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1 university of georgia 2014 men's tennis MATCH NOTES SIX-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS: 1985, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2007, TIME SEC CHAMPIONS Sports Communications Contacts: Kate Burkholder & Ben Beaty SCHEDULE (12-6, 7-1) Date Opponent/Tournament Site Time Jan. 25 Columbia& Athens, Ga. W, 4-2 Jan. 26 Washington/Stanford& Athens, Ga. W, 4-1 Jan. 31 USC% Los Angeles L, 4-0 Feb. 2 UCLA% Los Angeles L, 4-3 Feb. 6 East Tennessee State Athens, Ga. W, 7-0 Feb. 14 Texas& Houston, Texas L, 4-3 Feb. 15 Florida& Houston, Texas L, 4-2 Feb. 16 Mississippi State& Houston, Texas L, 4-3 Feb. 27 Georgia Tech Athens, Ga. W, 4-0 March 2 at Tennessee* Knoxville, Tenn. W, 4-0 March 7 Mississippi State* Athens, Ga. W, 4-1 March 9 Ole Miss* Athens, Ga. W, 4-0 March 12 Ohio State Athens, Ga. W, 4-3 March 14 at South Carolina* Columbia, S.C. W, 4-1 March 16 at Florida* Gainesville, Fla. W, 4-3 March 21 Kentucky* Athens, Ga. W, 4-1 March 23 Vanderbilt* Athens, Ga. W, 4-0 March 28 at Texas A&M* College Station, Tx. L, 4-1 April 4 Arkansas* Athens, Ga. 5 p.m. April 6 LSU* Athens, Ga. 1 p.m. April 11 at Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6 p.m. April 13 at Auburn* Auburn, Ala. 2 p.m. April SEC Tournament Nashville, Tenn. TBA May 9-11 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds TBA TBA May NCAA Championships Athens, Ga. TBA All Times Eastern & subject to change * SEC match % SEC/Pac-12 Showdown & ITA Kickoff 2014 roster Name Ht. Cl. Hometown / Previous School Garrett Brasseaux 5-7 Sr. Mandeville, La./St. Paul s Eric Diaz 6-2 Jr. Athens, Ga./Msgr. Donovan Paul Oosterbaan 6-7 Fr. Kalamazoo, Mich./Hackett Catholic Central Nathan Pasha 6-3 Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Kaplan Online Hernus Pieters 6-1 Sr. Pretoria, South Africa/Hoerskool Waterkloof Austin Smith 6-1 So. Cumming, Ga./Keystone Ben Wagland 6-3 So. Sydney, Australia/Knox Grammar School Nick Wood 5-10 So. Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic Head Coach: Manuel Diaz (26th season) Associate Head Coach: Will Glenn (9th season) Volunteer Coach: Tristan Venables (2nd season) Administrative Assistant: Lynn Steedman Manager: Austin Penman Athletic Trainer: Joe Luzenski No. 8 Georgia (12-6, 7-1) vs. No. 59 Arkansas (12-13, 2-7) Fri., April 4, p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex Athens, Ga. No. 8 Georgia (12-6, 7-1) vs. No. 54 LSU (11-10, 2-7) Sun., April 6, p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex Athens, Ga. Match No. 19 Match No. 20 FINAL HOMESTAND: The No. 8 Georgia men s tennis team (12-6, 7-1) returns to Athens for the final homestand of the 2014 regular season, set to host Arkansas and LSU at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The Bulldogs will take on the No. 59 Razorbacks on Friday night at 5 p.m. as part of the USTA s College MatchDay series, before turning around to face the No. 54 Tigers on Sunday at 1 p.m. for Senior Day. Georgia enters the weekend tied with Texas A&M for first place in the SEC standings with four matches to play. As part of the MatchDay event, singles matches will be played first on Friday night. If the match has not yet been clinched after singles, doubles will be played using a 10-point super tiebreaker format. The first team to win two of the tiebreakers will clinch the team match. Live scoring and live video will be available on Georgiadogs.com all weekend, in addition to the Georgia Tennis Live Chat. Admission to the matches is free. SENIOR DAY FOR BRASSEAUX, PIETERS: Sunday s match vs. LSU will serve as Senior Day for the duo of Garrett Brasseaux and Hernus Pieters. The current seniors have already won a total of four SEC championships during their careers and have made two NCAA semifinal runs, with an overall record of LAST TIME OUT: The Bulldogs lost their first match in over a month last Friday night, falling 4-1 to No. 12 Texas A&M on the road in College Station to see their nine-match winning streak come to an end. The match was delayed over two hours by rain, and was part of the USTA College MatchDay series, broadcast live on ESPN3 with singles played first and doubles only played if necessary. The Aggies were able to pull out four singles wins - coming at Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5. Georgia is now 12-6 on the season and 7-1 in SEC play, tied with TAMU for first place in the conference with four regular-season matches to