Georgia 2019-20 ! Bulldog Men’S Tennis Match Notes 6 Ncaa Championships | 41 Sec Championships | 49 All-Americans | 8 Ncaa Individual Champions
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GEORGIA 2019-20 ! BULLDOG MEN’S TENNIS MATCH NOTES 6 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 41 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 49 ALL-AMERICANS | 8 NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS Tray Littlefield #11 Georgia at #9 Florida Associate Sports Communications Director 1 Selig Circle, Athens, GA 30602 Friday, March 13, at 5 p.m. | Gainesville, Fla. Phone: (205) 504-4566 | Email: [email protected] Eleanor Stubley Sports Communications Assistant 1 Selig Circle, Athens, GA 30602 Phone: (229) 224-3295 | Email: [email protected] VS. 9-2 Overall, 3-0 SEC 15-3 Overall, 3-1 SEC #11 GEORGIA BULLDOGS #9 FLORIDA GATORS Head Coach: Manuel Diaz, 32nd year Head Coach: Bryan Shelton, Eighth year Record at Georgia: 709-172 Record at Florida: 106-33 2020 SCHEDULE BULLDOG BITES Date Event • Georgia was named last week’s USTA Team of the Jan. 10-12 Miami Invitational Week. Jan. 20 W, 8-1 Kennesaw State • The Bulldogs have won six matches in a row, includ- Jan. 25 W, 4-1 & Mississippi State ing four-consecutive victories against ranked oppo- nents. Jan. 26 L, 4-3 & South Carolina • Georgia sophomores Philip Henning and Blake Croy- Feb. 2 W, 4-1 Georgia Tech der teamed up to defeat Mississippi State in doubles Feb. 8 L, 4-3 Texas at the No. 2 court last Sunday (March 8). The win Feb. 24 W, 6-1 FAU marked the Georgia tandem’s seventh-straight victory Feb. 25 W, 7-0 Mercer of the season. Feb. 28 W, 4-2 *Tennessee • Croyder also grabbed a win over MSU in singles play, March 1 W, 4-0 Ohio State extending his 2020 dual-match singles win streak March 6 W, 4-1 *Ole Miss to nine. Dating back to the 2019 dual-match season, March 8 W, 5-2 *Mississippi State Croyder has won 17-straight singles matches. March 13 *Florida • Sophomore Trent Bryde leads the team in both singles March 15 *South Carolina and doubles wins. He touts seven singles victories March 20 *Alabama over ranked opponents and, along with Zink, has March 22 *Auburn recorded five doubles wins over ranked opponents. March 27 *Kentucky • RANKINGS March 29 *Vanderbilt • Henning is Georgia’s highest-ranked Bulldog at No. 11, April 3 *Arkansas while Bryde follows in the 12th in ITA singles rank- April 10 *Texas A&M ings. April 12 *LSU • Bryde and Zink, who have bolted out to a 8-2 start at April 16-19 SEC Tournament the top court, are now ranked 15th. May 1-3 NCAA First & Second Rounds • Sophomore Blake Croyder and Henning are 9-1 this May 8 NCAA Super Regional season and are now ranked 26th nationally. May 14-17 NCAA Finals • Zink is the 80th-ranked singles player in the nation, while Croyder is No. 88. *-SEC match | Red- Home match | &-ITA Kick-Off FOLLOW GEORGIA MEN’S TENNIS @UGAtennis @ugatennis @UGAMensTennis 1 ROSTERS #11 GEORGIA BULLDOGS Name Height Class Hometown Baptiste Anselmo 6-1 Fr. Aix-en Provence, France Trent Bryde 6-0 So. Suwanee, Ga. Blake Croyder 6-0 So. Marietta, Ga. Alex Diaz 6-2 R-Jr. Athens, Ga. Samuel Dromsky 6-2 Sr. Augusta, Ga. Erik Grevelius 6-1 Fr. Stockholm, Sweden Philip Henning 6-0 So. Bloemfontein, South Africa Britton Johnston 5-11 So. Snellville, Ga. Robert Loeb 6-1 Sr. Hilton Head, S.C. Alex Phillips 5-10 R-Sr. Peachtree City, Ga. Tyler Zink 6-0 Fr. Bradenton, Fla. PRONUNCIATIONS: ITA RANKINGS: Alex/Manuel Diaz: DEE-az SINGLES Robert Loeb: (like “lobe”) P. Henning #11 Baptiste Anselmo: BA-tiste (‘p’ is silent) T. Bryde #12 Erik Grevelius: GREH-veal-ius T. Zink #80 B. Croyder #88 DOUBLES Bryde/Zink #15 Henning/Croyder #26 #9 FLORIDA GATORS Name Height Class Hometown Andy Andrade 5-10 Jr. Bradenton, Fla. Brian Berdusco 6-2 Jr. Bradenton, Fla. Blaise Bicknell 6-2 Fr. Miami, Fla. Greysen Cacciatore 5-11 So. Gainesville, Fla. Harrison Cacciatore 5-10 So. Gainesville, Fla. Oliver Crawford 5-10 Jr. Spartanburg, S.C. Josh Goodger 6-4 Jr. Wallington, England Will Grant 6-2 Fr. Orlando, Fla. Lukas Greif 5-9 So. Newburgh, Ind. Johannes Ingildsen 6-4 Sr. Copenhagen, Denmark Sam Riffice 6-2 So. Orlando, Fla. Duarte Vale 5-11 Jr. Cascais, Portugal ITA RANKINGS: SINGLES S. Riffice #5 O. Crawford #10 D. Vale #22 B. Bicknell #86 A. Andrade #97 L. Greif #115 DOUBLES Riffice/Crawford #19 Ingildsen/Grant #45 Ingildsen/Berdusco #63 2 GEORGIA 2019-20 ! BULLDOG MEN’S TENNIS MATCH NOTES 6 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 41 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 49 ALL-AMERICANS | 8 NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS Tray Littlefield #11 Georgia at #18 South Carolina Associate Sports Communications Director 1 Selig Circle, Athens, GA 30602 Sunday, March 15, at 1 p.m. | Columbia, S.C. Phone: (205) 504-4566 | Email: [email protected] Eleanor Stubley Sports Communications Assistant 1 Selig Circle, Athens, GA 30602 Phone: (229) 224-3295 | Email: [email protected] VS. 9-2 Overall, 3-0 SEC 9-5 Overall, 2-2 SEC #11 GEORGIA BULLDOGS #18 USC GAMECOCKS Head Coach: Manuel Diaz, 32nd year Head Coach: Josh Goffi, Eighth year Record at Georgia: 709-172 Record at South Carolina: 142-111 2020 SCHEDULE BULLDOG BITES Date Event • Georgia was named last week’s USTA Team of the Jan. 10-12 Miami Invitational Week. Jan. 20 W, 8-1 Kennesaw State • The Bulldogs have won six matches in a row, includ- Jan. 25 W, 4-1 & Mississippi State ing four-consecutive victories against ranked oppo- nents. Jan. 26 L, 4-3 & South Carolina • Georgia sophomores Philip Henning and Blake Croy- Feb. 2 W, 4-1 Georgia Tech der teamed up to defeat Mississippi State in doubles Feb. 8 L, 4-3 Texas at the No. 2 court last Sunday (March 8). The win Feb. 24 W, 6-1 FAU marked the Georgia tandem’s seventh-straight victory Feb. 25 W, 7-0 Mercer of the season. Feb. 28 W, 4-2 *Tennessee • Croyder also grabbed a win over MSU in singles play, March 1 W, 4-0 Ohio State extending his 2020 dual-match singles win streak March 6 W, 4-1 *Ole Miss to nine. Dating back to the 2019 dual-match season, March 8 W, 5-2 *Mississippi State Croyder has won 17-straight singles matches. March 13 *Florida • Sophomore Trent Bryde leads the team in