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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 (10-5, 5-0) 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. 4:30 p.m. March 23 Vanderbilt* Athens, Ga. 1 p.m. March 28 at Texas A&M* College Station, Tx. 7 p.m. 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. 10 Georgia (10-5, 5-0) vs. No. 14 Kentucky (12-4, 5-0) Fri., March 21, :30 p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex Athens, Ga. No. 10 Georgia (10-5, 5-0) vs. No. 33 Vanderbilt (11-5, 2-3) Sun., March 23, p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex Athens, Ga. Match No. 16 Match No. 17 BULLDOGS RETURN HOME: The 10th-ranked Georgia men s tennis team (10-5, 5-0) returns home for a pair of SEC matches this weekend at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, looking to build on the squad s current seven-match winning streak and 21-match unbeaten streak at home. Georgia will host No. 14 Kentucky (12-4, 5-0) on Friday at 4:30 p.m., before taking on No. 33 Vanderbilt on Sunday at 1 p.m. The meeting with UK will pit the only two unbeaten teams in the conference against one another. Live scoring, video streaming, and the Georgia Tennis Live Chat will be available for both matches on Georgiadogs.com. Admission is free. LAST TIME OUT: The Georgia men s tennis team on Sunday completed a stretch of five matches in 10 days, going unbeaten in that time, including a win over No. 1 Ohio State as the Bulldogs improved to 10-5 overall and 5-0 in the SEC. Georgia s latest SEC victories were a 4-1 decision over South Carolina on Friday and a 4-3 victory over No. 17 Florida on Sunday. The SEC road sweep came after last Wednesday s 4-3 win over the Buckeyes in Athens - a match that was forced indoor due to high winds, and marked the Bulldogs first win over a top-ranked squad since The Bulldogs have been paced by sophomore Austin Smith s performances of late, as he has won seven consecutive singles matches and is also 11-1 in dual matches at No. 3 doubles with partner Eric Diaz. LOOKING AT THE WILDCATS: Kentucky enters the weekend ranked No. 14 and sporting a record of 12-4 (5-0 SEC), with the Wildcats joining Georgia as the only two unbeaten teams in the league through the first three weeks of competition. UK is coming off a pair of home wins over the Mississippi schools last weekend - a 4-2 victory over Mississippi State and a 4-1 win over Ole Miss. Kentucky is led by Tom Jomby s 14 dual match singles wins, while Terry Lopez has 10. In doubles, the team of Ryuji Hirooka and Nils Ellefsen stand with 10 wins. Jomby is ranked No. 10 in the nation this week in singles, followed by Beck Pennington at No. 67. Georgia is 42-9 all-time vs. the Wildcats, including three meetings last season: a 4-2 loss at National Indoors, a 4-2 win during the regular season in Lexington, and a 4-3 win in the SEC Tournament. The last time the two teams played in Athens, UK earned a tough 4-3 victory in a match that started outdoors but finished inside due to weather. Georgia then avenged that loss with a 4-1 victory over UK for the SEC championship. LOOKING AT THE COMMODORES: Vanderbilt will play at Tennessee on Friday night before heading to Athens, but enters the weekend at No. 33 in the nation and with a record of 11-5 (2-3). The Commodores are coming off a 4-1 loss to Ole Miss and a 4-3 loss to Mississippi State. Following a three-match winning streak, Vandy has now lost three straight. The Commodores are led by Gonzales Austin s season record of 22-5, includ-

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 (.824) / 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 ing a 1-0 clip in dual matches. Rhys Johnson has won 18 total matches, while Ryan Lipman is 4-0 in SEC play. In doubles, the No. 1-ranked team of Johnson and Lipman are 21-3 overall and 11-1 in dual match play. Austin is currently ranked No. 16 in the nation, while Lipman is No. 102 in singles. Georgia is 49-4 all-time vs. Vanderbilt, including a 4-3 win last season in the ITA Kickoff and a 4-2 win during the regular season. IN THE RANKINGS: The Georgia men s tennis team dropped to No. 35 in the first edition of the computerized ITA poll released three weeks ago, then shot up to No. 16 in the March 4 edition following two straight 4-0 wins over Georgia Tech and Tennessee. Georgia remained at No. 16 in the March 11 poll, but got back to its rightful place in the top-10 on March 18, coming in at No. 10 after beating No. 1 Ohio State and No. 17 Florida. The Bulldogs opened the season at No. 3 and dropped one spot to No. 4 on Feb. 4 prior to National Indoors. In the singles rankings, Austin Smith is No. 13, followed by Nathan Pasha at No. 25, Garrett Brasseaux at No. 79, and Ben Wagland at No. 87. In doubles, Hernus Pieters and Ben Wagland are ranked No. 21. The Bulldogs in 2014 returned the top five singles players from last year s squad that reached the NCAA semifinals. UGA finished the 2013 season ranked third after the trip to the Final Four. 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 595 and is just five 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 regularseason 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 Match- Day, a nationwide series spotlighting college tennis, will visit the University

