May 22, 2012
Alex Lane Featured in NCAA.com Article
Junior Alex Lane (Claremont, CA) was featured in an article on NCAA.com, written by Rick Houston. Lane and teammate Warren Wood (Fr. - Del Mar, CA) begin play in the NCAA Division III singles tournament this Thursday.
May 21, 2012
Men's Tennis Falls to #4 Kenyon in NCAA Quarters
The 2012 CMS Stags Tennis season came to an end on Monday, as #4 Kenyon defeated CMS 5-0 in the NCAA Team Championships Quarterfinals.
May 15, 2012
Marino Named SCIAC Athlete Of The Week
Nik Marino has been selected SCIAC Athlete of the Week for the week of May 7-13.
May 12, 2012
Stags Move On To Elite 8 With 5-1 Win Over #6 Santa Cruz
CMS Stags Tennis advanced to its third straight NCAA Elite 8 with a 5-1 win over sixth ranked UC Santa Cruz on Saturday. After saving four match points at #3 doubles, the Stags' Neel Kotrappa (So. - La Verne, CA) and Brandon Wei (Sr. - Lake Oswego, OR[pictured right]) won a 9-8(6) tie-break to give their teammates a 2-1 advantage from which they would never look back.
May 11, 2012
Stags Stop #7 Cal Lutheran 5-1 in NCAA Opener
CMS Stags Tennis won a 5-1 decision over 7th ranked Cal Lutheran in second round NCAA action on Friday and will face #6 UC Santa Cruz in the west region final Saturday. Freshman Nik Marino (San Diego, CA [pictured right]) won at #2 doubles and then provided the clinching singles victory at #4.
May 9, 2012
Wood and Lane Selected for NCAA Singles Competition
CMS' Warren Wood (Fr. - Del Mar, CA) and Alex Lane (Jr. - Claremont, CA) were selected to participate in the singles competition of the 2012 NCAA Division III Championships May 24-26 in Cary, NC.
May 7, 2012
Men's and Women's Tennis NCAA Opening Rounds May 10-13
CMS has been selected to host the opening rounds for both the Men's and Women's NCAA team tournament beginning this weekend.
May 5, 2012
Stags Tennis Wins Seventh Straight SCIAC Title
CMS Stags Tennis completed its seventh consecutive perfect SCIAC season with a 6-3 triumph over #9 Pomona-Pitzer in the conference tournament final at Redlands on Saturday. Senior captain Robbie Erani (New York, NY) led the Stags with wins at #1 doubles and #3 singles, as CMS won its 65th straight conference match.
May 4, 2012
Men's Tennis Advances to SCIAC Championship Match
CMS Stags Tennis converted at all six singles positions to erase a 2-1 deficit and defeat #16 Redlands 7-2 in the SCIAC Tournament semi-final match on Saturday. Mac Cahill (Jr. - Southport, CT [pictured right]) was one of three Stags to come back from a set down to earn a singles victory.
April 29, 2012
Erani-Lane Capture Ojai Doubles Title
Senior captain Robbie Erani (New York, NY) and junior Alex Lane (Claremont, CA) [pictured right] won the Ojai Division III Doubles Championship on Sunday, defeating top seeds Nicholas Ballou and Ray Worley of Cal Lutheran 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
April 26, 2012
La Cava Earns Wilson/ITA National Promoter Of The Year Award
CMS men's tennis team manager Edward La Cava has been selected as the 2012 Wilson/ITA National Promoter of the Year Award winner the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced today.
April 21, 2012
Stags Still Perfect in SCIAC
Sixth ranked CMS Stags Tennis concluded the SCIAC regular season with an 8-1 victory at #14 Redlands on Saturday. Freshman Nikolas Marino (San Diego, CA [pictured right]) was part of a comeback victory at #1 doubles, and then won in straight sets at #4 singles in leading CMS to their seventeenth win of the season.
April 20, 2012
Men's Tennis Too Strong for #5 Kingsmen
CMS Men's Tennis used a balanced attack to win two of three doubles and four of six singles, defeating #5 Cal Lutheran 6-3 in a SCIAC battle between two of the nation's best teams.
