2019 Fall Season Recap and Highlights

Playing the Best 
- Gonzaga took on some of the nation's best players and held their own at the ITA All-American Championships, ITA Northwest Regionals and Gopher Invitational.
- At the All-Americans, Sam Feit advanced to the third round of the Qualifying Draw with a pair of opening-round wins over UCLA's Drew Baird and Tulane's Hamish Stewart.
- Then at the Regionals, Feit and freshman Matthew Hollingworth made GU's best-ever run in doubles with an appearance in the semifinals against eventual regional champion Oregon, and Feit also won four times to advance to the singles quarterfinals.
- Freshman Eric Hadigian turned in a fantastic effort at the highly-competitive Gopher Invitational in the final weekend of the fall season, going 4-0 in singles play with wins over a pair of Big Ten opponents.
- At the GU Invitaional, freshman Matthew Hollingworth advanced to the final of the top flight in the Blue Draw, while Matthew Perkins won the White Draw with a win in the finals over fellow Zag Bryan Husin. 

Singles Success
- Senior Sam Feit led the way with 10 wins during the fall tournament season, including two wins at the ITA All-Americans and four wins at the ITA Regionals.
- Freshman Eric Hadigian was next with a 9-3 fall record, including four wins at the Gopher Invitational and three at the ITA Regionals.
- Fellow freshman Matthew Hollingworth went 8-2 in his first collegiate fall season, winning three times each at the EWU Fall Classic and Gonzaga Invitational, as well as twice at the ITA Regionals.

Doubles Success
- Gonzaga's success in doubles play was led by a pair of senior-freshman combinations.
- The pair of Sam Feit and Matthew Hollingworth made the program's deepest-ever run at the ITA Regionals, going 4-1 in the tournament.
- Kyle Everly and Eric Hadigian also posted four wins in the fall season, claiming two each at the EWU Fall Classic and the ITA Regionals.

Academic Success
- The GU men's tennis team was also recognized by the NCAA for having a 100-percent Graduation Success Rate for the 11th-straight year.

The Future is Bright
- Head coach Jonas Piibor signed a pair of standouts to National Letters of Intent in November.
- Pablo Gomez, from Mexico City, Mexico, attended Moratouglou Academy in France, competing in tournaments around the country. He has a Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) of 13.2 with several wins over higher-rated players.
- Sasha Trkulja, from Toronto, Canada, is a two-time ITF champion and is the No. 1-ranked player under 18 in Ontario. He has a UTR of 12 and a career-high ITF junior ranking in the top 350.

The Squad 
- GU returned seven from its record-breaking 2018-19 squad that finished a program-best second in the West Coast Conference and racked up a record 16 wins during the dual-match season.
- The veteran core includes a group of  seniors in Sam Feit, Kyle Everly, Vincent Rettke, Simon Homedes Dualde and Bryan Husin. 
- Gonzaga also added its best recruiting class in program history: ranked No. 24 in the nation and No. 3 among mid-majors.
- The recruiting class included the No. 15 overall recruit in Eric Hadigian out of Sacramento, Calif., and No. 35 overall recruit Oliver Andersson, a native of Sweden. No. 115 overall Brandon Park out of Bakersfield, Calif., and Matthew Hollingworth from Great Britain round out the class. GU also added Kentucky transfer Theo McDonald in the offseason. All five competed for GU during the fall season.

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