2019 SEC Tournament Champions "Back-To-Back"
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s Senior Nuno Borges 2017, 2018, 2019 All-American 2017, 2018, 2019 SEC Player of the Year 2019 SEC Championship MVP 2017, 2018, 2019 All-SEC First Team 2017, 2018, 2019 NCAA Singles Selection; '18, '19 Doubles 2017, 2018 NCAA Singles Semifinalist; '18 Doubles Quarters 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Singles Champion 2018, 2019 SEC Men's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year Current ITA Singles Ranking: #1 Current ITA Doubles Ranking: #3 Junior Giovanni Oradini 2018 All-American 2018, 2019 All-SEC First Team 2018 NCAA Singles Round of 16 2019 NCAA Singles, Doubles Selection 2018 SEC All-Tournament Team Current ITA Singles Ranking: #61 Current ITA Doubles Ranking: #32 2019 SEC Tournament Champions "Back-to-Back" Senior Strahinja Rakic 2018, 2019 All-American 2018, 2019 All-SEC First Team 2019 NCAA Doubles Selection 2018 NCAA Doubles Quarterfinals NCAA DIVISIONCurrent ITA Doubles Ranking: #3 I MEN’S Head Coach Matt Roberts TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 SEC Coach of the Year Super Regional (Round of 16) — May 11, 2019 Assistant Coach Mississippi State University — Starkville, MS Andrew Goodwin Mississippi State Men’s Tennis Quick Facts/Rosters 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships (Round of 16) May 11, 2019 — Mississippi State University — Starkville, Miss. LOCATION: Starkville, Mississippi HEAD COACH: Matt Roberts FOUNDED: February 28, 1878 RECORD AT MSU: 106-32 (5 years) ENROLLMENT: 22,201 CAREER RECORD: 106-32 (5 years) NICKNAME: Bulldogs ASSISTANT COACH: Andrew Goodwin (2 years) MASCOT: Bully VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Thomas Andersson COLORS: Maroon & White 2019 OVERALL RECORD: 24-3 CONFERENCE: Southeastern 2019 SEC RECORD (FINISH): 11-1 (2nd)^ PRESIDENT: Dr. Mark Keenum ^-Won SEC Tournament for second year in a row ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: John Cohen CURRENT NATIONAL RANKING: 7th HOME COURT: A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre NCAA APPEARANCES: 28* CAPACITY: 750 *MSU has made 28 NCAA appearances overall, four which came in the 1960s prior to the team format starting in 1977 BEST NCAA FINISH: Semifinals (1994, 1998) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) Nuno Borges 6-2 Sr. Maia, Porto, Portugal (Escola Secundaria Da Maia) Niclas Braun 5-10 Sr. Berlin, Germany (Leonardo da Vinci Schule) Florian Broska 5-10 So. Eitelborn, Germany (Gynmasium im Kannenbäckerland) Trevor Foshey 6-1 Sr. St. Cloud, FL (St. Cloud High School) Giovanni Oradini 6-2 Jr. Rovereto, Italy (Istituto Voltarie) Strahinja Rakic 6-0 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia (Peta Ekonomska Skola Rakovica) Gregor Ramskogler 6-2 Fr. Reichraming, Austria (SSM Salazburg) Stedman Strickland 5-11 So. Jackson, MS (Madison [MS] St. Joseph/Delta State) ROSTER BY POSITION (PROBABLE) Pos. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) 1S/1D Nuno Borges 6-2 Sr. Maia, Porto, Portugal (Escola Secundaria Da Maia) 2S/2D Giovanni Oradini 6-2 Jr. Rovereto, Italy (Istituto Voltarie) 3S/1D Strahinja Rakic 6-0 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia (Peta Ekonomska Skola Rakovica) 4S/2D Niclas Braun 5-10 Sr. Berlin, Germany (Leonardo da Vinci Schule) 5S/3D Trevor Foshey 6-1 Sr. St. Cloud, FL (St. Cloud High School) 6S/4D Florian Broska 5-10 So. Eitelborn, Germany (Gynmasium im Kannenbäckerland) 7S/3D Gregor Ramskogler 6-2 Fr. Reichraming, Austria (SSM Salazburg) 8S/4D Stedman Strickland 5-11 So. Jackson, MS (Madison [MS] St. Joseph/Delta State) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Nuno Borges – New-no Bor-Geus (like gorgeous) Niclas Braun - NICK-luss Brawn Florian Broska - FLOOR-ee-an BRO-skuh Trevor Foshey – Fo-Shay Giovanni Oradini – GEE-oh-VON-ee Ora-DEEN-ee Strahinja Rakic – Stra-HEEN-ya RACK-itch Gregor Ramskogler - Gre-GOR RAM-skog-ler NOTE TO THE MEDIA: Mississippi State University appreciatively welcomes your in ter est in Mis sis sip pi State tennis. This packet has been compiled to assist you in your coverage of the Bulldogs during the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Cham pi on ships Super Regional (Round of 16) in Starkville, Miss. If information you seek regarding the Bulldogs is not found within this supplement or online at www.hailstate.com/menstennis, please con tact Caleb Garner of MSU Athletic Communications to assist you in anyway possible. Garner can be reached via cell phone (662-361-1993) or through the MSU Athletic Communications Office (662-325-6259). Please contact Garner to coordinate any desired interviews with MSU head coach Matt Roberts and/or any MSU players, or for any