April 16, 2012
April 16 Interview with Head Coach Paul Settles
Head Coach Paul Settles talks about the team's recent performance and looks ahead to the important conference matches in the next few weeks.
April 14, 2012
Stags Handle #11 Hens 7-2
Junior Alex Johnson (Thousand Oaks, CA [pictured right]) was a straight set winner at #6 singles, leading CMS Stags Tennis to a 7-2 win over #11 Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday night.
April 7, 2012
Men's Tennis Completes Sweep on Historic Day
Led by senior Victor Chien (Diamond Bar, CA [pictured right]) who notched his 49th career singles victory at the #5 position against Oxy and then returned at #3 doubles to help the Stags sweep the doubles against Vanguard, CMS Men's Tennis earned 8-1 victories against Occidental and Vanguard on Saturday.
April 6, 2012
Stags Collect Third Straight Against a Ranked Opponent
Freshman Cameron Bernhardt (San Diego, CA [pictured right]) won in straight sets at #6, as the Stags did not drop a set in singles en route to an 8-1 victory over #26 Gustavus Adolphus on Friday.
March 31, 2012
Men's Tennis Wins at #20 Whittier
Senior doubles team Robbie Erani (New York, NY) and Victor Chien (Diamond Bar, CA)[pictured right] were part of a Stags doubles sweep on Saturday, as CMS traveled to #20 Whittier and defeated the Poets 8-1.
March 30, 2012
Stags Stop #7 Middlebury 6-3
Warren Wood (Fr. - Del Mar, CA) and Neel Kotrappa (So. - La Verne, CA) each won twice, to lead CMS Stags Tennis a 6-3 win over #7 Middlebury on Friday. Wood earned a come-from-behind 8-6 win at #1 doubles with first time partner Nik Marino (Fr. - San Diego, CA), then went on to win in two easy sets at #1 singles. Kotrappa and partner Brandon Wei (Sr. - Lake Oswego, OR) won their ninth straight at #2 doubles, and then Kotrappa toughed out a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win at #5 singles for the Stags' last point of the afternoon.
March 24, 2012
#1 Amherst Defeats Stags 6-3
CMS Stags Tennis came up just short against the top team in Division III on Saturday, as #1 Amherst held on for a 6-3 decision at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center.
March 23, 2012
Stags Fall Short in 5-4 Decision To #3 Williams
Alex Johnson (Jr. - Thousand Oaks, CA [pictured right]) was one of three Stags to earn singles victories against #3 Williams on Friday. Johnson came back from a set down and then 5-3 down in the third set to secure the fourth and final point for CMS.
March 21, 2012
Men's Tennis Takes Two Against Trinity and Babson
CMS Stags Tennis defeated #19 Trinity College (CT) and Babson to record it's second double-header sweep in the last five days. The Stags recorded a third win over a nationally ranked team during that time.
March 16, 2012
CMS In Stag-Hen Final After Two 5-4 Wins
CMS defeated #4 Johns Hopkins and #14 Bowdoin to advance to Saturday's final of the Stag-Hen Inviational, where they will face undefeated #2 Emory. The Stags were led by their top duo, Warren Wood (Fr. - Del Mar, CA) and Alex Lane (Jr. - Claremont, CA), won won twice as a doubles team and twice at #1 and #2 singles respectively.
March 10, 2012
Santa Cruz Tops CMS 6-3
Seventh ranked UC Santa Cruz held on for a 6-3 victory over #4 CMS in a battle of West Region rivals on Saturday. Two of the three Stags points were earned by sophomore Neel Kotrappa (La Verne, CA), who won at #2 doubles and #6 singles.
March 8, 2012
Men's Tennis Ousts Vassar, Falls to Swarthmore
Sophomore Neel Kotrappa (La Verne, CA) had a key role in three match wins on Thursday, as CMS Stags Tennis defeated Vassar 8-1 and then fell to Swarthmore 5-4. Kotrappa's 6-2, 6-2 victory at #5 singles against Swarthmore pushed his record to 7-3 on the season. He and partner Brandon Wei (Sr. - Lake Oswego, OR) also won at #2 and #3 doubles against Vassar and Swarthmore respectively.
