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American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championships The Racquet Club of Memphis - Memphis, Tenn. April 17-20, 2014 Hosted by the University of Memphis Welcome to the 2014 American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship hosted by the University of Memphis. Matches will take place at The Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis enters the tournament as the top seed for the inaugural Championship and will get the lone first round bye. USF is seeded No. 2, while Louisville earned the No. 3 seed. The Tigers will face the winner of the No. 4 seed UCF and No. 5 seed SMU. The winner of the 2014 American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship receives an automatic bid to the 68th Annual NCAA Championship. First and Second Round competition will begin on May 15-17 on campus sites, while the NCAA Finals will be held in Athens, Ga. at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
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#2 USF Match 1 - April 18 9 a.m. CT
WINNER Match 1
#7 UConn Match 4 - April 19 11 a.m. CT
WINNER Match 4
#3 Louisville Match 2 - April 18 12 p.m. CT
WINNER Match 2
#6 Temple Match 6 - April 20 12 p.m. CT
#1 Memphis
Match 5 - April 19 2 p.m. CT
#4 UCF Match 3 - April 18 3 p.m. CT
WINNER Match 3
#5 SMU
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WINNER Match 5
2014 American Men’s Tennis Champion
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Jan. 21 Chris Simich Jan. 28 David O’Leary Feb. 4 Roberto Cid Feb. 11 Roberto Cid Feb. 18 Albert Wagner Feb. 25 Joe Salisbury March 4 Michael Lippens
Roberto Cid, USF
March 11 Sebastian Stiefelmeyer March 18 Sebastian Stiefelmeyer March 25 Connor Glennon April 1 Roberto Cid April 8 Joe Salisbury April 15 Johnny Grimal
Joe Salisbury, Memphis 2 01 4 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e T e n n i s C h a m p i o n s h i p
UCF KNIGHTS - No. 4 seed Name
Year
Reece Acree FR Francesc Aulina RS JR Chris Barrus FR Riaan Du Toit SO Inaki Espindola FR Jesse Flores FR Matthew Gladstone SR Amar Hromic SO Jose Sangroniz SO Arjun Watane FR
Hometown/Previous School
2014 Results
Pensacola, Fla./Washington Barcelona, Spain/Virginia Tech Naples, Fla. Abbotsford, British Columbia/New Mexico Villahermosa, Mexico/Niagara Academy Oakville, Ontario Surfside, Fla./Miami Country Day Katrinelund, Sweden Valladolid, Spain/Colegio Marista La Inmaculada Orlando, Fla.
February 1 vs. Georgia Southern W, 7-0 7 vs. Xavier W, 6-1 9 at Indiana L, 5-2 15 at Florida Atlantic W, 4-3 23 vs. North Florida W, 4-3 March 1 vs. Georgia State W, 4-3 2 vs. Winthrop . W, 4-0 7 vs. Tulane L, 4-3 11 vs. Buffalo W, 5-2 13 vs. Penn State L, 4-3 14 vs. UNC Greensboro W, 5-2 20 vs. Binghamton W, 4-3 21 at UNC-Wilmington L, 5-2 22 vs. Yale L, 4-3 28 at USF * L, 7-0 April 2 vs. Bethune Cookman W, 7-0 4 vs. Troy W, 4-3 11 at Memphis * L, 7-0 13 at Middle Tennessee State L, 4-3
Head Coach: Bobby Cashman Assistant Coach: Mark McGuigan
Pictured: (L to R): Francesc Aulina, Inaki Espindola, Reece Acree, Amar Hromic, Matthew Gladstone, Jose Sangroniz, Jesse Flores, Chris Barrus, Arjun Watane
UCONN HUSKIES - No. 7 seed Name
Ryan Carr James Cohen Andrew Ginzberg Parker Goldstein Wayne Harrell Zac McEntee Joshua Palmer Jacob Spreyer Peter Surovic Christopher Toner
Year SR SO SO FR JR SO JR JR JR FR
Hometown/Previous School
Madison, Conn./Fairfield Prep Plano, Texas/Plano West High Woodbridge, Conn./Amity High Marietta, Ga./Lassiter HS East Windsor, Conn./East Windsor High Yorba Linda, Calif./Servite High Dalton, Pa./Abington Heights Denver, Co./Regis Jesuit High Czech Republic/Heritage Academy South Hamilton, Mass./St. John’s Prep
Head Coach: Michael Louis Director of Tennis: Glenn Marshall