go. LOOKING AT THE RAZORBACKS: Arkansas comes into the weekend with an overall record of and 2-7 in SEC action, including a notable 4-3 win over Florida last weekend at home in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks are paced by Hall Fess 8-6 dual match record, while the 71st-ranked doubles team of Hess and Pete Thomason lead the way at 9-3. Arkansas team of Manfred Jeske and Mike Nott are also ranked, coming in at No. 37. Georgia is 24-2 all-time vs. Arkansas, including a 4-1 win last season on the road. LOOKING AT THE TIGERS: LSU enters at overall and also 2-7 in conference play, heading to take on Tennessee in Knoxville on Friday night before continuing the trip to Athens. The Tigers are coming off a 4-0 loss to the Gators on Sunday. LSU is led by Harrison Kennedy with 11 dual match wins, while the doubles team of Boris Arias and Chris Simpson own the best record at 9-6. In singles, Simp-

2 quick facts Location...Athens, Ga. Enrollment...34,180 Founded Nickname...Bulldogs Colors...Red & Black Conference... Southeastern (SEC) Facility...Dan Magill Tennis Complex... Henry Feild Stadium/Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility President...Jere W. Morehead (Georgia, J.D. 80) Athletic Director... Greg McGarity (Georgia 76) Faculty Athletics Representative... David Shipley MEN S TENNIS STAFF Head Coach...Manuel Diaz (Georgia 75) 26th season Overall Record/Record at Georgia (.825) / same Associate Head Coach... Will Glenn (Georgia 03) 9th season Volunteer Coach... Tristan Venables 2nd season Administrative Assistant...Lynn Steedman Athletic Trainer...Joe Luzenski Strength & Conditioning Coach...Katrin Koch Manager... Austin Penman Office Phone/Fax / SEASON IN REVIEW Overall Record SEC Record (1st East/Overall) Postseason... SEC Tournament Champions/NCAA Semifinals Final Ranking... No. 3 (ITA) looking at the bulldogs Starters Returning/Lost... 5/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 6/1 All-Americans Returning/Lost... 2/0 Newcomers...1 son is ranked No the lone LSU player in the poll this week - and in doubles, Arias and Simpson are No. 27 while Tam Trinh and Eric Perez are currently No. 70. Georgia is in the all-time series after last season s 4-0 shutout in Baton Rouge. IN THE RANKINGS: Following two more wins to extend its winning streak to nine matches, the Georgia men s tennis team (12-5, 7-0) jumped three spots to No. 7 in last week s Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) weekly poll. Then, after a tough loss to No. 12 Texas A&M on the road on March 28, the Bulldogs fell one spot to No. 8 this week in the poll released on April 1. In singles, Austin Smith continues to lead the way for the Bulldogs coming in at No. 18 and on a nine-match winning streak with a team-high 29 wins. He is followed by Nathan Pasha at No. 39, Ben Wagland at No. 72, Garrett Brasseaux at No. 75, and Nick Wood at No In doubles, Georgia s team of Wagland and Hernus Pieters shot up from No. 21 to No. 9. DIAZ APPROACHING ANOTHER MILESTONE: Georgia head coach Manuel Diaz - now in his 26th season at the helm - is nearing yet another career milestone. Having entered the season with 585 victories to his name, he now stands with 597 and is just three shy of the 600-win plateau. Diaz has the ninth-most wins in NCAA Division I men s tennis history, and is second all-time on that list among SEC coaches behind only Bulldog legend Dan Magill, who won 706 matches in 33 seasons from Only eight NCAA Division I men s head coaches in history have won 600 matches in a career. Diaz won his 500th match on March 15, 2010 against Vanderbilt, then snagged No. 550 in a 2012 dual match also against the Commodores. RECAPPING THE FALL: Georgia players won three singles titles and reached the final of another fall tournament to start the season. Sophomore Austin Smith led the Bulldogs with 15 wins, including seven against ranked opponents. He reached the quarterfinals of the All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., and also made the final of the SEC Fall Classic in Nashville. Nathan Pasha notched 13 wins, including titles at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships at Georgia Tech and the Southern Intercollegiate Championships in Athens. Pasha and Smith represented UGA in the singles draw of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships in New York, while senior Garrett Brasseaux was named champion of the Bulldog Scramble in November. In doubles, the team of Hernus Pieters and Ben Wagland