March 4, 2012
Stags Fall to PLNU - Compete at Pacific Coast Doubles
CMS Men's Tennis lost a 5-4 decision at NAIA's #7 Point Loma Nazarene and then went on to compete at the 123rd annual Pacific Coast Doubles Championships, rounding out a weekend against strong non-Division III opponents.
February 25, 2012
CMS Sweeps Caltech and Bates
Junior Mac Cahill (Southport, CT) had victories at #1 singles against Caltech and #6 singles against Bates to lead the Stags to a pair of wins on Saturday. CMS surrendered only seven total games in a 9-0 win over Caltech in the morning, before stopping #26 Bates by a 7-2 margin in the afternoon.
February 24, 2012
Stags Top Washington & Lee 8-1
Freshman Nik Marino (San Diego, CA [pictured right]) won at #5 singles and #3 doubles to lead CMS Stags Tennis to an 8-1 victory over Washington & Lee on Friday. Marino and partner Brandon Wei (Sr. - Lake Oswego, OR) were part of a doubles sweep for CMS by winning 8-6 at #3. Marino then put the Stags up 4-0 with his 6-0, 6-1 win at #5 singles.
February 18, 2012
Men's Tennis Splits Openers
Sophomore Neel Kotrappa (La Verne, CA) won three times on Saturday as CMS Men's Tennis split matches with Westmont and Chapman.
February 13, 2012
Cameron Bernhardt Interview
Freshman Cameron Bernhardt (San Diego, CA) talks about being a Stag and the transition from junior and high school tennis to the collegiate game.
February 4, 2012
Ducey Cup Celebrates Four Decades of Stags Tennis
Twenty-two Stags Tennis Alums spanning four decades participated in the Ducey Cup on Saturday, marking the traditional beginning to CMS' 2012 season. Morning doubles play preceded a friendly afternoon dual match in which the current Stags narrowly edged the Alums 3-2 in eight pro-sets.
January 31, 2012
Max Mullen Interview
CMS Stags Tennis Captain Max Mullen discusses the team's training thus far and the anticipation for this weekend's Ducey Cup Alumni Match.
December 1, 2011
Settles Earns USTA / ITA Sectional Award
Head men's tennis coach Paul Settles has won the Unites States Tennis Association (USTA) / Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) 2011 Campus and Community Outreach Award for the Southern California section. Settles is one of two award winners in the section, and among fourteen nation wide.
November 4, 2011
Stags Best in the West in Pre-Season Rankings
CMS is ranked #5 Nationally and #1 in the West according to the Campbell's / ITA Division III Rankings released on November 3. The Stags placed six singles players in the top fifty national pre-season rankings, and one doubles team in the top ten.
October 15, 2011
Lane Finshes 3rd at Small College Nationals
Alex Lane (Jr. - Claremont, CA) won two of three matches at the USTA / ITA Division III National Championships in Mobile, AL. Lane won in three sets in the quarters, lost in three in the semis, and then won his final match in straight sets to claim third place in the eight-man nationals field.
October 4, 2011
CMS Hosts Campus Showdown Oct 8
The Biszantz Family Tennis Center at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges served as host site for a USTA / ITA One Day Campus Showdown Saturday, October 8, featuring a compass draw of 24 male collegiate, junior, and open players.
October 3, 2011
Lane Wins Singles - Stags Dominate Regional
Junior Alex Lane (Claremont, CA [pictured left]) defeated teammate Alex Johnson (SO - Thousand Oaks, CA [pictured right]) to win the USTA / ITA Division III West Regionals at CMS on Sunday. CMS had six singles players reach the quarterfinals, and three reach the semis, in addition to the all-CMS final. Lane also reached the doubles final with partner Warren Wood (FR - Del Mar, CA), as CMS had three doubles pairs in the quarters, and two of the four semifinalists.
