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Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis to Fresno State for Tournament

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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Players Mentioned

Hunter Egger

Hunter Egger

Junior
Sam Feit

Sam Feit

Senior
Bryan Husin

Bryan Husin

Senior
Vincent Rettke

Vincent Rettke

Senior
Theo McDonald

Theo McDonald

Sophomore
Matthew Hollingworth

Matthew Hollingworth

Freshman
Oliver Andersson

Oliver Andersson

Freshman
Eric Hadigian

Eric Hadigian

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Hunter Egger

Hunter Egger

Junior
Sam Feit

Sam Feit

Senior
Bryan Husin

Bryan Husin

Senior
Vincent Rettke

Vincent Rettke

Senior
Theo McDonald

Theo McDonald

Sophomore
Matthew Hollingworth

Matthew Hollingworth

Freshman
Oliver Andersson

Oliver Andersson

Freshman
Eric Hadigian

Eric Hadigian

Freshman