Each of the eight members of the Cal Lutheran men's tennis All-Decade Team have earned at least one All-Conference first team selection including a trio of SCIAC Players of the Year. Since 2002 the Kingsmen have posted a winning league record as well as 10-plus team victories every year.
Andrew Giuffrida and Nick Ballou of the Cal Lutheran men's tennis team have earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-America honors, announced on Tuesday. Ballou received recognition for doubles while Giuffrida earned both singles and doubles honors.
In the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Doubles Championships, Andrew Giuffrida and Nick Ballou of the Cal Lutheran men's tennis team fell 6-3, 6-2 to Brian Pybas and Marc Vartebedian of UC Santa Cruz on Sunday in Oberlin, Ohio. The CLU pair earned All-American status after its first round victory and the UCSC team went on to claim the doubles national title.
The doubles team of Andrew Giuffrida and Nick Ballou of the Cal Lutheran men's tennis team earned a comeback three-set victory to advance to the semifinals at the NCAA Division III Individual Championships on Saturday in Oberlin, Ohio. The pair won the match 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 against the top doubles team from Kenyon (OH) College and is set to play the top duo from UC Santa Cruz on Sunday.
On day one of the 2010 NCAA Men's Tennis Individual National Championships, the Cal Lutheran doubles pairing of Andrew Giuffrida and Nick Ballou won its first round match in straight sets to move on to tomorrow's quarterfinal match at the Don Hunsinger Courts at Oberlin (OH) College.
Andrew Giuffrida and Nick Ballou of the Cal Lutheran men's tennis team have qualified for the 2010 NCAA Division III Individual National Championships to be held at Oberlin (OH) College May 28-30. Both will take part in the singles draw individually and compete together in the doubles bracket.
The CLU athletics department will be honoring its finest athletes over the past 10 years by releasing Cal Lutheran All-Decade Teams throughout the upcoming summer. The reigning SCIAC Champion football team will be the first of 19 programs to have its all-decade team announced, schedule to be released on Monday, May 24.
Cal Lutheran men's tennis Head Coach Mike Gennette and the Kingsmen top singles player Andrew Giuffrida were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) West Region Coach of the Year and Player to Watch, respectively.
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