Matthew Robinson
Matthew Robinson
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    160
  • Year:
    So.
  • 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...2022-2023...had a successful start to the Fall season, reaching the quarterfinals of Flight A singles in the ITA West Regionals and then winning the doubles with partner Christian Settles...Robinson and Settles advanced to the ITA Cup in Rome, GA where they won two of three matches to go 7-1 in the Fall and earn a No. 1 ranking in the West and No. 6 nationally, while earning ITA All-American honors in doubles...Robinson played almost exclusively at No. 2 singles and No. 1  doubles in the spring, going 14-7 in singles dual match play and 20-6 in doubles duals...was the team leader in overall doubles wins with 27, despite playing with four different partners...had overall records of 16-8 in singles and 27-7 in doubles and was a SCIAC 1st Team honoree...ended the season with West regional rankings of No. 7 in singles and No. 3 in doubles with Settles, and national rankings of No. 36 in singles and No. 12 in doubles with Settles.

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

 

News Mentions

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Mareedu, Robinson, Schilling, Settles Earn ITA Scholar-Athlete Distinction

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Advik Mareedu, Matthew Robinson, Morgan Schilling and Christian Settles of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned...

July 17, 2023

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Mareedu (Singles), Robinson/Settles (Doubles) Earn All-America Honors for CMS Men's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Advik Mareedu earned All-America honors in singles, while Matthew Robinson and Christian Settles captured All-America honors...

June 8, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Edged 5-4 by No. 2 Tufts in NCAA Semifinals

ORLANDO, Fla. - Advik Mareedu and Christian Settles won in both singles and doubles, but the Tufts men's tennis team was able to come back from...

May 15, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Pulls Out Dramatic Comeback Win over WashU in NCAA Quarterfinals

ORLANDO, Fla. - Ian Freer and Warren Pham both came back from a set down for three-set wins to take the final two points of the match as the...

May 13, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Bounces Back in Singles for 12th Straight Regional Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The sixth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team fell behind 2-1 after doubles to No. 8 Trinity, but responded by...

May 6, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Advances to NCAA Regional Finals with 5-0 Win over UC Santa Cruz

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Ian Freer and Advik Mareedu won singles decisions after contributing to a doubles sweep as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's...

May 5, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Hosts NCAA Regionals Friday and Saturday

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team will serve as a host for the NCAA Division III Regionals at the Biszantz Family...

May 1, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Holds Off Pomona-Pitzer 5-2 to Advance to SCIAC Finals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Matthew Robinson and Warren Pham each won in singles and doubles, and Ian Freer picked up the clinch at No. 3 singles, as the...

April 29, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Shuts Out Caltech for 16th Straight League Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team swept doubles and Advik Mareedu and Matthew Robinson earned singles wins at the...

April 29, 2023

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Advik Mareedu Earns SCIAC Athlete of the Year, Four Stags Earn All-SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Claremont-Mudd-Scripps first-year Advik Mareedu won both the SCIAC Athlete of the Year and the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year...

April 27, 2023

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Warren Pham Becomes Fifth Stag to Win SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Warren Pham of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Week for events through Sunday,...

April 24, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Edges Pomona-Pitzer 5-4 to Keep SCIAC Streak Going

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Warren Pham had a comeback win at No. 5 singles (2-6, 6-2, 6-3) for the clinching point as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's...

April 22, 2023

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Daniel Blackman Earns SCIAC Athlete of the Week for CMS Men's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Daniel Blackman of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Week for events through...

April 17, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Pushes SCIAC Streak to 150 With 8-1 Win over Chapman

ORANGE, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team won its 150th SCIAC-sponsored match in a row with an 8-1 win over Chapman on...

April 15, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Fights Off Challenge from Caltech to Stay Unbeaten in SCIAC

PASADENA, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team trailed 2-0, but Matthew Robinson and Christian Settles picked up a key tiebreaker...

April 14, 2023

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Blackman's Three-Set Win Gives CMS Men's Tennis 4-3 Win over Azusa Pacific

AZUSA. Calif. - Daniel Blackman won a third-set tiebreaker at No. 6 singles for the decisive point, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis...

April 12, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Earns 9-0 Win over Cal Lutheran

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team won all six singles matches in straight sets as it earned a 9-0 win over Cal...

April 8, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Takes Two from Gustavus Adolphus in Top-Ten Matchups

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team played Gustavus Adolphus twice on Friday, winning a 4-3 decision in the morning...

April 7, 2023

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Mareedu Becomes Third Stag to Win SCIAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Advik Mareedu of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Week Award for matches through...

