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1 university of georgia men s tennis 2013 weekly update SIX-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS: 1985, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2007, TIME SEC CHAMPIONS Sports Communications Contacts: Kate Burkholder (kateburk@sports.uga.edu) & Ben Beaty (bbeaty@sports.uga.edu) @UGAAthletics 2013 SPRING SCHEDULE (5-3, 0-0 SEC) date opponent site time january 25 Vanderbilt& Athens, Ga. W, VCU& Athens, Ga. W, Clemson Athens, Ga. W, 6-0 february 3 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio L, Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. W, Ole Miss$ Seattle, Wash. W, UCLA$ Seattle, Wash. L, Kentucky$ Seattle, Wash. L, Furman Athens, Ga. 1 p.m. 25 ETSU Athens, Ga. 2:30 p.m. march 1 Tennessee* Athens, Ga. 2:30 p.m. 4 William & Mary Athens, Ga. 2:30 p.m. 8 Ole Miss* Oxford, Miss. TBA 10 Mississippi State* Starkville, Miss. 2 p.m. 15 Florida* Athens, Ga. 2:30 p.m. 17 South Carolina* Athens, Ga. 1 p.m. 22 Vanderbilt* Nashville, Tenn. 3 p.m. 24 Kentucky* Lexington, Ky. 1 p.m. 31 Texas A&M* Athens, Ga. 1 p.m. april 5 LSU* Baton Rouge, La. 4 p.m. 7 Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. 2 p.m. 12 Auburn* Athens, Ga. 5 p.m. 14 Alabama* Athens, Ga. 1 p.m SEC Tournament Oxford, Miss. TBA may NCAA 1st & 2nd Rd. TBA TBA NCAA Championships Champaign, Ill. TBA * - SEC match & - ITA Kickoff Weekend (Athens) $ - ITA National Team Indoors (Seattle, Wash.) All times listed are Eastern and subject to change ROSTER name height class hometown Garrett Brasseaux 5-7 Jr. Mandeville, La. Eric Diaz 6-2 RSo. Athens, Ga. Casey Kay 6-0 RFr. Atlanta, Ga. Marco Nunez 6-0 Fr. Monterrey, Mexico Will Oliver 5-8 Sr. San Antonio, Texas Nathan Pasha 6-3 So. Atlanta, Ga. Hernus Pieters 6-2 Jr. Pretoria, South Africa KU Singh 5-10 Sr. Gurgaon, Haryana, India Austin Smith 6-1 Fr. Cumming, Ga. Ben Wagland 6-3 Fr. New South Wales, Australia Nick Wood 5-10 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. Head Coach: Manuel Diaz (25th season) Associate Head Coach: Will Glenn (8th season) Volunteer Coach: Tristan Venables (1st season) Athletic Trainer: Joe Luzenski Manager: Kelsey McLaughlin Program Assistant: Lynn Steedman #8 Georgia vs. Furman Sun., Feb p.m. Athens, Ga. Dan Magill Tennis Complex #8 Georgia vs. East Tennessee State Mon., Feb. 25 2:30 p.m. Athens, Ga. Dan Magill Tennis Complex Match No. 9 Match No. 10 OUTDOOR OPENER: The eighth-ranked University of Georgia men s tennis team (5-3) will play outdoors in Henry Feild Stadium at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex for the first time in 2013 when it hosts Furman and East Tennessee State on Sunday and Monday, respectively. Georgia wrapped up the indoor portion of the campaign last weekend at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Seattle. The Bulldogs will take on the Paladins on Sun., Feb. 24 at 1 p.m. before turning around to meet ETSU on Mon., Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m. Both matches will be held outdoors, weather permitting, and will include live video and live stat coverage on Georgiadogs.com in addition to the Georgia Tennis Live Chat. Admission is free and open to the public. LOOKING AT FURMAN: The Paladins enter the weekend at 2-4 overall, and snapped a four-match losing streak last time out in collecting a 5-2 win over Presbyterian on Feb. 10. Furman will meet Alabama on Saturday before making the trip to Athens. Furman does not currently have any players ranked in the ITA singles or doubles poll. Statistically, Furman has four players with two wins each in the dual match season to lead the way in singles, while in doubles the team of Joel Cook and Andrew Mellow, at 2-2, are Furman s top duo. Georgia boasts a perfect 35-0 all-time record vs. Furman, including last season s 6-1 win in Athens. LOOKING AT ETSU: East Tennessee State is 4-3 overall in 2013 following a 4-2 loss to Nebraska on Feb. 16. The Bucs were ranked No. 74 in the ITA team rankings on