3 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 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 travel to face Texas A&M next Friday night in College Station, and have an open date on Sunday. Georgia is home the following weekend against Arkansas and LSU. THE MANUEL DIAZ FILE COACHING 26th season / (.824) 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: 10-5 SEC: 5-0 Region: 2-1 Home: 7-0 Away: 3-1 Neutral: 0-4 Vs. Top 25: 4-5 vs. Last Singles Overall Dual Tour SEC Ranked Streak 10 Garrett Brasseaux W2 6-2 Eric Diaz L2 4-5 Nathan Pasha L1 4-3 Hernus Pieters L2 7-2 Austin Smith W7 8-1 Ben Wagland L2 2-4 Nick Wood W5 5-2 TOTALS PERCENTAGE vs. Last Doubles Overall Dual Tour SEC Ranked Streak 10 Pieters/Wagland W4 7-3 Smith/Wood L1 3-2 Pasha/Pieters L1 3-1 Brasseaux/Pasha W1 6-4 Diaz/Wood L2 0-2 Brasseaux/Diaz W1 2-1 Diaz/Smith W6 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 M23 Vanderbilt M28 Texas A&M A4 Arkansas A6 LSU A11 Alabama A13 Auburn A18-21 SEC Champs. M9-11 NCAA Reg. M15-26 NCAA Champs.

5 ITA Top 25 - March 18 Rank Team Previous 1 University of Oklahoma 2 2 Ohio State University 1 3 UCLA 3 4 University of Southern California 4 5 Baylor University 12 6 North Carolina 11 7 University of Virginia 5 8 University of Texas 7 9 University of Illinois 6 10 University of Georgia University of Notre Dame 8 12 Texas A&M University 9 13 Duke University University of Kentucky University of Tennessee University of Florida California Wake Forest University Columbia University Clemson University Oklahoma State University Mississippi State University Boise State University University of Oregon Northwestern University 26 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 M25 A1 A8 A15 A22 M1 M27 J4 X = not released that week Dual Match Stats W L All Matches 10 5 Home 7 0 Away 3 1 Netural 0 4 SEC Matches 5 0 Home 2 0 Away 3 0 Neutral 0 0 vs. Ranked Opponents 9 5 No No No No No vs. Unranked Opponents 1 0 January 2 0 February 2 5 March 6 0 April 0 0 May 0 0 Sunday 4 2 Monday 0 0 Tuesday 0 0 Wednesday 1 0 Thursday 2 0 Friday 2 1 Saturday 1 2 Indoor 4 3 Outdoor 6 2 Winning Doubles 9 2 Losing Doubles 1 3 Not Playing Doubles 0 0 THE LAST TIME GEORGIA... Won at Home...3/12/13 vs. Ohio State, 4-3 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... 1/1/14 at Southern Cal, 4-0 Lost At Neutral Site...1/16/14 vs. Mississippi State, 4-3 Earned a Shutout...3/9/14 vs. Ole Miss, 4-0 Was Shutout... 1/1/14 vs. Southern Cal, 4-0 Won the Doubles Point... 3/16/14 vs. Florida, 4-3 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-present (7 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 (10) Garrett Brasseaux: 3 (Stanford, Ole Miss, South Carolina) Eric Diaz: Paul Oosterbaan: Nathan Pasha: Hernus Pieters: 3 (Columbia, Tennessee, Ohio State) Austin Smith: 2 (Georgia Tech, Florida) Ben Wagland: 2 (East Tennessee State, Mississippi State) Nick Wood: