Stags Tennis Recruiting Class Ranked Best in D3
June 13, 2011
TennisRecruiting.net has ranked CMS as having the best recruiting class in Division III for the Class of 2011. The recruiting website also ranked CMS' incoming class as 7th best among mid-major programs nationally. The Stags' 2011 class includes three student-athletes from the San Diego area: five-star recruit Warren Wood (La Jolla Country Day), and four-star recruits Cameron Bernhardt (Rancho Bernardo HS) and Nikolas Marino (Francis Parker HS).
Men's Tennis Finishes Strong at NCAAs
May 30, 2011
CMS' Zhenya Pereverzin (Fr. - Clackamas, OR) and Ronald Wu (Sr. - Los Altos, CA) [pictured left to right] concluded the 2011 season with a run to the NCAA doubles final, defeating teams from Middlebury, Johns Hopkins, and Amherst before falling to Bowdoin's Steven Sullivan and Oscar Pena in the championship match.
CMS Tennis Featured in Wall St. Journal Article on Div III Athletics
May 21, 2011
CMS Stags Tennis and Head Coach Paul Settles were featured in a Wall Street Journal article Friday on the strength of Division III athletics.
Bringing It Back Home
May 14, 2011
CMS Stags Tennis staged a dramatic comeback to defeat #4 UC Santa Cruz 5-3 in the NCAA West Regional Final on Saturday. Sophomore Alex Johnson (Thousand Oaks, CA) fought back from a 1-5, love-forty deficit and saved six match points in the third set to provide the match clinching victory at #3 singles. CMS advances to the NCAA Elite Eight for the second straight year and third in the last four.
Stags Stop #6 PLNU in Regular Season Finale
May 05, 2011
Sophomore Alex Lane (Claremont, CA [pictured]) earned a match-clinching three-set win at #1 singles to give CMS a 5-4 victory over 6th ranked Point Loma Nazarene on Thursday at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. CMS finishes the regular season with a 25-3 record and await the NCAA pairings on Monday.
Lane Wins Ojai Singles Title
May 01, 2011
Sophomore Alex Lane (Claremont, CA) captured the Ojai Division III singles title on Sunday defeating UC Santa Cruz's Brian Pybas. Lane became the second Stag in three years to capture the prestigious singles title and is all but assured of holding the #1 singles ranking in the West Region when the new rankings are released.
Men's Tennis Wins Sixth Straight SCIAC Title
April 23, 2011
CMS Men's Tennis won it's sixth straight outright SCIAC title on Saturday, as the Stags defeated 8th ranked Pomona-Pitzer 8-1. CMS swept the doubles and then won five of six singles to earn their 57th straight conference match. The Stags were led by All-SCIAC selections pictured left to right Russell Brockett (Sr. - Austin, TX), Robbie Erani (Jr. - New York, NY), Ronald Wu (Sr. Capt -Los Altos, CA), Alex Johnson (So. - Thousand Oaks, CA), and Alex Lane (So. - Claremont, CA)
Stags Advance to SCIAC Final
April 22, 2011
CMS Stags Tennis advanced to the final of the SCIAC Championships on Friday with a 7-2 win over #19 Cal Lutheran. The Stags will face #8 Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center, just a week after defeating the Sagehens in the last regular season conference dual match.
Men's Tennis Wins at #8 Pomona-Pitzer
April 16, 2011
Sophomore Alex Johnson (Thousand Oaks, CA [pictured]) got the clinching straight set victory at #3 singles, as CMS won the battle of undefeated SCIAC teams and defeated #8 Pomona-Pitzer by an 8-1 margin on Saturday. The Stags close out the conference regular season 6-0 and enter the SCIAC tournament next Friday as the top seeded team.
CMS Defeats #16 Redlands 8-1
April 09, 2011
CMS Stags Tennis improved its conference record to 5-0 with an 8-1 victory over 16th ranked Redlands on Saturday. Sophomore Alex Lane (Claremont, CA[pictured]) earned wins at #1 singles and #2 doubles.The Stags were impressive in recording their fifth straight doubles sweep against one of the best doubles teams in the country.
Stags Win Two Against Oxy and Pacific Lutheran
April 08, 2011
CMS Stags Tennis moved to 20-3 overall and 4-0 in conference after defeating Occidental 8-1 and Pacific Lutheran 9-0 on Friday afternoon at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. CMS was led by Alex Lane (So. - Claremont, CA), Matt Ellis (So. - Mercer Island, WA) and Andrew Duckworth (Jr. - Lake Forest, IL), all of whom won singles matches without losing a game.
Men's Tennis Wins at #18 Cal Lutheran
April 02, 2011
Senior Captain Ronald Wu (Los Altos, CA [pictured]) won at #1 doubles and #4 singles, as CMS won a tough 6-3 decision at #18 Cal Lutheran on Saturday. Wu won his team leading 14th singles dual match of the spring and 17th of the year, and partnered with Zhenya Pereverzin (Fr. - Clackamas, OR) for the Stags' #1 team's fourth straight dual match win.
Stags Blank Whittier 9-0
April 01, 2011
Victor Chien (Jr. - Diamond Bar, CA [pictured]) was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at #6 singles, as CMS won it's second SCIAC dual match of the season on Friday at home against Whittier. Chien earned his fourth dual match win of the spring and the Stags did not drop a set in singles play.
Stags 7-2 Winners Over Gustavus
March 31, 2011
CMS' #1 doubles team Ronald Wu (Sr. Capt - Los Altos, CA) and Zhenya Pereverzin (Fr. - Clackamas, OR) won their seventh match as a tandem, and then went on to win easily at #4 and #6 singles respectively, as the Stags defeated 30th ranked Gustavus Adolphus College by a 7-2 margin. CMS is now 16-3 on the season and ranked #3 nationally in Division III.
Men's Tennis Beats #5 Wash U
March 27, 2011
Robbie Erani (Jr. - New York, NY) and Russell Brockett (Sr. - Austin, TX) won at #3 doubles and at #3 and #4 singles to help CMS defeat #5 Washington University in St. Louis. The Stags' 6-3 victory at the Austin Tennis Academy on Sunday morning ended CMS' Texas swing on an up note. CMS went 2-1 on the trip, beating #11 Trinity and #5 Wash U, and losing to #6 UC Santa Cruz.