Feb. 5 before sliding out in the most recent poll. The team currently has no players ranked individually. On the stat sheet, five ETSU players have collected double-digit wins, led by Rogerio Ribeiro with a singles record of Roger Ordeig is next with 15. In doubles, the team of Juan Ramirez and Jorge Varon leads the way for the Bucs with their 12-4 record in , including a 3-2 mark in dual matches playing at No. 2. Georgia is 7-0 in the series vs. ETSU, most recently collecting a 6-1 win over the Bucs in 2012 in Athens at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility. LAST TIME OUT: The Georgia men s tennis team (5-3) went 1-2 on the weekend at the 2013 ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Seattle, earning a 4-0 win over Ole Miss in the round of 16 last Friday before suffering a 4-1 setback to No. 3 UCLA in the quarterfinals Saturday and a hard-fought 4-2 loss to Kentucky Sunday in the quarterfinal consolation round. The Bulldogs were without senior KU Singh on the trip and without freshman Nick Wood for the UCLA match, but still managed to win the doubles

2 QUICK FACKS Location...Athens, Ga. Enrollment...34,180 Founded Nickname...Bulldogs Colors...Red & Black Conference... Southeastern Facility...Dan Magill Tennis Complex/Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility President... Dr. Michael F. Adams Athletic Director... Greg McGarity Faculty Athletics Representative...David Shipley MEN S TENNIS STAFF Head Coach...Manuel Diaz (Georgia 75) 25th season Overall Record/Record at Georgia (.825)/same Associate Head Coach... Will Glenn (Georgia 03) 8th season Volunteer Coach... Tristan Venables 1st season Administrative Assistant...Lynn Steedman Athletic Trainer...Joe Luzenski Strength & Conditioning Coach... Katrin Koch Manager...Kelsey Mclaughlin Office Phone/Fax / SEASON-IN-REVIEW Overall Record SEC Record (2nd East/Overall) Postseason...SEC Tournament Champions/NCAA Quarterfinals Final Ranking... No. 5 (ITA) LOOKING AT THE BULLDOGS Starters Returning/Lost...3/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...6/4 All-Americans Returning/Lost...1/1 Newcomers...5 point all three days while going a combined 6-1 in completed doubles matches in the tournament. YOUNG PUPS: Georgia has gotten strong play at the outset of the season from the team s freshmen. Rookie Ben Wagland has compiled a 12-5 mark overall and a 4-2 record in dual matches, including a clinch vs. VCU to send Georgia back to National Indoors. Austin Smith is 11-5 overall and 4-2 in duals, while Nick Wood - who joined the team in January - is 4-1. IN THE RANKINGS: Georgia came in at No. 8 in the Feb. 19 edition of the ITA team ranking after being ranked No. 6 for each of the first four polls in With that, the Bulldogs have now been ranked in the top six every week since May 2, 2011 and in the top-10 since March 29, Individually, Georgia boasts two players in the singles top 25 in KU Singh (No. 8) and Nathan Pasha (No. 21). In doubles, the team of Pieters and freshman Ben Wagland are No. 5 while Singh and Pasha are No. 27 and Wagland and Pasha No. 29. RECAPPING THE FALL: The Georgia men s tennis team s fall season was highlighted by the run of junior Hernus Pieters and freshman Ben Wagland to the doubles final of the ITA National Indoor Championships in New York in November. Earlier in the fall, the duo won the consolation draw of the All American Championships in Tulsa to punch their ticket to Indoors, while sophomore Nathan Pasha won three qualifying matches to reach the singles main draw in Tulsa. Meanwhile, the four Bulldog freshmen played well at the Southern Intercollegiates, Bulldog Scramble, and ITA Southeast Regional as they geared up for their first collegiate dual match seasons. BULLDOGS PICKED TO WIN SEC EAST: A vote of the league s 13 head coaches has selected the sixth-ranked Georgia men s tennis team the early favorite the win the Southeastern Conference s Eastern Division in 2013, the league office announced. The reigning SEC Tournament champions and NCAA quarterfinalists received 65 total points including three first-place votes to place them atop the competitive SEC East, while Ole Miss was picked to win the West as well as the overall conference championship with 74. Tabbed to finish behind Georgia in the East is Tennessee (47), Florida (42), Kentucky (37), Vanderbilt (27), and South Carolina (13). The rest of the West behind the Rebels is Mississippi State (63), Texas A&M (53), Auburn (46), LSU (34), Alabama (22), and Arkansas (16). The preseason poll is a compilation of head coach votes using a ranking system in the East and in the West, which added Texas A&M this season. The other conference newcomer Missouri does not sponsor men s tennis at the NCAA level. Coaches also selected one conference champion, with each vote counting as one point. NICK WOOD JOINS TEAM EARLY: Georgia men s tennis head coach Manuel Diaz in November announced the signing of Nick Wood, who joined the team in January, a semester early. The Knoxville, Tenn., product was rated the No. 1 player in the South in each of the 12, 14, and 16 age groups, and No. 2 in the 18s. He is currently the No. 11 player in the nation for his age group and is No. 4 in the signing class according to TennisRecruiting.net. Wood won national opens in the 12s, 14s, and 18s, and has made the ITF finals in Daytona Beach and the quarterfinals of the National Clay Courts in his career. Wood s father, Donie, was a tennis player for the University of Arkansas from , and still ranks fourth in Razorbacks history for singles winning percentage in a season with a mark of in His mother is Shari Wood and he has two brothers, Matt and Chase. Manuel Diaz begins his 25th season as head coach of the Georgia men s tennis team in VENABLES NAMED VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT: Georgia men s tennis head coach Manuel Diaz has announced the addition of Tristan Venables to the staff for the season as a volunteer coach.

3 Venables attended and played tennis at the University of Denver before earning a bachelor of contemporary arts degree from Edith Cowan University in While at Denver, he played the No. 1 position and was named the team s MVP in From , he served as the head coach at Wembley Downs Tennis Club in Perth, Western Australia, which has an enrollment of over 400 members. He played State League from and was part of the National League Finals Team held at the Australian Open in In 2009 he was one of 16 coaches given Tennis Australia High Performance Coach Qualification status. Tristan is a terrific addition, Diaz said. He brings a wealth of experience and fresh new ideas to our staff. He has been very well-received by both our players and coaches, and with the year already underway he is doing a fantastic job. We re already seeing the benefits of Tristan s work with our team. Venables visited UGA while coaching in 2005, where he met his wife, Jessica, a Georgia graduate. GEORGIA TENNIS TO HOST NCAAS IN 2014: The University of Georgia will host the 2014 NCAA Men s & Women s Tennis Championships, the NCAA announced Nov. 1. The Dan Magill Tennis Complex has hosted the men s tournament 24 times and the women s event three times, in addition to three combined tournaments for a total of 30, most recently in both 2010 and The event has been combined since The Georgia men s tennis team has won six NCAA titles on the men s side five of which came while playing in Athens. The women claimed the national title in 1994 and 2000 the former coming at home. The NCAA has recognized a national champion in men s tennis every year since It has done so in tournament format since The first women s championship was held in The tournaments have undergone some changes since their inceptions, including moving from a 16-team field to the current 64-team field in The first two rounds are held at on-campus sites, followed by the Round of 16 and beyond at the designated NCAA Championship site. ON DECK: The Bulldogs remain at home next week, kicking off