Lucas Tirelli
12/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
As a Senior (2010-11): Finished his final season as a Gael with his best season yet, going 15-9 in singles play ... was named to the All-WCC Second Team in singles for the fourth consecutive season ... went 5-3 against WCC opponents ... won four matches against opponents from ranked schools in No. 16 Minnesota, No. 57 Santa Clara, No. 46 Idaho, and No. 67 San Francisco ... won his final three matches of the season, including defeating No. 123 Marius Cirstea of No. 46 Idaho in two sets ... won four straight matches twice, between February 26-March 5 and March 26-April 5 ...went 10-10 in doubles matches for the season ... played primarily with Saad Benkirane, going 8-7 at the two spot and 1-1 on court three ... the duo won three matches against opponents from ranked teams ... went 5-1 from April 2-April 17 with their only loss during that time to the No. 44 ranked doubles duo in the country ... the pair went 4-4 against WCC opponents.
As a Junior (2009-10): Garnered All-West Coast Conference Second Team honors in singles and was an honorable mention selection in doubles...was named to the All-WCC Academic Team...was one of two players to compete in all 23 matches in both singles and doubles...had a 9-13 overall singles record...played No. 1 singles for the Gaels in 18 matches, and posted a 7-10 record...was 2-3 while playing at the No. 2 singles position...posted a 2-0 record in the WCC Championships, defeating LMU's Ivan Lopez 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the third round...defeated Portland's Filip Zivkovic in straight sets in the second round...finished the season with a 2-5 singles record against WCC competition...had an overall doubles record of 12-11...was 11-5 playing as the top doubles team, and was 1-6 at the No. 2 position...had a 5-4 record in doubles against WCC competition... in doubles play, paired up with Gavin Leon for the final 14 matches of the season and posted a 10-4 mark together at the No. 1 position...in the final regular season match of the year, the duo posted an 8-7 win over No. 57 Santa Clara's top doubles team...posted a decisive 8-1 victory over No. 22 Pepperdine's top doubles team on Apr. 15.
As a Sophomore (2008-09): Was named to the West Coast Conference Second Team for singles for the second consecutive year...posted an overall record of 9-12 in singles...played primarily at the No. 1 spot for the Gaels, finishing with an 8-11 record at the position...finished at 1-1 in the second spot...went 5-4 in singles against conference opponents...posted a 2-0 record in the WCC Championships, defeating USF's Tommy Tu (2-6, 6-2, 6-4) and LMU's Ivan Lopez (6-4, 6-3)...went 7-13 in doubles on the year, posting a 5-10 record at the No. 1 spot and a 2-3 record in the two position...teamed up with Steven Dawson-Roberts at the two position to defeat No. 25 California's duo of Andrews/Stewart...finished 3-5 in doubles play against WCC opponents.
As a Freshman (2007-08): Immediately made an impact as a freshman, posting a 13-9 overall singles record while playing the majority of his matches at the No. 2 position...was named to the West Coast Conference First Team for doubles and second team for singles...defeated four conference opponents on the season...opened the year with five straight wins, including his first collegiate victory in the Gaels' first match of the season against No. 19 Florida State...two matches later defeated a player from another ranked squad, topping No. 39 California's Bozhidar Katsarov, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 at the three spot...helped the Gaels to their best WCC Championship finish, posting doubles wins in the first two rounds...along with Joel Kusnierz defeated No. 58 San Diego in No. 1 doubles play, 8-6...played the last 10 doubles matches of the season at the No. 1 position, posting an impressive 7-3 record along with Kusnierz...won his only match at the No. 1 singles position, defeating Santa Clara's Jay Wong in a super tiebreaker, 4-6, 7-6 (13-11), 1-0 (12-10).
Prior to Saint Mary's: Came to Saint Mary's from Riedisheim, France...attended Nice high school...won ETA tournament in Germany...named Swiss Champion twice...ranked 110 in the ETA...chose Saint Mary's for the tennis program, tennis coach, and academic facilities.
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