Joakim Norstrom Bio
9/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
2013-14 (Senior)
Spring 2014: Team captain for the second straight year battled through a season plagued with nagging injuries as he held down the No. 1 spot in both singles and doubles for the Gaels ... Named to the All-WCC Academic team for the second year in a row ... Was most successful in doubles, teaming with Wil Martin, Tuomas Manner and Thomas Alexander Hunt at various points in the season ... Finished with a singles record of 4-11 and a combined doubles mark of 9-11 ... Won singles matches against players from Cal Poly, Sonoma State, UC Davis and Sacramento State ... Named to the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Silver list for carrying a GPA between 3.74 and 3.50.
Fall 2014: Played a challenging schedule that included trips to the ITA All-American, Battle in the Bay and home matches at the ITA Northwest Regional ... Won matches at both the ITA All-American and ITA Northwest.
2012-13 (Junior)
Spring 2013: Team captain began the spring at No. 3 singles but moved to No. 2 after just six matches ... Finished the spring 10-13 and earned All-West Coast Conference honorable mention honors ... Named to the WCC All-Academic team and WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll for academic excellence ... Played some of SMC's most memorable matches of the season, including an epic three-set marathon against Stanford's Nolan Paige and a three-set win over Loyola Marymount's Sebastian Bustamante ... Spent the entire season at No. 1 doubles with partner Jesse Kiuru, ending the spring with a 10-12 record ... Paired with Kiuru to help SMC win the doubles point in victory over Santa Clara, earning 8-6 win over Ilya Osintsev and John Lamble.
Fall 2012: Kicked off junior season with tremendous results ... Teamed with Jesse Kiuru to reach finals of Aggie Invitational, beating No. 1 seeds from Stanford along the way ... Again teamed with Kiuru at the ITA Northwest Regional and made the final again, becoming the first SMC men's tennis players to reach an ITA Regional final ... Also reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Regional in singles. ... Named with Kiuru as West Coast Conference Doubles Players of the Month for October.
2011-12 (Sophomore)
Spring 2012: Named to the WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention Team ... finished singles play with an 8-13 record, going 0-3 on court two, 0-3, on court three, 3-4 on court four and 5-3 on court five... was 4-3 against WCC opponents ... won his last four matches of the season against opponents from No. 8 Pepperdine, San Francisco, No. 32 Santa Clara and Portland ... won his match on the road against Portland's Justin Guay on March 25, 6-1, 7-5 ... won two straight matches against opponents from UC Riverside (2/26) and UC Davis (3/3) ... in doubles play, went 6-13 with Steven Dawson-Roberts and 1-2 with Maxime Olivan.
Fall 2011: Went 0-2 in singles in fall play while battling through injuries and went 1-1 in doubles with Steven Dawson-Roberts.
2010-11 (Freshman): Finished his first season as a Gael with a 15-9 singles record which was tied for first on the team for the most wins ... He was 0-2 on court three, 3-0 at the four spot, and 12-7 on court five ... finished with a 6-2 record against WCC opponents ... won five matches against opponents from ranked teams in No. 16 Minnesota, No. 57 Santa Clara, No. 70 San Francisco, No. 46 Idaho, and No. 67 San Francisco ... won seven of his first nine matches, including earning a point against No. 16 Minnesota ... was 11-11 in doubles matches, playing primarily with Steven Dawson-Roberts on court three ... the duo won their first five matches together, with wins over Sonoma State, UC Davis, Sacramento State, No. 16 Minnesota, and Seattle ... the pair was 2-5 against WCC opponents ... the duo went 2-1 in the WCC Championships.
Prior to Saint Mary's: Comes to Saint Mary's from Stockholm, Sweden...was a two-time junior Swedish champion in singles...represented the Swedish Federation on an international level numerous times.
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