SEC play vs. Tennessee on Fri., March 1 at 2:30 p.m. at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. THE MANUEL DIAZ FILE COACHING 25th season (.825) career record Four NCAA Championships (1999, 2001, 2007, 2008) One of only two active coaches with multiple NCAA Championships Coached UGA to its first ITA Team Indoor National Championship in 2006, then went back-to-back, winning another in 2007 Three-time ITA National Coach of the Year (1995, 2001, 07) Six-time ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year (1991, 92, 95, 2001, 06, 12) Five-time SEC Coach of the Year (1985, 95, 2001, 06, 07) 31 players have received 66 All-America honors 13 SEC regular-season titles, eight SEC Tournament titles (21 total) Finished the season ranked in the Top-5 18 times; finished Top-10 in 20 seasons and Top-25 in all 24 Appeared in NCAA Championship match 11 times (1989, 91, 93, 97, 98, 99, 2001, 02, 06, 07, 08) Seven individual singles National Champions Three individual doubles National Champions Seven four-time All-Americans 73 All-SEC selections Six four-time All-SEC honorees Four Academic All-Americans 40 Academic All-SEC accolades 15 SEC Scholar-Athlete Award winners Three Clayton-Wilhite Scholar-Athlete Award winners Three Joel Eaves Award winners Assistant Coach At UGA under Dan Magill from Promoted to Associate Head Coach in 1985 Became Head Coach for season upon Magill s retirement PLAYING DAYS College: University of Georgia ( ) Two-time All-American ( ) Three-time All-SEC selection ( ) Four-straight SEC team titles Seven SEC individual titles No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles in 1972 No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles in 1973 No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles in 1974 No. 1 doubles in 1975 Two-time winner of Southern Collegiate Championships in singles in Southern Collegiate Doubles champion in 1973 Co-Captain of 1975 team that went 20-4 and won the SEC Championship Professional: Played professionally in the U.S., Europe and South America after college Recorded four wins against players ranked in the ATP Top 50 Team Tennis in Germany, Teaching Pro in Atlanta and in Puerto Rico from Puerto Rican Davis Cup Captain from 1992 to 1997 PERSONAL Married to the former Suzanne Rondeau of Toronto, Canada They have three sons: Manuel, III, 23, Eric, 20 (member of the tennis team), and Alex, 14 Born March 16, 1953 in San Juan, Puerto Rico Graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, 1971

4 Overall record: 5-3 SEC: 0-0 Region: 1-0 Home: 3-0 Away: 1-1 Neutral: 1-2 Vs. Top 25: 1-3 vs. Last Singles Overall Dual Tour SEC Ranked Streak 10 Garrett Brasseaux L2 6-3 Eric Diaz L2 5-5 Casey Kay L3 5-5 Marco Nunez L2 4-6 Will Oliver L2 4-6 Nathan Pasha L2 4-6 Hernus Pieters W1 4-5 KU Singh W3 7-3 Austin Smith L1 6-3 Ben Wagland L1 6-2 Nick Wood W4 4-1 TOTALS PERCENTAGE vs. Last Doubles Overall Dual Tour SEC Ranked Streak 10 Pasha/Wagland W1 4-1 Brasseaux/Diaz L3 2-6 Nunez/Smith L1 1-1 Pieters/Singh L1 2-1 Kay/Oliver L2 2-4 Pieters/Wagland L3 4-6 Brasseaux/Nunez L1 4-2 Diaz/Smith W1 1-1 Diaz/Nunez W1 1-1 Brasseaux/Kay L1 0-1 Oliver/Smith L1 1-1 Nunez/Pieters L1 0-1 Diaz/Wagland L1 2-1 Brasseaux/Pasha W4 7-1 Oliver/Pasha L1 0-1 Nunez/Pasha L1 2-1 Diaz/Pasha W1 1-0 Kay/Nunez W1 1-0 Pasha/Singh W4 4-1 Diaz/Kay W1 1-1 Smith/Wood W3 3-0 TOTALS PERCENTAGE Singles Doubles Rank Date Opponent Result Record SEC Home Away Neutral UGA Opp. J25 Vanderbilt W, W L L W W L W W L 6 39 J26 VCU W, W L W W W uf W W L 6 31 J31 Clemson W, W W W W W uf W W W 6 55 F3 Ohio State L, W L L L L W L uf L 6 4 F8 Ga. Tech W, W L W W W W L L uf 6 65 F15 Ole Miss W, uf uf uf W W W L W W 6 12 F16 UCLA L, L uf L uf L L uf W W 6 3 F17 Kentucky L, L L W uf L L uf W W 6 7 F24 Furman F25 ETSU M1 Tennessee M4 William & Mary M8 Ole Miss M10 Miss. State M15 Florida M17 So. Carolina M22 Vanderbilt M24 Kentucky M31 Texas A&M A5 LSU A7 Arkansas A12 Auburn A14 Alabama A18-21 SEC Tourn. M10-12 NCAA Reg. M16-27 NCAA Tourn.

