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2017-18 Men's Tennis

Josh Pompan

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Salinas, Calif.
  • Highschool York School Monterey

Biography

2017-18: Team captain ... Second-team All-Ivy ... Helped team to a 3rd place finish in the Ivy ... Led team to 15 wins, their best since 2006 ... Played a key role in the team's nine match win streak at home ... Earned 100th career win (singles+doubles) in singles victory over DePaul ... Went 11-12 at No. 2 singles ... Won only match at No. 1 ... Recorded 10 wins at No. 2 doubles with Nicholai Westergaard ... Made round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regional ... Advanced to the Ivy Plus finals in doubles with RJ Sands.

2016-17: Second-team All-Ivy … Team captain … Academic All-Ivy (fall) ... Led the Quakers with a 17-5 singles record in the top-half of the lineup … Notched singles triumphs over three ranked teams … Went 4-2 during Ivy matches (wins over Brown, Yale, Cornell and Dartmouth) … Began the spring ranked No. 99 in the ITA singles rankings … Tallied an 8-2 record in three-set matches (5-1 in the fall) … Put together a 15-10 doubles record with Thomas Spratt … Went 4-3 in Ivy doubles matches … Led the team in the fall with a singles mark of 14-4 … Advanced all the way to the championship match of the ITA Northeast Regional … Went 6-5 in doubles during the fall, including a run to the Round of 16 at the ITA Northeast Regional.

2015-16: Notched nine singles wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 singles slots … Came back from 5-1 down in the third set to defeat Brown’s Mladen Mitak and secure a 4-3 win over the Bears (4/3) … Recorded five triumphs against opponents from ranked teams … Won six of seven matches from Feb. 6 – March 5 … Made it to the Round of 16 at the USTA/ITA Division I Men's Northeast Regional Championship in the fall … Teamed with Ismael Lahlou to win a doubles flight at the Wake Forest Invitational (11/8).

2014-15: Led team with most wins overall wins, in the fall, and in the spring … Had an overall 24-9 record, going 17-7 in the spring … Also led team with three Ivy League match wins … Helped team to best start of season (6-0) since 2011 and most wins (14) since 2006 … Also helped the team earn its highest ranking by the ITA in program history at No. 39 (3/3) … Had a 10-match win streak from February 27 to March 28 … In singles matches, compiled an 8-4 record at No. 3, 5-1 record at No. 4, and a 4-2 record at No. 5 and made an appearance in four doubles matches in the spring … Won at No. 5 singles over Aws Laaribi to help defeat No. 16 Penn State (2/1) … Captured back-to-back three-set victories at No. 4 and then No. 5 singles over opponents from No. 72 Boise State and No. 73 Utah, respectively … Collected first Ivy win of collegiate career at No. 4 singles over No. 28 Princeton’s Josh Yablon (3/28) … Won 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 over No. 62 Brown’s Brandon Yeoh (4/5) … Added third Ivy win at home over No. 54 Dartmouth’s Ciro Riccardi at No. 3 (4/12).

High School: Senior captain and four-year letter winner … Played at No. 1 Singles for four years … Individual Central Coast Section Champion (2013) … Champion of California Interscholastic Federation (2013) … Four-time MVP … Named 2014 Male CIF Athlete of the Year … AP Scholar with Distinction … National Merit Commended Honors … Three-time Class President …Student Representative to the Board of Trustees … Founded Student Tutors for Success.

Personal: Son of Marcia and Don Pompan … Dad, Don, played tennis at Harvard … Enrolled in Wharton.

Josh Pompan Career (singles)
1 2 3 4 5 6 Ivy Fall Spring Over
2014-15 8-4 5-1 4-2 3-4 7-2 17-7 24-9
2015-16 3-2 6-7 4-5 9-4 9-9 18-13
2016-17 1-0 13-5 3-0 4-1 14-4 17-5 31-9
2017-18 1-0 11-12 3-3 6-3 12-12 18-15
Career 2-0 27-19 17-11 5-1 4-2 14-13 36-13 55-33 91-46

Josh Pompan Career (Doubles)
1 2 3 Ivy Fall Spring Over
2014-15 0-1 1-2 1-3 1-3
2015-16 1-1 1-1 1-1
2016-17 1-0 0-1 14-9 4-3 15-10 15-10
2017-18 10-12 1-6 2-4 10-12 12-16
Career 1-0 10-14 16-12 5-9 2-4 17-26 19-30

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017-18Senior