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2017-18 Men's Tennis

Nicholai Westergaard

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Manlius, N.Y.
  • Highschool Fayetteville Manlius

Biography

2017-18: Helped the Quakers to a third place finish in the Ivy ... Led the team to 15 wins, their most since 2006 ... Played a key role in the team's nine match home winning streak ... Went 10-10 in singles in the spring playing mainly No. 5 ... Recorded first career Ivy League singles win in a three-set triumph against Princeton ... Went 10-11 at No. 2 doubles with Josh Pompan.

2016-17: Played mainly at 4-5 singles and No. 1 doubles … Put together a 3-7 singles clip and a 7-10 doubles record in dual matches … Teamed with Gabe Rapoport for a win over Dartmouth at No. 1 doubles … Went 5-4 in singles matches and 6-7 in doubles during the fall season.

2015-16: Played every dual match at No. 1 doubles with partner Austin Kaplan … Finished the season at No. 88 in the final ITA national doubles rankings … Tallied a 12-10 record at No. 1 doubles, ranked as high as No. 25 in the ITA rankings … Collected three wins over ranked doubles teams, including a season-ending victory over Princeton’s Luke Gamble and Alexander Day (No. 70) … Started the year 3-0 ... Picked up wins over doubles squads from eight ranked teams … Grabbed five singles wins, sharing time between the No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 slots … Notable singles wins versus No. 54 East Tennessee State, and No. 64 New Mexico … Earned six singles wins during the fall. 

2014-15: Played at all three doubles spots, playing primarily at No. 1 with Court … Earned a doubles ranking with Court of No. 74 by the ITA (4/14) … Defeated No. 35 Harvard’s No. 10 ranked doubles team Nguyen/Yeung at No. 1 doubles with Court, 6-4 (4/11) … Had a second Ivy win against Yale’s Hagermoser/Lu at No. 2 with Nardella (4/4) … Earlier in the season, played at No. 1 doubles with Court and defeated No. 72 Boise State’s Mitchell/Patton, 6-2 (2/28) … Appeared in six singles matches, playing primarily at No. 5.

High School: Four-year letterwinner … League champion with a 40-0 record (2009-2011) … Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Son of Maiken and Ole Westergaard … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Nicholai Westergaard Career (Singles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 Ivy Fall Spring Over
2014-15 0-5 0-1 0-3 3-3 0-6 3-9
2015-16 3-2 2-6 0-1 0-3 6-4 5-12 11-16
2016-17 1-8 2-0 0-3 5-4 3-8 8-12
2017-18 1-0 3-4 6-6 3-2 1-0 10-10 11-10
Career 1-0 7-14 10-17 0-2 3-11 15-11 18-36 33-47

Nicholai Westergaard Career (Doubles)
1 2 3 Ivy Fall Spring Over
2014-15 7-5 1-3 1-0 2-4 0-1 9-8 9-9
2015-16 12-10
5-4 12-10 12-10
2016-17 7-11 1-4 6-7 7-11 13-18
2017-18 10-14
2-5 0-1 10-14 10-15
Career 26-26 11-17 1-0 10-17 6-9 38-43 44-52

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017-18Senior