5 ITA Top 25 (Feb. 19, 2013) IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS Rank Team Previous 1 University of Virginia 1 2 Southern California 2 3 UCLA 3 4 Ohio State University 4 5 Duke University 9 6 University of Kentucky 7 7 Pepperdine 5 8 University of Georgia 6 9 University of Oklahoma 8 10 Ole Miss Mississippi State University California, Berkeley University of Tennessee Texas A&M University University of Texas University of Florida 11 T-17 University of Tulsa 17 T-17 University of Illinois T University of Washington Baylor University Auburn University North Carolina University of Michigan Louisiana State University University of Notre Dame 29 Date Team Singh Pieters Pasha Wagland Wagland/Pieters Pasha/Singh Wagland/Pasha Jan NR 5 NR 29 Jan X X X X X X X Jan X X X X X X X Feb. 5 6 X X X X X X X Feb. 12 X Feb X X X X X X X Feb. 26 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 May 3 May 28/June 5 X = not released that week 2013 Dual Match Stats W L All Matches 5 3 Home 3 0 Away 1 1 Netural 1 2 SEC Matches 0 0 Home 0 0 Away 0 0 Neutral 0 0 vs. Ranked Opponents 5 3 No No No No No vs. Unranked Opponents 0 0 January 3 0 February 2 3 March 0 0 April 0 0 May 0 0 Sunday 0 2 Monday 0 0 Tuesday 0 0 Wednesday 0 0 Thursday 1 0 Friday 3 0 Saturday 1 1 Indoor 5 3 Outdoor 0 0 Winning Doubles 4 2 Losing Doubles 1 1 THE LAST TIME GEORGIA... Won at Home... 1/31/13 vs. Clemson, 6-0 Won on the Road...2/8/13 at Georgia Tech, 5-2 Won At Neutral Site...2/15/13 vs. Ole Miss, 4-0 Lost at Home... 5/20/12 vs. Pepperdine (NCAA Championships), 4-3 Lost on the Road...2/3/13 vs at Ohio State, 5-2 Lost At Neutral Site... 2/17/13 vs. Kentucky, 4-2 Earned a Shutout...2/15/13 vs. Ole Miss, 4-0 Was Shutout...5/23/11 vs. Southern Cal (NCAA Championships), 4-0 Won the Doubles Point...2/17/13 vs. Kentucky Swept the Doubles Point... 1/31/13 vs. Clemson, 6-0 Lost the Doubles Point...2/8/13 at Georgia Tech, 5-2 Recorded Back-to-Back Shutouts... 4/14/12 and 4/20/12 (Tennessee and Auburn) Held a 5-match win streak... 4/1/12-5/18/12 (10 matches) Held a 10-match win streak... 4/1/12-5/18/12 (10 matches) Held a 15-match win streak... 2/4/07-2/16/08 (38 matches) Held a 20-match win streak... 2/4/07-2/16/08 (38 matches) Held a 25-match win streak... 2/4/07-2/16/08 (38 matches) Held a 30-match win streak... 2/4/07-2/16/08 (38 matches) Held a 35-match win streak... 2/4/07-2/16/08 (38 matches) Held a 40-match win streak... 3/23/70-5/1/71 (47 matches) Held a 45-match win streak... 3/23/70-5/1/71 (47 matches) Garrett Brasseaux: Eric Diaz: Casey Kay: Marco Nunez: Will Oliver: Nathan Pasha (2): Clemson, Georgia Tech Hernus Pieters: KU Singh: Austin Smith (1): Vanderbilt Ben Wagland (1): VCU Nick Wood (1): Ole Miss MATCH CLINCHES