both singles March 15 *South Carolina and doubles wins. He touts seven singles victories March 20 *Alabama over ranked opponents and, along with Zink, has March 22 *Auburn recorded five doubles wins over ranked opponents. March 27 *Kentucky • RANKINGS March 29 *Vanderbilt • Henning is Georgia’s highest-ranked Bulldog at No. 11, April 3 *Arkansas while Bryde follows in the 12th in ITA singles rank- April 10 *Texas A&M ings. April 12 *LSU • Bryde and Zink, who have bolted out to a 8-2 start at April 16-19 SEC Tournament the top court, are now ranked 15th. May 1-3 NCAA First & Second Rounds • Sophomore Blake Croyder and Henning are 9-1 this May 8 NCAA Super Regional season and are now ranked 26th nationally. May 14-17 NCAA Finals • Zink is the 80th-ranked singles player in the nation, while Croyder is No. 88. *-SEC match | Red- Home match | &-ITA Kick-Off FOLLOW GEORGIA MEN’S TENNIS @UGAtennis @ugatennis @UGAMensTennis 1 ROSTERS #11 GEORGIA BULLDOGS Name Height Class Hometown Baptiste Anselmo 6-1 Fr. Aix-en Provence, France Trent Bryde 6-0 So. Suwanee, Ga. Blake Croyder 6-0 So. Marietta, Ga. Alex Diaz 6-2 R-Jr. Athens, Ga. Samuel Dromsky 6-2 Sr. Augusta, Ga. Erik Grevelius 6-1 Fr. Stockholm, Sweden Philip Henning 6-0 So. Bloemfontein, South Africa Britton Johnston 5-11 So. Snellville, Ga. Robert Loeb 6-1 Sr. Hilton Head, S.C. Alex Phillips 5-10 R-Sr. Peachtree City, Ga. Tyler Zink 6-0 Fr. Bradenton, Fla. PRONUNCIATIONS: ITA RANKINGS: Alex/Manuel Diaz: DEE-az SINGLES Robert Loeb: (like “lobe”) P. Henning #11 Baptiste Anselmo: BA-tiste (‘p’ is silent) T. Bryde #12 Erik Grevelius: GREH-veal-ius T. Zink #80 B. Croyder #88 DOUBLES Bryde/Zink #15 Henning/Croyder #26 #18 SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS Name Height Class Hometown Jake Beasley 5-11 So. Cumming, Ga. Thomas Brown 5-10 Jr. Sumter, S.C. Phillip Jordan 6-0 R-Fr. Spartanburg, S.C. Paul Jubb 6-0 Sr. Hull, England Raphael Lambling So. 6-4 Paris, France Beau Pelletier 6-2 So. Hilton Head, S.C. Daniel Rodrigues 6-0 So. Funchal, Portugal Connor Thomson 6-3 Fr. Glasgow, Scotland ITA RANKINGS: SINGLES P. Jubb #40 R. Lambling #45 D. Rodrigues #46 DOUBLES Lambling/Rodrigues #30 Jubb/Thomson #41 Pelletier/Brown #80 2 THE MAKING OF DAN MAGILL TENNIS COMPLEX 1972 The University of Georgia frst hosted the NCAA Championships in June 1972. 1989 1985 The University of Georgia was host to the NCAA Championships in 1985, the year the Bulldogs won the title for the frst time. The facility was ofcially named the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in 1993 after Bulldog great Dan Magill, who led Georgia for 34 years as head coach. Five of the Bulldogs’ six National Championships in men’s tennis NCAA titles were won on their home courts at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The complex hosted the men’s NCAA Championships a total of 24 times, the women’s Championships three times and both genders fve times, most recently in 2017. 3 1999 2019-20 PROJECT 2007 UGA hosted the 2007 NCAA Cham- pionship in Athens, Ga. The Bulldogs would go on to take the title, the third under Diaz.