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2016 Men's Tennis

Matt Nardella

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Manlius, N.Y.
  • Highschool Christian Brothers Academy

Biography

2016-17: Team captain … Played mainly No. 3 singles, but saw action in each of the top-four singles slots … Tallied a 10-14 singles record in dual matches … Won five-consecutive singles matches from 2/16 through 3/9 … Posted a 3-2 mark in three-set matches … Recorded an 12-5 record at No. 2 doubles with Kyle Mautner … Notched Ivy doubles wins over No. 26 Cornell and Harvard … Registered a 6-6 singles record and a 5-7 doubles clip during the fall season.

2015-16: Played primarily at No. 3 and No. 4 singles … Posted the highest winning percentage of any Quaker in the singles lineup (.545) … Registered a singles record of 12-10 … Racked up wins over No. 54 East Tennessee State, No. 39 Dartmouth, No. 52 Princeton (2x), No. 64 New Mexico, No. 35 Penn State, No. 30 San Diego, and No. 50 Cornell … Picked up five three-set wins … Compiled five doubles victories in the No. 2 slot, including back-to-back triumphs to end the season. 

2014-15: Played primarily at No. 4 and 5 singles and at No. 2 doubles … Completed the spring with a 10-12 singles record and 7-13 doubles record … Captured two singles win and one doubles win in Ivy play … 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) … Won at No. 3 doubles, 6-2, with De Alwis and then at No. 4 singles over Roman Trkulja by scores of 6-4, 6-4 to help defeat No. 16 Penn State (2/1) … Captured a No. 2 doubles win with Westergaard at Yale: 6-4 (4/4) … Collected first singles win of Ivy season at No. 4 against No. 62 Brown’s Ivan Kravtchenko: 6-4, 6-4 (4/5) … Recorded second singles win in Ivy play against No. 54 Dartmouth’s Diego Pedrazza at No. 4: 6-3, 7-6(4) (4/12).

2013-14: Completed year with team-high 25 singles victories – record of 25-11 … Finished spring with most wins at 13 and ended with a 9-3 record at No. 4 … Began spring with five consecutive dual victories and eight victories in-a-row at the No. 4 spot … Helped defeat No. 56 Princeton for first time since 2007 with two-set victory over Dan Davies and win at No. 1 doubles with Nikola Kocovic over McCourt/Day (3/29) … Finished Ivy Play with a 3-2 record … Recorded six doubles-wins with Kocovic in spring … Defeated No. 15 double duo Nguyen/MacMaster from Harvard, 8-7, with Kocovic at No. 1 (4/13) … Ended fall with 12-5 record ... In first collegiate appearance, finished as runner up in flight at Princeton/Farnsworth Invitational (9/13-15) … Went 4-0 at the Penn Invite (9/27-29) and Gopher Invite (11/1-3) … Went 9-3 in the fall doubles with Kocovic, collecting 4-0 records at the Ivy Plus (9/20-22) and Penn Invite (9/27-19).

High School: Four-time letterwinner and tennis captain … New York Singles Section III Singles Champion twice (2011, '12) … Undefeated record or 26-0 and New York State Doubles Champion in 2013 … Three-time CNY Player of the Year (2011-13) … Twice named All-State Team (2011, '13) … Also a golf letterwinner … Second-team All-League (2013) … AP Scholar with Distinction.

Personal: Son of Karen and Mark Nardella … Twin brother, Colin, plays tennis at Lehigh … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Science … Intends to major in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.


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Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior