2019 SCHEDULE & RESULTS UCF AT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT JANUARY 19 at Arkansas L, 4-3 26 at #10 Stanford L, 4-1 27 vs. Minnesota L, 4-3 31 #4 FLORIDA L, 6-1 FEBRUARY 8 at Indiana W, 4-3 10 at #16 Michigan L, 6-1 24 at UAB W, 4-0 UCF KNIGHTS FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES 24 at Samford W, 4-0 RECORD 15-10 (3-0) RECORD 18-10 (6-6) 26 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W, 4-0 RANKING 30 RANKING 28 26 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W, 4-0 NCAA BID TYPE: At-Large NCAA BID TYPE: At-Large John Roddick (3rd Season) Dwayne Hultquist MARCH HEAD COACH HEAD COACH 3 #29 MIAMI (FL) W, 4-0 MATCH-UP NOTES SERIES HISTORY 6 #42 TULANE# W, 4-3 • UCF will face FSU for the first time since 2017 when they LAST 10 MEETINGS beat the Seminoles 4-1 8 #36 PENN STATE W, 4-3 All-Time Series: 15-3 FSU • This is the fifth time the Knights have made the NCAA 3/26/2017 H W 4-1 10 #2 WAKE FOREST L, 4-3 tournament. They faced the Florida Gators in their first 1/12/2013 A L 6-1 12 #4 VIRGINIA L, 4-1 three appearnces and were swept all three times. • UCF will be seeking their first NCAA touranment victory 2/7/2004 A L 5-2 14 #32 TEXAS TECH L, 4-2 in this match. 2/2/2002 A L 5-2 18 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 4-1 2/5/2000 A L 4-3 20 #26 OKLAHOMA STATE W, 4-0 LAST TIME OUT 2/2/1997 A L 5-1 2/24/1996 A L 5-2 • The Knights fell in the American Athletic Conference 22 #13 ILLINOIS L, 4-2 2/25/1995 A L 6-1 31 FAU W, 7-0 championship match to their rival the USF Bulls. • UCF won a gritty doubles point in which they were 3/22/1989 H L 5-4 behind on all courts 4-5 at one point. 2/12/1984 H L 5-1 APRIL • The Knights pulled out to a 2-0 lead and saw their 25 point streak come to an end. LAST TIME OUT IN NCAA TOURNAMENT 14 at #44 USF^# W, 4-0 • Watching their rival celebrate on the court probably left • The Knights snapped an 11-year NCAA tournament a bad taste in the team’s mouth, so look for UCF to come 15 MEMPHIS# W, 4-0 drought by securing their first at-large bid in their history. out roaring in the NCAA tournament. • This was the first time the Knights didn’t play the Gators POSTSEASON in the first round. They drew Louisville this time. • Prior to the match in 2017, UCF hadn’t registered a point AAC Tournament RANKED KNIGHTS in the NCAA tournament. They finally registered their first A19 SMU W, 4-0 • Bogdan Pavel and Trey Hilderbrand entered the doubles points but fell to Louisville by a score of 4-3. A20 Wichita State W, 4-0 rankings at #54, they now sit at #18. • See more history of the UCF Knights in the NCAA tournament on pg. 2 A21 #46 USF L, 4-3 • As a team, UCF checks in at #30, in the latest rankings release. The Knights set their best ranking in program history (#28) back on April 5, 2017. UCF tied that record NCAA Tournament twice this season. • Decamps has been the lone Knight to be in the singles M3 #28 Florida State 12 P.M. rankings from the preseason all the way to the present. KNIGHT NOTES All caps & bold indicates home match YOUNG GUNS GETTIN’ IT DONE * - College MatchDay • Coming into the season, the Knights had the 8th best recruiting class of the season, accourding to the Tennis ^ - War On I-4 Recruiting Network. • UCF brought in four freshman to go with four freshman turned sophomores. This young core of the team has # - American Athletic Conference performed well and fought hard against some tough competition. HOW TOUGH ARE YA? • Out of their 22 regular season matches, UCF played 12 ranked opponents, many of them among the best in the nation • OUt of the 12 ranked matchups, the Knights played 6 top-20 teams #2 Wake Forest, #4 Florida, #4 Virginia, #10 Stanford, #13 Illinois and #16 Michigan • UCF went 5-7 against ranked opponents, beating two top-30 teams. A WIN WOULD • At the start of the season, five of UCF’s opponents were ranked and two more had recieved votes. • The Knights have been in most every match they have played against a ranked team. • Be better than a loss. • Earn the Knights their first ever victory in the GOOSE-EGGS, DOUGHNUTS AND SWEEPS, OH MY! NCAA Tournament. • Out of UCF’s 15 victories, 11 of them were shutouts. • Make it two straight victories against FSU • The shutouts came against some quality opponents as the Knights blanked #26 Oklahoma State, #29 Miami (FL), and #44 USF. • The Knights went on “sweep streaks” of five matches twice this season. They began their 1st five match sweep streak topping UAB and Samford in a double header followed by a double header with Bethune-Cookman. UCF proved they SOCIAL KNIGHTS could contine doing this by sweeping #29 Miami on College MatchDay. To end the regular season, the Knights swept Twitter: UCF_MTennis FAU, #44 USF, and Memphis. Their only solo doughnut came over #26 Oklahoma State. • Prior to this season, the last time UCF swept three straight opponents was back in 2000, when the Knights topped Instagram: UCF.MTennis Northern Illinois, Tennessee-Martin, and Morehead State by scores of 7-0. To even find back