Felix Rauch

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Ryan Peniston and Felix Rauch, 2017 MTennis

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Ryan Peniston and Felix Rauch, 2016 MTennis

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Osterode, Germany

2016-17 – Sophomore
Fall 2016
Singles – Went 6-5 in singles play … posted a 2-1 record at the Alabama Invitation, recoring a 6-4, 6-3 win against Alabama’s Alexey Nesterov and a 7-6(0-5), 7-5 victory against Luis Erlenbusch of Tulane … opened the ITA All-American prequalifying draw with a 6-0, 6-4 win against Alexandre Felisa of Richmond … won first match of the consolation round at the Louisville Fall Invitational against Dayton’s Carsten Fisher, 6-2, ret … secured a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win against Urh Krajnc Domiter of Illinois State to earned a spot in the consolation final … won final match of the fall with a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Austin Peay’s Chad Woodham in the consolation Round of 32 at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional.

Doubles – Logged a 6-1 ledger in fall doubles play … won first match of the fall alongside Kai Lemke 8-5 against Tulane’s pair of Constantin Schmitz/Luis Erlenbusch … paired with Matt Story in the Louisville Fall Invitational … dropped a 8-7(4-0) decision in the opening round, but responded with a 8-2 victory against Michigan’s Connor Johnston/Tyler Gardiner for a spot in the consolation final … won the consolation A doubles title with a 8-4 victory against Matt Bishop/Gabriel Araujo of Xavier … teamed up with Ryan Peniston for the ITA Ohio Valley Regional … opened the regional with a 8-1 victory against Niehaus/Clark of Northern Kentucky … downed Tennessee Tech’s Bernandes/Tajes 8-4 … clinched ranked win against No. 58 tandem of Raheel Manji/Antonio Cembellin of Indiana in the Round of 16.

Spring 2017
Singles – Went 9-7 in singles play throughout the spring … won first match of the season 6-0, 6-2 against Michigan State’s Billy Shisler … downed LSU’s Agie Moreno 6-2, 6-3 … stopped a two-match skid with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Aravind Vangala of UAPB … beat Indiana’s Zac Brodney 6-4, 6-4 … defeated B. Casares Rosa of Cornell 6-3, 7-5 … beat David Hough of San Diego State 6-2, 6-4 … opened league play with a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Eric Biscoveanu of Temple … returned to conference play with a win, downing SMU’s Yates Johnson by a score of 6-4, 7-5 … won in his final singles appearance of the season, defeating SMU’s Julio Olaya 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 in the conference tournament.

Doubles – Compiled a 13-7 record with teammate Ryan Peniston at the No. 2 position … opened the season with a 6-1 win against Michigan State’s Billy Shisler/Doug Francken … began a 10-match win streak with a 6-1 win against No. 55 duo Tom Fawcett/David Wilczynski of Stanford … downed Indiana’s tandem of Stefan Lugonjic/Antonio Cembellin 6-4 … picked up a 6-3 win against David Horneffer/Max Fliegner of Dartmouth … downed Harvard duo Jean Thirouin/Michael Peters 7-6 … beat Jackson State’s Stylianos Gkontsaris/Ryan Swanier 6-1 … defeated Chris Vrabel/B. Casares Rosa of Cornell 6-2 … picked up second ranked win of the season with a 6-1 win against Oklahoma State’s No. 71 Lucas Gerch/Jurence Mendoza … logged a 6-1 win against Santiago Cevallos/S. Gjoels-Andersen of San Diego State … etched win No. 10 of the spring with a 7-6(7-4) victory against Temple’s Floridan Mayer/Vineet Naran to open league play … downed Texas Tech’s Carlos DiLaura/Jolan Cailleau 6-4 … stopped a two-match slide with a 6-3 win against Andres Alfonzo/Ezequiel Cerrini of FGCU … earned final win of the season with a 7-6 victory against SMU’s Ronald Slobodchikov/Samm Bulter to open the conference tournament.

2015-16 – Freshman
Fall 2015
Singles – Registered a 5-5 record in tournament play … broke an 0-2 start with three wins at the ITA All-American Prequalifier … defeated Illinois’ Christoffer Greve 7-6, 6-3 … knocked off UCLA’s Ryoto Taci 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 … downed UCF’s Chris Barrus 7-6, 7-6 to reach the round of 32 at the Prequalifier … collected an opening-round win at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional with a 3-6, 6-1 6-3 victory against Kentucky’s Nils Ellefsen … capped fall play with a 6-4, 6-4 win against LSU’s Cameron Andry.

Doubles – Went 10-3 in tournament play alongside teammate Ryan Peniston … won first four matches of the season to reach the semifinal round of the Southern Intercollegiate … defeated ETSU’s Herrera/Nunez (8-6), Clemson’s Harris/Sanon (8-7) and Georgia’s Duncan/Wood (8-5) … downed Kennesaw State tandem Durham/Wendel 8-1 in the quarterfinals … defeated by teammates Louis Asser/Kai Lemke in the semifinal round of the Southern Intercollegiate … advanced to the semifinal round of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional with four consecutive victories … defeated Wright State’s Pestana/Venegas 8-3 … blanked Tennessee duo Bhat/Jones 8-0 … downed Tennessee Tech’s Arovin/Esteban 8-1 and Kentucky’s Pennington/Bushamuk 8-6 to reach the semifinal round … closed tournament play with a pair of wins at the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, defeating LSU’s Trinh/Korinek (6-3) and FGCU’s Vaz/Ventura (6-3).

Spring 2016
Singles – Improved in the spring to a 9-6 mark, primarily at the No. 5 position … despite losing first match of the year, followed with a five-match win streak starting with a double-header sweep of Chattanooga’s Paul LaHue (6-1, 6-2) and David Hess of Murray State (6-0, 6-2) … rallied to defeat Vanderbilt’s Kris Yee 0-6, 6-1, 6-2 … recorded a 6-1, 7-6 win against Harvard’s Andy Zhou … picked up a 6-4, 6-4 win against SMU’s Markus Kerner in the first league match of the season … stopped a four-match skid with a 6-4, 6-4 win against S. Gjoels-Andersen of San Diego State … tallied a 6-2, 6-2 win against Jackson State’s F. Mendieta Ruiz … earned another league win with a 6-4, 6-0 decision against Temple’s Nicolas Paulus … swept UAPB’s Destin Freeman 6-0, 6-0 for final win of the spring.

Doubles – Teamed up with Ryan Peniston for an 11-7 record in doubles play … opened the spring winning five of first six matches … defeated No. 37 Louisville’s duo of Haushammer/Lancaster 6-2 … knocked off No. 6 Georgia’s team of Oosterbann/Zielinski 6-2 … swept a double header against Chattanooga’s Plesky/Saunders (6-2) and Ueltzhoeffer/Schrott of Murray State (6-1) … downed Vanderbilt’s duo of Binet/Smith 6-4 … defeated Ole Miss tandem Fallert/Hamilton 7-6 … stopped a three-match slide with a 6-4 league win against Tulane’s Schmitz/Rey … defeated Princeton’s Colautti/Tso 6-4 … shutout Jackson State’s Patino/Boscarino 6-0 … picked up another league win with a 6-2 victory against Temple’s Canete/Kapshuk … earned final win of the year with a 6-1 triumph against UAPB’s Lewis/Ledwaba.