led the team with six wins. BULLDOGS PICKED TO WIN SEC AGAIN: The No. 3 Georgia men s tennis team was tabbed to win the Southeastern Conference title in a vote of the league s 13 head coaches released Jan. 16 by the SEC office. Georgia swept the 2013 regular-season and tournament titles before advancing to the NCAA semifinals with a 26-5 (11-1) record. The Bulldogs return the top five singles players from that squad. The preseason coaches poll is compiled using a tally. Each vote counts as one point. Georgia ended with 155 total points, followed by Tennessee (137), Texas A&M (132), Kentucky (108), and Florida (105) to round out the top five. Georgia leads the SEC in overall conference titles (36) and regular-season crowns (27). (L-R): Nick Wood, Hernus Pieters, Austin Smith, Nathan Pasha, Paul Oosterbaan, Ben Wagland, Eric Diaz, Garrett Brasseaux. COLLEGE MATCHDAY TO VISIT ATHENS THIS SPRING: College MatchDay, a nationwide series spotlighting college tennis, will visit the University of Georgia this spring, according to an announcement on Jan. 29 by the USTA. The weekly series will feature 22 matches on 18 campuses, including 10 matches live on ESPN3. The series will come to Athens for

3 the Georgia women s match against Missouri on March 30 and the UGA men s match against Arkansas on April 4. The Missouri match will also be shown on ESPN3, and a fan experience trailer will be on site. In addition, College MatchDay will be on site for the Georgia-Texas A&M men s match in College Station on March 28, and the match will air on ESPN3. The fan experience trailer is a 53-foot, interactive trailer where fans can engage in a number of activities before and during the match. Each MatchDay that will be live streamed will follow a unique, experimental format, as proposed by an advisory group of NCAA Division I athletic directors. Six singles matches will be played first, and once a team reaches four points and clinches the match, the remaining matches will not be completed. In the case of a 3-3 tie after the singles matches, three doubles matches - played using 10-point super tiebreakers - will be used to determine the winner. The team that wins two of the three doubles matches wins the team match. All MatchDay dual matches will count toward a team s win-loss record both overall and, if applicable, in conference. For MatchDays that will not be live streamed, the teams will not be held to the same experimental format. OOSTERBAAN JOINS BULLDOGS IN JANUARY: Michigan native Paul Oosterbaan joined the Georgia team as an early enrollee, arriving in Athens in January in time for the spring 2014 season. Oosterbaan, who stands at 6-foot-8, earned a wild card into the main draw at the 2013 U.S. Open by winning the boys 18s doubles title at the USTA National Championship earlier this year in Kalamazoo. His other wins include the Clay Court doubles, boys 16s Winter Nationals singles, Lexington grade 4 ITF singles and the USTA 18s National Open. He has been ranked as high as No. 8 by tennisrecruiting.net and was ranked No. 2 in the country in boys 16s. His father, JP, was a member of the 1989 University of Michigan men s basketball national championship team. GEORGIA TO HOST NCAA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAIN IN 2017: The University of Georgia will serve as the host site for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men s and Women s Tennis Championships, it was announced by the NCAA in December. The Dan Magill Tennis Complex has played host to the men s NCAA Championships 24 times and the women s NCAA Championships three times, in addition to three combined tournaments for a total of 30, most recently in UGA will also serve as host in May The Georgia men s tennis team has won six NCAA titles, including five in Athens. The women claimed the national title in 1994 and at home in ON DECK: The Bulldogs will conclude the 2014 regular season next weekend, traveling to take on Alabama on Friday night and Auburn on Sunday afternoon. The SEC Championships is set for the following week, April 18-21, in Nashville. THE MANUEL DIAZ FILE COACHING 26th season / (.825) career record Four NCAA Championships (1999, 2001, 2007, 2008) One of only two active coaches with multiple NCAA championships (Peter Smith, USC) 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) 32 players have received 68 All-America honors 15 SEC regular-season titles, nine SEC Tournament titles (24 total) Finished the season ranked in the Top-5 19 times; finished Top-10 in 21 seasons and Top-25 in all 25 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 76 All-SEC selections Six four-time All-SEC honorees Four Academic All-Americans 44 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; named 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, 25, Eric, 22 (junior on the tennis team), and Alex, 16 Born March 16, 1953 in San Juan, Puerto Rico Graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, 1971

