The University of Maryland Club Tennis team is coming off of a high from last year. The team won the USTA Mid-Atlantic Sectional Championship which booked their spot to the USTA Tennis on Campus Nationals Tournament.
After another successful year in the club circuit, the Terrapins are looking to continue to build on it by booking another trip to Nationals. This is the third of the USTA Tennis on Campus previews done by VAVEL. The first one done was on the UMBC Retrievers, and the second one done was on the James Madison Dukes, two teams who will be key players in the hunt for Nationals in the Mid-Atlantic this year.
Club Officers
President: Daniel Chen
Vice President: Quentin Boustany
Treasurer: Alston Kau
Secretary: Martina Dragoytchev
Social Chair: Gina Liu
Key Returners
Martina Dragoytchev: Women's doubles, Mixed doubles
Thea Postolache: Women's singles
Daniel Chen: Men's singles
Quentin Boustany: Men's doubles, Mixed doubles
Jonathan Lee: Men's doubles, Mixed doubles
Key Departures
Rena Shi: Women's doubles, Mixed doubles
Sarah Bernstein: Women's singles
Last Year's Results
UMD Fall Invitational: 2nd place
WVU Fall Invitational: 2nd place
UVA Invitational: 3rd place
UMW Invitational: 1st place
USTA Mid-Atlantic Sectionals: 1st place
UMD Spring Invitational: 1st place
William and Mary Spring Invitational: 3rd place
JMU Invitational: 3rd place
USTA TOC Nationals: 24th place
Salisbury University Invitational: 1st place
Expectations for this Season
President Daniel Chen talked about how he feels the team will look this year, "Our team is still strong this year, and we expect to do well this season. Our goals are to place highly at Sectionals and qualify for Nationals again. We lost two of our key players on the women's side, which was tough but retained enough of our lineup to stay competitive. We're looking forward to seeing how far we can go at Hilton Head!"