2014 Results February 7 vs. Stony Brook L, 6-1 8 at Army L, 5-2 19 at Boston University L, 7-0 26 vs. Fairfield L, 7-0 March 7 at Brown L, 5-2 16 vs. Nichols College W, 6-1 17 vs. Colgate W, 4-3 18 vs. Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras W, 7-0 29 vs. Temple * L, 5-1 April 2 vs. Bryant University L, 8-5 5 at Georgetown L, 6-0 6 at Villanova L, 4-3 9 vs. Southern New Hampshire W, 4-3 12 vs. Sacred Heart W, 7-0
Pictured: Front Row (L-R): James Cohen, Parker Goldstein, Zac McEntee, Mark Hosang, Wayne Harrell Back Row (L-R): Head Coach Michael Louis, Christopher Toner, Joshua Palmer, Jacob Spreyer, Andrew Ginzberg, Ryan Carr
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LOUISVILLE CARDINALS - No. 3 seed Name
Year
Eric Bonfre FR Jeffrey Brown SO Colton Buffington RS FR Van Damrongsri JR Amaury Derognat SR Luis Elizondo JR Felipe Frias FR Alex Gornet SO Michael Lippens JR Santiago Salazar FR Chris Simich JR Sebastian Stiefelmeyer JR
Hometown/Previous School
Gothenbrug, Sweden Mandeville, La. Cleveland, Ohio Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron Peronnas, France/Cned Antibes Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay High School Sao Paulo, Brazil Louisville, Ky. West Long Branch, N.J./Shore Regional Medellin, Colombia Auckland, New Zealand/Liston College
Vienna, Austria/Maroltingergasse Wien
Albert Wagner JR Amberg, Germany/KGS Hemmingen Head Coach: Rex Excarma Assistant Coach: Rodrigo da Silva
2014 Results
January 17 vs. Morehead State 17 vs. Murray State 25 vs. Middle Tennessee State 26 at Ohio State 30 vs. Toledo 30 vs. Tennessee Tech February 5 vs. North Carolina 15 at Nebraska 21 vs. Virginia Tech 23 vs. Wake Forest 28 vs. Northwestern March 2 at Oklahoma 7 vs. Illinois State 7 vs. Chicago State 10 at Arizona 13 at Indiana 15 vs. Michigan State 20 at Texas Tech 23 vs. Middle Tennessee State 26 vs. Michigan April 4 vs. Memphis * 6 vs. VCU 9 vs. Eastern Kentucky 9 vs. Youngstown State 13 vs. Wright State 13 vs. Austin Peay
W, 7-0 W, 7-0 W, 4-3 L, 4-1 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 L, 4-1 W, 4-2 W, 4-3 L, 5-2 W, 5-2 L, 5-2 W, 7-0 W, 7-0 W, 7-0 W, 5-2 W, 7-0 L, 4-2 W, 7-0 W, 4-3 L, 4-2 W, 4-2 W, 7-0 W, 7-0 W, 7-0 W, 4-0
Pictured:
Front Row (L-R): Strength & conditioning coach: Zach Farrel, Luis Elizondo, Colton Buffington, Felipe Frias, Chris Simich, Michael Lippens, Alex Gornet, Head Coach Rex Ecarma Back Row (L-R): Assistant coach Rodrigo daSilva, Amaury Derognat, Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Jeffrey Brown, Van Damrongsri, Albert Wagner, Eric Bonfre
MEMPHIS TIGERS - No. 1 seed Name
Louis Asser Ian Chadwell Cedric De Zutter Connor Glennon Johnny Grimal David O’Hare David O’Leary Joe Salisbury
Year FR SR SR JR SR SR SR SR
Head Coach: Paul Goebel Assistant Coach: Chris Doerr
Hometown/Previous School
Bunbury, Australia Franklin, Tenn./Alabama Eeklo, Belgium/College OLV ten Doorn Loughborough, England/Loughborough College Barcelona, Spain/I.E.S. Lluis Companys Dublin, Ireland/Colaiste Eoin Coventry, England/Loughborough College London, England/Surrey State
2014 Results January 25 vs. South Carolina W, 4-2 26 at Mississippi State L, 4-2 31 vs. Chattanooga W, 7-0 31 vs. Murray State W, 7-0 February 14 at Vanderbilt L, 5-1 21 at Dartmouth W, 4-3 23 at Harvard W, 4-3 March 8 vs. Jackson State W, 7-0 9 at Middle Tennessee State W, 6-1 20 at San Diego State W, 5-0 21 vs.Drake University L, 4-3 22 at UC San Diego W, 4-3 28 at Baylor L, 4-0 April 4 at Louisville * W, 4-2 5 vs. VCU W, 4-0 11 vs. UCF * W, 7-0 13 vs. USF * W, 4-3
Pictured: Front Row (L-R): Cedric De Zutter, Johnny Grimal, Ian Chadwell, David O’Leary. Back Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Chris Doerr, Joe Salisbury, Connor Glennon, David O’Hare, Louis Asser, Head Coach Paul Goebel.
