 NCAA Championships as one of the nation’s hottest teams. LU has won nine consecutive matches, and 11 of its last 12, with the only setback during that stretch a 4-2 decision at Nebraska.
All-Southland Conference
The Cardinals dominated the 2016 All-Southland Conference teams. All six of LU’s regular starters earned postseason recognition, including four first-team selections in singles and doubles. Led by league player of the year Michael Feucht, the Red and White landed five names on the singles all-conference teams which included first-team selections Benny Schweizer, Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Juuso Laitinen. Junior Nikita Lis was a second-team selection in singles. Feucht, Schweizer, Lis and Hoogenboezem each earned first-team all-conference honors in doubles, while the team of Laitinen and freshman Sebastian Santibanez garnered second-team honors. LU head coach Scott Shankles was named Southland Coach of the Year.
SLC Players of the Week
Big Red also dominated the Southland’s weekly honors throughout the 2016 season. The Cardinals received the Southland’s Player of the Week honor six times this past season. Junior Michael Feucht received the honor three times, classmate Nikita Lis twice and sophomore Benny Schweizer was named league player of the week in March.
Among the Nation’s Best
The Cardinals jumped in the ITA national rankings at 61 after their upset victory over No. 47 Iowa, and have remained in the poll each week since that time. The Red and White climbed as high as 54th after a win over No. 28 Rice at home. The Cards enter the postseason ranked 56th overall. In addition to the team being ranked, LU’s No. 1 doubles team of junior Michael Feucht and Benny Schweizer landed in the doubles national rankings after their upset win over Oklahoma State’s Arjun Kadhe and Julian Cash. The Cowboys duo was ranked ninth nationally at the time of the upset. Feucht and Schweizer debuted in the poll at No. 43 and enter the NCAA Championships ranked 74th overall.
Home Sweet Home
The Cardinals were one of the nation’s toughest team at home this past season. Big Red posted a perfect 7-0 record in those matches outscoring opponents, 40-4. The Cardinals surrendered points to only two opponents, with one of those points coming against the No. 28 Rice Owls.
Next Match
Should the Cardinals advance out of the College Station pod, they would face the winner of the Columbus, Ohio pod. That four-team pod consists of No. 5 Ohio State, Kentucky, Virginia Tech and Tennessee Tech.
Lamar University Tennis Notes Lamar University Season Statistics (Through games of May 09, 2016) Overall record: 17-5 • SLC: 5-0 • Region: 5-0 • Home: 7-0 • Away: 6-5 • Neutral: 4-0 vs National ranked: 0-2 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0 vs
SINGLES Trey Crysel Michael Feucht Lukas Grubelnig Jeandre Hoogenboezem Juuso Laitinen Nikita Lis Steven McMullan Sebastian Santibanez Benny Schweizer Totals Percentage
Overall 1-1 14-5 1-0 13-6 12-2 12-7 2-2 11-8 14-6 81-37 .686
Dual 1-1 14-5 1-0 13-6 12-2 12-7 2-2 11-8 14-6 81-37 .686
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000
SLC 0-0 4-0 0-0 5-0 4-0 4-1 0-0 2-2 4-1 23-4 .852
ranked
1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat'l Reg'l --------1-1 --0-0 0-0 14-5 ----------0-1 0-0 ----------1-0 0-0 0-0 ------1-0 12-6 --0-0 0-0 ----------- 12-2 0-0 0-0 --- 12-7 --------0-0 0-0 ------1-0 --1-2 0-0 0-0 --2-0 7-7 2-1 ----0-0 0-0 ----3-3 11-3 ----0-0 0-0 14-5 14-7 10-10 15-4 13-7 15-4 0-1 0-0 .737 .667 .500 .789 .650 .789 .000 .000 vs
DOUBLES TEAMS Jeandre Hoogenboezem/Nikita Lis Michael Feucht/Benny Schweizer Juuso Laitinen/Sebastian Santibanez Trey Crysel/Steven McMullan No player/No player Totals Percentage
% %
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Date Jan 12, 2016 Jan 16, 2016 Jan 17, 2016 Jan. 31, 2016 Feb 07, 2016 Feb 12, 2016 Feb 14, 2016 Feb. 28, 2016 Mar 02, 2016 Mar 13, 2016 Mar 13, 2016 Mar 15, 2016 Mar 15, 2016 Mar 25, 2016 Mar 29, 2016 Apr 03, 2016 Apr 02, 2016 Apr 09, 2016 Apr 10, 2016 Apr 13, 2016 Apr 23, 2016 Apr 24, 2016
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Opponent #12 Texas Louisiana-Lafayette #5 Texas A&M Southern Miss UT Rio Grande Valley PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ORAL ROBERTS #37 LSU Presbyterian College Oklahoma State #47 Iowa Omaha Mavericks Nebraska NICHOLLS UTSA ABILENE CHRISTIAN New Orleans #28 RICE Incarnate Word A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI Nicholls Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Overall 12-7 12-5 8-8 1-0 1-0 34-20 .630
Dual 12-7 12-5 8-8 1-0 1-0 34-20 .630
L W L W W W W L W L W W L W W W W W W W W W
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000
Score 1-6 4-3 0-7 4-3 6-1 7-0 7-0 1-6 6-1 0-4 4-2 6-1 2-4 7-0 7-0 4-3 6-1 4-1 6-1 4-0 4-0 4-1
Overall 0-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 3-2 4-2 5-2 5-3 6-3 6-4 7-4 8-4 8-5 9-5 10-5 11-5 12-5 13-5 14-5 15-5 16-5 17-5
SLC 4-0 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 10-2 .833 SLC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 5-0 5-0
1 2 3-6 9-1 7-3 5-2 ------1-0 ----10-9 15-3 .526 .833
#68 #54
Last 10 1-1 7-1 1-0 7-1 8-0 8-2 2-2 3-4 8-1
ranked
3 Nat'l Reg'l --0-1 0-0 --1-0 0-0 8-8 0-0 0-0 --0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 9-8 1-1 0-0 .529 .500 .000
Nation Region
#61 #61 #72 #71 #71
Strk L1 W7 W1 W7 W10 W6 W2 W1 W5
Strk W9 L1 L1 W1 W1
Last 10 9-1 7-3 5-5 1-0 1-0