other information you may need regarding MSU tennis. You may also contact John Cade, Assistant AD/Communications (662-312-0863), as a secondary contact. Thank you for your interest in Mis sis sip pi State tennis. Mississippi State Men’s Tennis Notes 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships (Round of 16) May 11, 2019 — Mississippi State University — Starkville, Miss. MSU Earns Program's 14th NCAA Round Of 16 Berth de feat ing West ern Athletic Con fer- MSU IN THE Mississippi State's men's tennis team, currently ranked No. 7 nation- ence cham pion New Mexico 5-3 NCAA TEAM CHAM PI ON SHIP ally with a 24-3 overall record, returns to the NCAA Championship Round be fore a 5-1 round of 16 loss to No. 2 (1991-2005 & 2011-19, 29-23 record) UCLA. 1991 (@ Athens, GA) of 16 for the 14th time in school history, the sixth time since the NCAA Opponent Round Result New Mexico First W, 5-3 field expanded to 64 teams in 1999, and the third time in the last four During the next two seasons, UCLA Round of 16 L, 1-5 1992 (@ Athens, GA) years. MSU dropped 5-3 deci sions to Notre Opponent Round Result Notre Dame Round of 16 L, 3-5 MSU’s appearance in this year’s NCAA Team Championship marks the Dame, both years in the round of 16. 1993 (@ Athens, GA) Opponent Round Result 28th appearance overall in the NCAAs, the 24th since the event adopted The next five seasons (1994-98), State Notre Dame Round of 16 L, 3-5 1994 (@ South Bend, IN) its current dual match format in 1977. was an NCAA quarterfinalist or better. Opponent Round Result Kansas Round of 16 W, 4-0 State qualified for the NCAA Championship 15 consecutive seasons In ‘94, MSU went 2-1, reach ing Georgia Quarterfinals W, 4-2 *Southern Cal Semifinals L, 0-4 the semifinals of the NCAAs for the 1995 (@ Athens, GA) (1991-2005) and now nine-straight times (2011-19), making 14 Round of Opponent Round Result first time in school history. MSU California Round of 16 W, 4-2 16 showings (1991-99, 2001, 2013, 2016, 2018-19), six quarterfinal appear- *Stanford Quarterfinals L, 0-4 1996 (@ Athens, GA) ances (1994-98, 2018), and two national semifinals (1994,1998). de feat ed Kansas 4-0 in the first round, Opponent Round Result Harvard Round of 16 W, 4-1 SEC rival Georgia 4-2 in the quarterfi- Georgia Quarterfinals L, 0-4 1997 (@ Los Angeles, CA) nals, and fell to eventual champion Opponent Round Result Bulldogs Host NCAA Super Regional Matchup With TCU Florida Round of 16 W, 4-1 Southern Cal 4-0 in the semis. Georgia Quarterfinals L, 2-4 In the first year of the new NCAA Super Regional (Round of 16) for- 1998 (@ Athens, GA) In 1995, MSU bested Cal i for nia Opponent Round Result mat, the Bulldogs (as a top 8 national seed) will host the 10th-seeded and South Carolina Round of 16 W, 4-0 4-2 in first-round action before losing Auburn Quarterfinals W, 4-0 ninth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs (21-6) Saturday, May 11, at 1 p.m. CT for *Stanford Semifinals L, 0-4 to even tu al cham pi on Stanford 4-0 in 1999 the right to advance to the national quarterfinals May 16 in Orlando, Fla. Opponent Round Result the quarterfinals. (@ Knoxville, TN) The Horned Frogs advanced to the Round of 16 by taking care of Purdue First W, 4-1 In '96, the Bulldogs got a 4-1 win Tennessee Second W, 4-3 business at home in the NCAA 1st and 2nd Rounds with a pair of 4-1 wins (@ Athens, GA) over Harvard before falling to host Ole Miss Round of 16 L, 2-4 over Harvard and Arizona State in Fort Worth. 2000 Georgia 4-0 in the quarterfinals. Opponent Round Result TCU has had a stellar season overall with eight Top 25 victories to (@ Waco, TX) Louisville First W, 4-3 1997 saw the Bulldogs down Baylor Second L, 2-4 their credit, three of those against Top 10 foes. One of those came over 2001 Florida 4-1 be fore being eliminated Opponent Round Result Mississippi State, a 4-1 triumph in the opening round of he 2019 ITA (@ Champaign, IL) by Geor gia once again in the quarter- Middle Tennessee First W, 4-0 National Indoor Championship in Chicago on Feb. 15. Illinois Second W, 4-3 finals, this time by a 4-2 count. (@ Athens, GA) The Bulldogs and Horned Frogs have met six times in total, with the SMU Round of 16 L, 2-4 In 1998, State returned to the 2002 series deadlocked at 3-3. All but two of the matches have come in neutral Opponent Round Result national semifinals, downing SEC (@ Auburn, AL) site affairs and this Super Regional bout will be the first-ever between the South Alabama First W, 4-1 foes South Carolina and Auburn 4-0 Auburn Second L, 0-4 teams in NCAA competition. 2003 before falling to eventual champion Opponent Round Result Both MSU and TCU have very storied histories in the NCAA Team (@ Nashville, TN) Pepperdine First L, 1-4 Stanford by that score in the semis.