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USF BULLS - No. 2 seed Name
Roberto Cid Everth Dzib
Year SO SO
Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz SO
Sasha Gozun FR Vadym Kalyuzhnyy FR Finn Meinecke SO Paul Polarczyk FR Oliver Pramming JR Federico Sabogal SR
2014 Results
Hometown/Previous School
January 24 vs. FAU W, 6-1 February 1 vs. FGCU W, 6-1 2 vs. UNF W, 6-1 8 vs. Texas Tech W, 4-2 9 at Miami W, 5-2 21 atSouth Carolina L, 6-1 22 vs. San Diego L, 4-3 March 1 at Florida State L, 4-3 4 vs. Tulane W, 5-2 7 vs. South Alabama W, 7-0 8 vs. UNC-Wilmington W, 4-3 11 vs. Penn State W, 4-3 14 at Illinois L, 4-1 15 vs. Pepperdine W, 4-2 19 vs. Wisconsin W, 7-0 27 vs. Brown W, 6-1 28 UCF * W, 7-0 April 02 at Baylor L, 4-0 04 at Tulsa W, 6-1 11 at Middle Tennessee State W, 6-1 13 at Memphis * L, 4-3
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Yucatan State, Mexico/Centro Educativo Gijon Asturas, Spain/IES CAR--Barcalona
Orhei, Moldova/Brickhouse Academy Donetsk, Ukraine Hamburg, Germany/Dietrich-Bonhoeffer London, Canada/Pasco-Hernando Community Copenhagen, Denmark/Saddlebrook Prep) Bogota, Colombia/Colegio Virtual Siglo XXI
Head Coach: Matt Hill Assistant Coach: Brandon Wagner
Pictured: Standing (L to R): Sasha Gozun, Roberto Cid, Vadym Kalyuzhnyy, Oliver Pramming, Federico Sabogal Bottom Row (L to R): Paul Polarczyk, Ignacio Gonzalez-Muniz, Everth Dzib, Finn Meinecke
SMU MUSTANGS - No. 5 seed Name
Year
Arturs Kazijevs JR Nate Lammons RS SO Mischa Nowicki SR Julio Olaya FR Eduardo Razzeto SO Tony Russell RS FR Alex Sanders RS SR Arkidjas Slobodkins FR
Hometown/Previous School
Riga, Latvia The Woodlands, Texas/Woodlands College Park HS Herdecke, Germany/Goethe Gymnasium Dortmund Little Rock, Ark./Pulaski Academy Lima, Peru Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Saint Andrew’s School Plano, Texas/Collin County Community College Riga, Latvia
Head Coach: Carl Neufeld Assistant Coach: Kyle Spencer
2014 Results January 11 at Texas L, 7-0 19 vs. Illinois State W, 4-1 20 vs. Drake University L, 4-1 24 at Florida Gulf Coast W, 4-3 31 vs. UTSA W, 5-2 February 3 at Texas A&M L, 4-0 8 vs. Abilene Christian W, 7-0 9 vs. Texas-Pan American W, 6-1 16 at Wisconsin L, 4-2 22 vs. Ole Miss L, 4-0 28 vs. Western Michigan W, 4-1 28 vs. Tulane L, 4-1 March 1 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette L, 4-3 7 vs. Nicholls State W, 4-0 10 vs. Cleveland State W, 6-1 16 vs. Portland W, 6-0 18 vs. Columbia L, 4-3 22 at Baylor L, 7-0 April 1 at TCU L, 4-2 6 at Oklahoma State L, 4-2 9 vs. UT Arlington W, 6-1 13 vs. Rice L, 4-1
Pictured: Alex Sanders
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TEMPLE OWLS - No. 6 seed Name
Hicham Belkssir Santiago Canete Ondre Cargill Maros Januvka Kristian Marquart Vineet Naran Nicolas Paulus Filip Stipcic Hernan Vasconez
Year SO SO SO SO JR FR SO FR JR
2014 Results
Hometown/Previous School
Rabat, Morocco/Ryad Al Naarifa Madrid, Spain/ies Ortega y Gasset Nassau, Bahamas/Saddlebrook Preparatory Kosice, Slovakia/Gymnazium Trebisovska 12 Munich, Germany/Wilhelm-Hausenstein Colonia, N.J./IMG Academy Rheinau, Germany/Anne-Frank Gymnasium Belgrade, Serbia/Vladislav Petkovic Dis Ambato, Ecuador/Atenas
Head Coach: Steve Mauro Assistant Coach: Frederika Girsang
January 18 18 31 February 2 8 12 15 21 23 March 1 2 6 9 14 20 23 29 April 3 5 12 13
vs. Richmond L, 4-1 vs. James Madison L, 3-2 at UMBC L, 7-0 at William & Mary at Old Dominion vs. Drexel vs. Xavier vs Stony Brook vs. Fordham
L, 6-1 L, 6-1 L, 4-3 L, 6-1 L, 6-1 W, 5-1
at Hampton at UMES vs. Philadelphia at Penn at Binghamton at Lehigh at Villanova at UConn*
W, 6-1 W, 5-0 W, 7-0 L, 7-0 L, 7-0 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 W, 5-1
vs. La Salle at Navy vs. Bucknell vs. Rider
W, 6-0 W, 4-3 W, 4-3 W, 7-0
Pictured: Front row (L to R): Hicham Belkssir, Santiago Canete, Hernan Vasconez, Nicolas Paulus, Sam Rundle. Back row (L to R): GA Kacper Rams, Head Coach Steve Mauro, Maros Januvka, Kristian Marquart, Vineet Naran, Volunteer Coach Andrey Morozov, Assistant Coach Frederika Girsang
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2013-14 AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE EVENT SITE
DATES
Men’s & Women’s Cross Country
Hammonasset Beach Park Host: UConn
Nov. 2
Women’s Soccer Men’s Soccer
UCF Soccer/Track Complex, Orlando, Fla. Host: UCF First Round games on campus sites Quarterfinals on campus sites Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas Host: The American & SMU No. 8 vs. No. 9 at campus site of No. 1 seed Quarterfinals on campus sites
Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving
Ralph Wright Natatorium, Louisville, Ky. Host: Louisville
Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field
New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory, New York, N.Y. Host: The American
Women’s Basketball
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn. Host: The American
Men’s Basketball
FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tenn. Host: The American
Men’s Tennis
The Racquet Club of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn. Host: Memphis
April 18-20
Women’s Tennis
Varsity Courts, Tampa, Fla. Host: USF
April 17-20
Women’s Golf
Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club (Ocean Course), Palm Coast, Fla. Host: Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club
April 20-22
Men’s Golf
Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club (Copperhead Course), Palm Coast, Fla. April 20-22
Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
USF Track & Field Stadium, Tampa, Fla. Host: USF
Softball
Cougar Softball Stadium, Houston, Texas Host: Houston
Women’s Rowing
Mercer Lake, West Windsor, N.J. Host: The American & PNRA
Baseball
Bright House Field, Clearwater, Fla. Host: The American, USF & UCF
Nov. 8 & 10 Nov. 1 Nov. 3 Nov. 15 & 17 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Feb. 19-22 Feb. 28-March 1 March 7-10 March 12-15
Host: Hammock Beach Resort & Golf Club
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May 2-4 May 8-10 May 18 May 21-25
ON THE WEB
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