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2011-12 Men's Tennis Roster

Matt Himmelsbach

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Longmeadow, Mass.
  • High School Longmeadow

Biography

2011-12: All-MAAC Second Team (First Doubles), MAAC Player of the Week 3/28, MAAC All-Academic Team, ITA All-Academic ... Went 16-18 at singles and 14-18 in doubles ... Had a 12-9 singles record and 10-11 doubles record in dual matches ... Played mostly at the second singles position, going 6-4 ... Also went 1-0 at first singles and 4-4 at third singles ... Went 5-1 in MAAC matches ... Most common doubles partner was freshman Matteo Giudici, going 6-5 as a duo including 5-1 in dual matches ... Ended the regular season winning four of his last five singles matches, all at the second position, and three of four at first doubles. He won both of his matches in the MAAC Semifinals versus Saint Peter's before winning at third singles, 6-1, 6-0 against Fairfield in the MAAC Championship.

2010-11: First Team All-MAAC (Fourth Singles, Second Doubles), MAAC Tournament Most Outstanding Performer, MAAC All-Academic Team, ITA All-Academic. ... Went 19-7 at singles and 17-11 in doubles. ... Posted a 15-4 singles record and 13-7 doubles mark in dual matches. ... Most frequent doubles partner was Joris Van Eck. Tandem was 13-8 together. ... Took a seven-match winning streak in singles into the NCAA Tournament. ... Named Most Outstanding Performer at the MAAC Tournament following a 6-3, 6-0 win over Loyola's Kevin Zingler at third singles in the semifinals, and a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Fairfield's Dennis Zlobinsky at fourth singles in the championship match.

2009-10: First Team All-MAAC (Fourth Singles, Second Doubles), MAAC Player of the Week 3/2 & 4/14, MAAC All-Academic Team, ITA All-Academic ... Went 26-7 in singles play during the regular season ... Posted singles victories in third, fourth, fifth and singles ... Also went 5-0 in singles MAAC play ... Won 14 matches and posted a 5-0 MAAC record in doubles play, including a 7-2 record in second doubles ...Won two qualifying matches to earn a spot in the ITA Regional Tournament main draw ... Posted a perfect weekend at the Annapolis Invitational with sixth singles victories over Navy's Eddie Konrad, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Sept. 11 and 6-1, 6-2 over Temple's Luv Sodha on Sept. 12 ... Captured the Flight C singles draw at the Cornell Tournament (Oct. 30 - Nov. 1) over Binghamton's Evan Algier, 6-2, 6-2 ... Won 10 consecutive singles matches to conclude the spring season with a 13-3 record ... Defeated Marquette's Jacob Straus, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6) on Mar. 16 to begin the streak ... Won matches against MAAC opponents Saint Peter's (Mar. 24), Niagara (April 10), Fairfield (April 13) and Loyola (April 18) to help lead Marist to its 6-0 conference record ... Himmelsbach dominated fourth singles during the MAAC Tournament, earning a 6-2, 6-2 win against Loyola's Matt McDaniel on April 24 and a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Ryan Berthod of Fairfield in the finals as Marist secured its third consecutive MAAC title.

2008-09: First Team All-MAAC (Sixth Singles), Second Team All-MAAC (Second Doubles), ITA All-Academic Team ... Tied for the team lead in singles wins with 26 ... Amassed a perfect 8-0 record in singles against conference opponents, and 5-0 in conference matches ... Defeated the #106 player in the country, Chip Palumbo, of Fairfield in a MAAC dual match ... Was the Flight C Singles Co-Champion at the UConn Fall Classic ... Won nine of his last 10 singles matches on the season ... Totaled a 17-12 doubles record ... Notched 10 doubles wins with Loic Sessagesimi, including the Flight A Doubles Championship at the UConn Fall Classic.

Prior To Marist: Himmelsbach comes to Marist after being a USTA top five player in New England ... He was also a member of the junior national Davis Cup team in 2008 ... During his time at Longmeadow, he played first singles for four years, was a Western Massachusetts Champion, and a state tournament finalist as a junior and senior.

General: Major is Business Administration/Customized

Career Record:

Year Singles Doubles Overall
2008-09 26-7 17-13 43-20
2009-10 26-7 14-11 40-18
2010-11 19-7 17-11 36-18
2011-12 16-18 14-18 30-36
Totals 87-39 62-53 149-92

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Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Freshman

    6'1" 175 lbs
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    6'1" 175 lbs
  • 2010-11Junior

    6'1" 0 lbs
  • 2011-12Senior

    6'1" 0 lbs

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