2009-10 Men's Tennis
Roster
John Hughes
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Mass.
- Previous Team:
- Cathedral
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 165
As a senior:
Became the winningest player in program history with 137career victories, including 26 as a senior ... Earned First TeamAll-NEC recognition out of the No. 2 singles flight and Second TeamAll-NEC with No. 2 doubles partner Andrew Weeden ... Named Team MVP... Played his best tennis at the end of the season, earning NECPlayer of the Week on March 30 and April 13 ... Went an undefeated10-0 out of the No. 2 singles flight in dual matches, part of a12-1 dual match record and a 15-5 singles mark for the season ...Pushed Stanford's Ryan Thacher, ranked No. 84 in the nation, to a4-6 first set in the NCAA Tournament First Round ... Easilydisposed of Sacred Heart's Chris Ujkic, 6-1, 6-0, to give theBobcats' their first point in a come-from-behind victory over thePioneers in the NEC Tournament Championship ... Clinched theBobcats' 4-3 NEC Tournament Semifinal victory with a three-set winover Fairleigh Dickinson's Peter Skvarka, 6-4, 4-6,6-2.
As a junior:
Won a career-high 38 matches, including a team-high 21singles victories...earned his 100th career win in the NECTournament Semifinals, defeating Sacred Heart's Kirill Kasyanov,6-1, 6-3, in the top flight...won 10 of his first 11 singlesmatches of the year, including victories in his first two matchesof the ITA Regionals against opponents from Fairfield andDartmouth...won his singles flight at the Bucknell Round Robin withwins against opponents from Bucknell, UConn and Wilkes...won thetop singles flight at the Quinnipiac Invitational, defeating twocompetitors from NEC rival Sacred Heart, as well as one each fromBucknell and Boston University...paired with Charlie Feldman to winthe top doubles flight at the Bucknell Round Robin with winsagainst teams from Bucknell, Wilkes, and UConn...earned NEC Playerof the Week in consecutive weeks (10/14, 10/21) for his efforts atthe Quinnipiac Invitational and the ITARegionals.
As a sophomore:
Paired with Scott Salway to earn Second-Team All-NEChonors ... named Team MVP ... won 28 matches while playingprimarily out of the No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles flights ...earned five wins at No. 1 singles, while perhaps his most notableaccomplishment at the position came in defeat - he became the onlyconference opponent to take a set from NEC Player of the YearPhilip Stephens, winning by a 6-4 margin in the NEC Championship... a two-time NEC Player of the Week ... paired with CharlieFeldman to win 12 doubles matches, including a 4-2 record in dualmatches ... went 5-2 with Salway out of the No. 2 doubles flight... paired with Feldman to take the Flight One Championship at theFairfield Doubles Festival ... narrowly missed the QuinnipiacInvitational Flight A Championship, falling in a third-settie-break, 10-8, to Sacred Heart's Kirill Kasyanov ... advanced tothe round of 32 at ITA Regionals.
As a freshman:
Selected Second-Team All-NEC at the No. 2 doubles flightalong with fellow freshman Charlie Feldman ... named NEC Co-Playerof the Week Oct. 3, with Feldman, after the duo's "B" FlightChampionship at the UConn Invitational ... Won consecutive doubleschampionships in he and Feldman's first two collegiate tournamentsat the Fairfield Doubles Festival and UConn Invitational ... alsotook the Flight B Doubles Championship at the QuinnipiacInvitational ... compiled over 30 wins in singles and doubles forthe year ... competed primarily out of the No. 2 and 4 flights,compiling a 14-6 overall singles record.
Before Quinnipiac:
Achieved a #11 New England regional ranking in the 18 andunder division while compiling a 40-18 record and reaching thestate semifinals playing No. 1 for Cathedral High School inSpringfield, Mass... Was First-Team All-Western Massachusettsand captained his high school team for three years each... LedCathedral to the Western Massachusettssemifinals.
Personal:
Born John Hughes in Springfield, Mass... The son ofDeborah and John Hughes... Has three sisters, Andrea, Meredith, andCaitlin... Father, John, played tennis at Holy Cross... Sister,Meredith, plays tennis at Western New England College... ChoseQuinnipiac while also considering St. John's Univ., and the Univ.of Rhode Island... Majoring in business.
