Matthew Robinson
Matthew Robinson
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    160
  • Year:
    Fy.
  • Hometown:
    Wynnewood, PA
  • High School:
    George Washington Univ. Online HS
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

On Court: Reached No. 32 on Tennis Recruiting...ranked No. 1 in Middle States U12s, U14s, and U16s, and Top 5 in U18s...reached singles final of USTA Winter Nationals in 2016 and third in doubles, finishing year at No. 3 nationally...PIAA State singles finalist freshman year at Lower Merion HS...tore ACL in 2018, but returned to earn an ITF Ranking of 671.. only Stag that is left-handed...2021-2022 made Stags Tennis debut at ITA West Regionals in October where he was seeded second in singles and reached the semifinals, losing in two tough sets to teammate Ethan Carroll...seeded second in doubles with partner Ian Freer and reached the quarterfinals...made an immediate impact in spring dual match play, starting at the No. 6 singles position and working his way up to No. 3 by mid-season...won his first 10 matches in dual match play, only dropping three total sets through March 25...after his lone loss at No. 2 singles vs Matt Kandel of Williams, he responded by going unbeaten in his last 11 matches to finish with a staggering 19-1 dual match record in the top half of the lineup...had a similar trajectory in doubles, starting at No. 3 doubles and playing with 8 different partners, before settling in with Martin at No. 1 to end the season...completed his debut Stags Tennis season with overall records of 22-2 in singles and 22-7 in doubles, earning year-end West Region rankings of No. 15 in singles and No. 6 in doubles (with Martin)...his .917 singles win percentage is the third best in Stags Tennis history for a single season, while his .830 combined singles and doubles win percentage places him seventh best all-time for a single season...Robinson was also a unanimous 1st Team All-SCIAC selection and earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors for his academic achievemet.

Personal: Son of Brad and Elizabeth Robinson...youngest of four boys, older brothers Larry, Jordan, and Jared all played tennis as well...Philadelphia sports fan, UFC fight fan, loves traveling and listening to podcasts.

Favorite Stag: Jeremy Horn (CMC '20 - Basketball)

Say What?: once bowled with Michael Strahan

Matthew Robinson posed shot

News Mentions

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Stags Place Seven on ITA Scholar-Athlete Team

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Seven members of the CMS men's tennis team earned Scholar-Athlete honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, while...

July 14, 2022

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Liu Earns All-America Honors in Singles, Arimilli and Martin in Doubles

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Robert Liu officially earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-America honors in singles, and Philip Martin and Nathan...

June 10, 2022

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Liu Falls in NCAA Singles Competition as CMS Men's Tennis Season Concludes

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior Robert Liu tried to bounce back from an illness which forced him to retire in the third set of the NCAA Quarterfinals...

May 27, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Comes Up Just Short in NCAA Quarterfinal Round to Tufts

ORLANDO, Fla. - The fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team took a 2-1 lead after doubles, but third-ranked Tufts responded in...

May 23, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Shuts Out Pomona-Pitzer for 11th Straight NCAA Regional Win

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team swept doubles and then got straight-set singles wins from Matthew Robinson (6-3,...

May 14, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Takes 5-1 Win over Hardin-Simmons, Meets Pomona-Pitzer in Regional Finals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team opened up NCAA play with a 5-1 win over Hardin-Simmons in the second round on...

May 13, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Shuts Out Pomona-Pitzer for 15th Straight SCIAC Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's team clicked in doubles to take a 3-0 lead and captured a 5-0 win over Pomona-Pitzer in the...

May 7, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Advances to SCIAC Championship Match with 5-1 Win Over Occidental

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Philip Martin and Matthew Robinson won at No. 1 doubles, and then provided the fourth and fifth points at No. 2 and No. 3...

May 6, 2022

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Robert Liu Named SCIAC Athlete of Year, Five Earn All-League Honors

CLAREMONT, Calif - Senior Robert Liu was named the SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Year, as well as earning the league's Character Award, while...

May 5, 2022

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Michael Hao Earns SCIAC Athlete of the Week for CMS Men's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Junior Michael Hao earned the SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week award for matches through Sunday, May 1, the league...

May 2, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Concludes Another Perfect SCIAC Season With Win over Redlands

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team finished undefeated in SCIAC for the 16th year in a row (including 2-0 in a...

April 30, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Sweeps Singles to Take 7-2 Win over Pomona-Pitzer, Clinch SCIAC Regular Season Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team fell behind 2-1 after doubles, but won all six singles courts in...

