Saturday, February 29
Fresno, CA
11 A.M.
Gonzaga University
vs
Nevada
Photo by: Nick Tomoyasu
Men's Tennis to Fresno State for Tournament
2/28/2020 1:27:00 PM | Men's Tennis
GU is one of eight teams in the Pacific Central Valley Championship
PACIFIC CENTRAL VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP | Tournament Central
| Saturday, Feb. 29 | ||
| 9 a.m. PT | Match 1: #1 Wichita State vs. #8 Pacific (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| 9 a.m. PT | Match 2: #4 Hawai'i vs. #5 San Francisco (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| To follow Match 1 | Match 3: #3 Fresno State vs. #6 Lamar (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| To follow Match 2 | Match 4: #2 Gonzaga vs. #7 Nevada (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| 2 p.m. PT | Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2 (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| To follow Match 5 | Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4 (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| 2 p.m. PT | Match 7: Loser Match 1 vs. Loser Match 2 (Copper River Country Club) | Live Scoring |
| To follow Match 7 | Match 8: Loser Match 3 vs. Loser Match 4 (Copper River Country Club) | Live Scoring |
| Sunday, March 1 | ||
| 9 a.m. PT | Match 9: 3rd/4th Place : Loser Match 5 vs. Loser Match 6 (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| 9 a.m. PT | Match 10: 7th/8th Place: Loser Match 7 vs. Loser Match 8 (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| To follow Match 9 | Match 11: Championship: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6 (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
| To follow Match 10 | Match 12: 4th/5th Place: Winner Match 7 vs. Winner Match 8 (Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center) | Live Scoring |
Program-Best Ranking
- Gonzaga was ranked No. 62 in the ITA team rankings released two weeks ago, that's the highest in program history.
- GU is currently No. 72 in this week's rankings.
- The Zags previous high was No. 75, which came at the end of the 2019 season.
Winning Streak
- Gonzaga heads into the weekend on a six-match win streak after taking five in a row at home most recently.
- The Zags hosted a doubleheader with Idaho and Seattle U last weekend, and went 7-0 in singles on the day.
- Individually, Sam Feit, Theo McDonald and Matt Perkins are on five-match win streaks in singles, while Matthew Hollingworth and Hunter Egger have each won their last four in a row.
Wins Leaders
- Matthew Hollingworth leads the squad with 17 singles wins on the season, including tied for the team best with six in dual-match play
- Sam Feit is next in singles wins with 16 overall and six in dual-match play.
- Oliver Andersson is 6-2 in dual-match singles play, while Theo McDonald is 5-0.
- Feit has predominantly played the No. 1 spot in the lineup and is 6-1, while Hollingworth is 6-2 at the No. 2 spot.
- In doubles, Feit and Hollingworth lead the way with four dual-match wins.
ITA Kickoff Weekend Recap
- Gonzaga competed in the ITA Kickoff Weekend for the first time in program history and went 1-1 with a win over New Mexico and a loss to No. 5 Baylor.
- GU took down the Lobos on the second day with a strong singles performance with wins from Oliver Andersson, Sam Feit, Matthew Hollingworth and Theo McDonald.
Highest Doubles Rank Ever
- The Gonzaga men's tennis doubles pair of Sam Feit and Matthew Hollingworth set a new standard with the program's highest-ever ranking in doubles at No. 33 in the previous Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released earlier this year.
- Feit, a senior, and the freshman Hollingworth combined for a 7-3 overall record and 3-2 mark in dual-match play.
- In the fall, they won four straight matches at the ITA Northwest Regional to make the semifinals, which was the deepest run in the tournament in program history. The week included a win over Stanford's Sangeet Sridhar and Alexandre Rotsaert.
- So far this spring, the tandem has added a win over the then-No. 41 team of Jannik Opitz and Kennosuke Nouchi from Western Michigan.
Opening Week
- Gonzaga started the season on a solid note, going 2-1 in its opening weekend of play in Des Moines, Iowa.
- GU defeated host Drake in the season opener, 5-2. After falling to Western Michigan 4-3 on the second day of action, GU bounced back with a 6-1 win over Northern Illinois on Day Three.
- Freshman Eric Hadigian and senior Vincent Rettke each went 3-0 in singles on the week.
- Freshman Oliver Andersson and sophomore Theo McDonald each went 2-0, while senior Sam Feit was 2-1 playing in the No. 1 spot in the lineup.
- Feit and freshman Matthew Hollingworth were the bright spot in doubles, going 3-0.
Fall 2019 Highlights
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- In the fall 2019 semester, the men's tennis team posted the highest team GPA among Gonzaga Athletics programs at 3.63, along with eight earning University honors.
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.
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