4 Overall record: 12-6 SEC: 7-1 Region: 2-1 Home: 9-0 Away: 3-2 Neutral: 0-4 Vs. Top 25: 5-6 vs. Last Singles Overall Dual Tour SEC Ranked Streak 10 Garrett Brasseaux W2 6-2 Eric Diaz L2 4-5 Nathan Pasha L3 2-4 Hernus Pieters W3 8-2 Austin Smith L1 8-1 Ben Wagland L3 1-3 Nick Wood L1 6-1 TOTALS PERCENTAGE vs. Last Doubles Overall Dual Tour SEC Ranked Streak 10 Pieters/Wagland W5 7-3 Smith/Wood L1 3-2 Pasha/Pieters L1 3-1 Brasseaux/Pasha W3 7-3 Diaz/Wood L2 0-2 Brasseaux/Diaz W1 2-1 Diaz/Smith W7 9-1 Pasha/Wood W2 2-0 Pieters/Wood L1 0-1 Diaz/Pieters L1 0-1 TOTALS PERCENTAGE Match Results Singles Doubles Rank Date Opponent Result Record SEC Home Away Neutral UGA Opp. J25 Columbia W, L W L W W uf uf W W 3 43 J26 Stanford W, W L W W uf uf uf W W 3 40 F1 Southern Cal L, L L uf uf L uf L L W 3 4 F2 UCLA L, L L W L W L uf W W 3 2 F6 ETSU W, W W W W W W W W W 4 67 F14 Texas L, L L L W L W W W uf 4 10 F15 Florida L, W W L uf L wo L W L 4 12 F16 Miss. State L, W W W L wo wo L W wo 4 9 F27 Georgia Tech W, W W uf W uf uf uf W W M2 Tennessee W, W uf uf uf W W L W W M7 Miss. State W, uf W W W uf W L L W M9 Ole Miss W, uf W uf W uf W W uf W 16 NR M12 Ohio State W, L W L L W W W L W 16 1 M14 South Carolina W, W uf uf W L W W L W M16 Florida W, L L W W L W W W uf M21 Kentucky W, L W uf uf W W W W uf M23 Vanderbilt W, uf W uf uf W W uf W W M28 Texas A&M L, L L L uf L W A4 Arkansas A6 LSU A11 Alabama A13 Auburn A18-21 SEC Champs. M9-11 NCAA Reg. M15-26 NCAA Champs.

5 ITA Top 25 - April 1 Rank Team Previous 1 Ohio State University 2 2 University of Southern California 1 3 UCLA 5 4 University of Virginia 4 5 University of Oklahoma 3 6 University of Texas 11 7 Baylor University 6 8 University of Georgia 7 9 North Carolina 8 10 Texas A&M University University of Illinois University of Notre Dame 9 13 Duke University University of Kentucky University of Florida Mississippi State University Clemson University California Columbia University University of Tennessee Wake Forest University Boise State University Oklahoma State University Penn State University University of South Florida 31 IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS Date Team Smith Pasha Brasseaux Wagland Wood Pieters/Wagland Pieters/Pasha J J21 3 X X X X X X X J29 3 X X X X X X X F4 4 X X X X X X X F11 X NR F18 12 X X X X X X X F NR M4 16 X X X X X X X M NR 21 NR M18 10 X X X X X X X M NR A1 8 X X X X X X X A8 A15 A22 M1 M27 J4 X = not released that week Dual Match Stats W L All Matches 12 6 Home 9 0 Away 3 2 Netural 0 4 SEC Matches 7 1 Home 4 0 Away 3 1 Neutral 0 0 vs. Ranked Opponents 11 6 No No No No No vs. Unranked Opponents 1 0 January 2 0 February 2 5 March 8 1 April 0 0 May 0 0 Sunday 5 2 Monday 0 0 Tuesday 0 0 Wednesday 1 0 Thursday 2 0 Friday 3 2 Saturday 1 2 Indoor 4 3 Outdoor 8 3 Winning Doubles 11 2 Losing Doubles 1 3 Not Playing Doubles 0 1 THE LAST TIME GEORGIA... Won at Home... 3/23/14 vs. Vanderbilt, 4-0 Won on the Road... 3/16/14 vs. Florida, 4-3 Won At Neutral Site... 5/18/13 vs. Pepperdine (NCAA Championships), 4-2 Lost at Home... 5/20/12 vs. Pepperdine (NCAA Championships), 4-3 Lost on the Road... 3/28/14 at Texas A&M, 4-1 Lost At Neutral Site...1/16/14 vs. Mississippi State, 4-3 Earned a Shutout... 3/23/14 vs. Vanderbilt, 4-0 Was Shutout... 2/1/14 vs. Southern Cal, 4-0 Won the Doubles Point... 3/23/14 vs. Vanderbilt, 4-0 Swept the Doubles Point... 3/4/13 vs. William & Mary Lost the Doubles Point... 3/7/14 vs. Mississippi State Recorded Back-to-Back Shutouts...2/27/14 and 3/2/14 (Georgia Tech and Tennessee) Held a 5-match win streak...2/27/14-3/23/14 (9 matches) Held a 10-match win streak...3/10/13-5/18/13 (17 matches) Held a 15-match win streak...3/10/13-5/18/13 (17 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) MATCH CLINCHERS (12) Garrett Brasseaux: 3 (Stanford, Ole Miss, South Carolina) Eric Diaz: Paul Oosterbaan: Nathan Pasha: Hernus Pieters: 4 (Columbia, Tennessee, Ohio State, Kentucky) Austin Smith: 2 (Georgia Tech, Florida) Ben Wagland: 2 (East Tennessee State, Mississippi State) Nick Wood: 1 (Vanderbilt)