April 17, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Defeats Occidental, Falls to APU in Friday Road Split

CLAREMONT, Calif. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s tennis team split a pair of road matches on Friday, improving to 5-0 in SCIAC...

April 15, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Earns Road Wins over Cal Lutheran, Westmont

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team played two road matches in two different towns and came away with a pair of wins,...

April 2, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Dominates No. 22 Caltech for 9-0 Win in SCIAC Opener

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The third-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Tennis team earned straight-set wins on all six singles lines as it captured a 9-0 win over...

April 1, 2022

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SCIAC Selects Philip Martin as Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Philip Martin earned the SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week honor for events through Sunday, March 27, the league office...

March 28, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Gets Back on Winning Track, Defeats Williams and George Fox

CLAREMONT, Calif. - A day after dropping a tight 5-4 decision to Middlebury, the third-ranked CMS men's tennis team bounced back with a pair of...

March 27, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Edged by Middlebury in Top-10 Battle

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The third-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team fell into a 2-1 hole after doubles, with both losses in tiebreakers,...

March 26, 2022

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Robert Liu Earns Second SCIAC Athlete of the Week Award for CMS Men's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Robert Liu was named the SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week for matches through Sunday, March 20, the league office...

March 21, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Outlasts Trinity for Stag-Hen Championship

CLAREMONT, Calif. - A day after rallying from a 3-0 deficit for a 5-4 win over WashU in the semifinals, the fourth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...

March 19, 2022

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Down 3-0, CMS Men's Tennis Comes Back To Beat WashU to Advance to Stag-Hen Finals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - After falling into a 3-0 hole after doubles, the No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team had a gritty comeback in...

March 18, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Earns Pair of Home Wins over Whitman, Sewanee

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The fourth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team shut out Whitman in an 11 a.m. match, and then came back in the...

March 15, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Takes Down Villanova 6-1

LA JOLLA, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team swept doubles and then won four of six singles matches in straight sets as it...

March 5, 2022

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Matthew Robinson Earns SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week Distinction

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Matthew Robinson earned the SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week Award for events through Sunday, Feb. 27, the league office...

March 1, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Closes Out ITA Indoors with 5-1 Win over Brandeis

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team closed out the ITA D3 National Team Indoors with a 5-1 win over Brandeis in the...

February 27, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Knocks off Emory 7-2 in 2019 Title Rematch

MAYFIELD, Ohio - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team bounced back from a 5-4 defeat to Chicago on the first day of the ITA Indoor...

February 26, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Drops Narrow 5-4 Decision to Chicago at ITA Indoor Nationals

MAYFIELD, Ohio - Christopher Li and Matthew Robinson won at No. 3 doubles and added singles wins at No. 5 and No.6, respectively, but it wasn't...

February 25, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Adds Two More Wins, Defeats Point Loma and UC Santa Cruz

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team won twice on Friday, taking down Division II Point Loma Nazarene 6-1 in the...

February 18, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Sweeps First Home Duals of 2021-22 Season

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team had its first home duals since March of 2020 and came away with a 6-1 win over...

February 12, 2022

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Ted Ducey Alumni Match Features Seven Decades of Stags Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Twenty-nine Stags Tennis alums, spanning from 1965 to 2020, returned to the Biszantz Family Tennis Center on Saturday for an...

February 5, 2022

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CMS Men’s Tennis Falls to Top-10 USC in Season-Opening Dual Match

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Philip Martin and Nathan Arimilli had a strong performance at No. 1 doubles, holding a 5-4 lead with a chance to break...

January 21, 2022

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Liu Ranked No. 5, Martin/Arimilli No. 3 in first ITA Division III Rankings

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Robert Liu is ranked No. 5 in the nation in Division III singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in the first...

December 9, 2021

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Stag Teammates Liu and Carroll to Face Each Other in ITA West Region Singles Finals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Robert Liu and Ethan Carroll will meet head-to-head for the ITA West Regional Singles title on Sunday, after both improved to...

October 3, 2021

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Liu Edges Carroll in All-CMS Singles Final, Four Stags Advance to ITA Cup

CLAREMONT, Calif. - After the CMS men's tennis team had seven of the eight quarterfinalists at the ITA West Regional singles championships, it...

October 3, 2021

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CMS Men's Tennis Sends Seven Through to Saturday's ITA Singles Quarterfinals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team had seven players win two singles matches on the first day of the ITA West...

October 2, 2021

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Biszantz Family Tennis Center to Serve as Host Site for ITA West Regional This Weekend

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Biszantz Family Tennis Center will serve as one of the host sites for the three-day Intercollegiate Tennis Association...

September 30, 2021