April 3, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Takes 6-3 Road Win at Redlands

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team improved to 3-0 in SCIAC, and 147-0 in SCIAC-sponsored matches since 2006, as it...

April 1, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Takes Down UC Santa Cruz 7-2

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Matthew Robinson and Christian Settles won at No. 1 doubles, Advik Mareedu and Warren Pham won at No. 3 doubles, and all four...

March 31, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Moves to 2-0 in SCIAC, Defeats Occidental 8-1

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team took a 2-1 lead after doubles and swept singles as it earned an 8-1 win over...

March 31, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Falls to Fifth-Ranked Tufts

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The third-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team took a 2-1 lead after winning two tiebreakers in doubles, but...

March 25, 2023

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Pham Takes Three-Setter, But CMS Men's Tennis Falls to No. 7 Williams

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Warren Pham won a tough battle at No. 5 singles, winning the third-set tiebreaker 11-9, to salvage the final point of the...

March 25, 2023

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Ian Freer Captures SCIAC Athlete of the Week Accolades for Stags Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Ian Freer of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Week for matches through Sunday,...

March 13, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Controls Singles in 6-1 Win over George Fox

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team dropped the doubles point to George Fox, but won in straight sets on all six...

March 10, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Falls to Division II Point Loma 5-2

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Advik Mareedu picked up a dominant win at No. 1 singles, and Michael Hao added a three-setter at No. 4, but Division II Point...

March 4, 2023

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Matthew Robinson Takes SCIAC Athlete of the Week Accolades for Stags Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sophomore Matthew Robinson captured the SCIAC Athlete of the Week Award for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team for...

February 27, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Knocks Off No. 1 Chicago for Third Place at ITA Indoors

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Advik Mareedu came back from 4-1 down in the third to win for the fourth point, and Matthew Robinson took a 7-5 win in the...

February 26, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Drops Hard-Fought Match to Case Western at ITA Indoors

ST. PETER, Minn. - In a match that lasted almost four hours, the second-seeded Case Western Reserve men's tennis team was able to outlast...

February 25, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Holds off Pomona-Pitzer at ITA Indoor Nationals

ST. PETER, Minn. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team was pushed by local rival Pomona-Pitzer on Friday in the quarterfinals of the ITA...

February 24, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Picks up Two Home Wins over Whittier, Brandeis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned a 5-4 win over Whittier in its SCIAC opener, and added a 7-2...

February 19, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Opens Dual Season With Pair of 5-2 Wins

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team began its 2023 dual season by picking up a pair of 5-2 wins, knocking off Biola...

February 11, 2023

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CMS Men's Tennis Ranked No. 5 in Preseason Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis team earned the No. 5 spot in the NCAA Division III preseason poll from the Intercolle...

January 17, 2023

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Mareedu Earns No. 1 Singles Ranking from ITA

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Advik Mareedu is ranked No. 1 in singles in the nation in Division III in the first individual rankings released by the...

November 17, 2022

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Advik Mareedu Moves on to ITA Cup National Finals for CMS Men's Tennis

ROME, Ga. - For the second straight day, Advik Mareedu prevailed in a second-set tiebreaker to earn a straight-set win at the ITA Cup, defeating...

October 14, 2022

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Mareedu Advances to National Semifinals at ITA Cup

ROME, Georgia - First-year Advik Mareedu won his first two matches at the ITA Cup in Rome, Georgia, knocking off third seed Thomas Yu of Johns...

October 13, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis Opens Play at ITA Cup Thursday Morning

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Matthew Robinson and Christian Settles will be the No. 2 seed in doubles when the ITA Cup gets underway on Thursday from...

October 12, 2022

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Mareedu, Robinson/Settles Win ITA Regional Singles, Doubles Titles for CMS Men's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - First-year Advik Mareedu won the ITA West Singles title without dropping a set, and Matthew Robinson and Christian Settles...

October 2, 2022

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Robinson, Hao, Mareedu Move on To ITA Regional Quarterfinals in Singles

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Matthew Robinson, Michael Hao and Advik Mareedu advanced through to the ITA West Regional quarterfinals for the CMS men's...

October 1, 2022

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CMS Men's Tennis to Compete for ITA Singles/Doubles Titles

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Advik Mareedu continued a dominant run in singles at the ITA West Regionals to advance to Sunday's championship, while Matthew...

October 1, 2022

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Biszantz Family Tennis Center to Host ITA West Regionals This Weekend

The Biszantz Family Tennis Center at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps will serve as the host site for the three-day Intercollegiate Tennis Association West...

September 29, 2022