to back sweeps, you have Facebook: /UCF.MTennis to go back to 2016 when the Knights swept UAB and Charlotte 4-0. UCF Athletics: UCF_Knights SOKO SEEKING HISTORY • Mikhail Sokolovskiy had a tremendous fall and spring season, giving him a combined record of 29-9 in singles play. • Soko is currently alone in 3rd place for single-season victories. He needs to get to 31 to tie Jim Hall for second place. UCF, NOT CENTRAL FLORIDA • The top four single-season win totals were all set in 1977. The single-season win leader is Steve Bryant who had 33. Please refer to the University of Central DOUBLES VISION Florida as UCF, not Central Florida, on • Director of Tennis John Roddick has stressed the importance of doubles play. all references. Also, UCF is no longer the • Top doubles pair Pavel and Hilderbrand are 15-3 on the season, have won nine of their last ten, and are 8-1 against ranked doubles tandems. (Also riding an 9-match winning streak) “Golden Knights” and instead simply known • Doubles position No. 2 has also found their stride lately, as Decamps and Mazzuchi have won 7 straight together. as the “Knights.” • Going into the NCAA tournament, UCF has won nine straight doubles points. UCFKNIGHTS.COM 2019 UCF TENNIS NOTES NCAA TOURNAMENT QUICK FACTS 2019 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION School Name: University of Central Florida Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown / Previous School Location: Orlando, Fla. Manoel Alencar 6-1 180 Fr. Brazil Founded: 1963 Enrollment 68,000+ Gabriel Decamps 6-4 190 So. Sao Paulo, Brazil Nickname: Knights Juan Pablo Mazzuchi 6-0 165 Fr. Mar de Plata, Argentina Colors: Black and Gold Affiliation: NCAA Division I Trey Hilderbrand 6-4 177 Fr. San Antonio, Texas Conference: American Athletic Conference, The American Vasyl Kiselyov 5-11 175 So. Crimea, Ukraine President: Thad Seymour Athletics Director: Dr. Daniel J. White (Notre Dame ‘02) Saitejas Mopuri 5-11 163 Jr. Hyderabad, India Athletics Department Phone: (407) 823-3213 Bogdan Pavel 6-4 190 Fr. Romania Athletics Website: www.UCFKnights.com UCF Men’s Tennis on Social Media: Alan Rubio 5-11 173 So. Hermosillo, Mexico Facebook /UCF.MTennis Mikhail Sokolovskiy 5-10 167 So. Moscow, Russia Twitter @UCF_MTennis Instagram @UCF.MTennis COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT Communications Assistant Ken Landis COACHING STAFF Cell Phone: (954) 531-4322 John Roddick - Director of Tennis/Head Coach – Third Season – Georgia ‘98 Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: PO Box 163555 Matt Walters - Assistant Coach - Second Season – Arkansas ‘12 Orlando, FL 32816 Physical Address: UCF Spectrum Stadium 4465 Knights Victory Way Orlando, FL 32816 PROGRAM INFORMATION (info includes 2019 season) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE First Year of Tennis: 1971-72 (48th Season) Manoel Alencar ......................................................................................................Man-o-well Al-en-carr All-Time Record: 630-436-2 (.591) Gabriel Decamps............................................................................................................Gabriel De-camps Division I Record: 426-304-1 (.582) Record in The American (Reg. Season): 9-18 (.333) Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi.......................................................Juan Pablo Grass-ee Mazz-ou-chi Record in The American Tournament: 5-6 Trey Hilderbrand.............................................................................................................. Trey Hilderbrand Championships in The American: 0 Vasyl Kiselyov............................................................................................................... Vas-seal Kiss-el-ov Conference Championships: 3 (Last 2005) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 5 (This is the fifth, last ‘17) Saitejas Mopuri........................................................................................................................T-J Mo-purr-e Record in the NCAA Tournament: 0-4 Bogdan Pavel.......................................................................................................................Bog-dan Pa-val DI National Championships: 0 Alan Rubio .....................................................................................................................................Alan Rubio DII National Championship Appearances: 7 (Last 1982) Mikhail Sokolovskiy.......................................................................................... Mick-hail Soak-ol-lav-ski VENUE INFORMATION Name: UCF Collegiate Tennis Center at the USTA National Campus Capacity: 1,200 KNIGHT NOTES UCF IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Surface: Plexicushion Record at the USTA Nat’l Campus (Prior to ‘19): 19-8 (.704) SEEKING TOURNAMENT SUCCESS 2017 • In their 4 previous trips to the NCAA tournament, the The Knights snapped an 11-year NCAA tournament STAFF INFORMATION (info includes 2019 Season) Knights have not won a match.