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Peniston Watson NCAA doubles semifinalists

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Andrew Watson and Kai Lemke, 2017 MTennis

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Louis Asser, Andrew Watson, 2014-15 MTennis

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Andrew Watson

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Reigate, Great Britain
Prev School:
The Ashcombe School

2016-17 – Junior
Fall 2016
Singles – Went 8-5 in singles play … opened the season with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 ranked victory against Alabama’s No. 34 Mazen Osama at the Alabama Invitational … grabbed a first-round win at the ITA All-American Pre-Qualifier, downing Jayson Amos of Oregon 6-3, 6-2 … dropped the opening match of the Oracle ITA Masters, but rebounded by winning the next four matches for the consolation title … defeated UMKC’s Airam Castellano 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 … advanced to the consolation final by downing Lautaro Pane of Pepperdine 6-4, 6-3 … clinched the Oracle ITA Masters consolation crown with a 6-4, 7-6(0-3) victory against Robert Livi of St. John’s … opened ITA Ohio Valley Regional play with a 6-1, 6-2 win against Lucas Dages of Purdue … claimed a 6-3, 6-2 win against Indiana’s Keivon Tabrizi to advance to the Round of 32 in the final win of the season.

Doubles – Went 7-3 in the fall season … claimed four of the first five matches, beginning with a 6-4 victory alongside Chris Patzanovsky against Adam Ambrozy/Michal Rolski of Columbia at the Alabama Invitational … downed Tulane’s Sebastian Rey/Tim Ruetzel of Tulane 8-5 with Matt Story to close the Alabama Invitational … paired with Ryan Peniston for the ITA All-American Qualifying round … opened the ITA qualifier with a 6-2, 6-0 win against Henrik Korsgaard/Alexandre Ribeiro of Virginia Tech … secured a ranked win with a 4-6, 7-5, 1-0(10-8) victory against No. 52 Lucas Gerch/Jurence Mendoza of Oklahoma State to advance to the Round of 16 … teamed up with Andrew Watson at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional … the tandem defeated Beasley/Luetschwager of IUPUI 8-2 in the opening round of the Regional … the pair downed Vanderbilt’s Newman/Virtanen 8-6 in the round of 32 … duo claimed final win of the season against Herrera/Nunez of ETSU to advance to the quarterfinal round.

Spring 2017
Singles – Posted an 11-4 record in singles play, primarily at the No. 2 position … began the season on a nine-match win streak … faced three nationally ranked opponents throughout the spring … opened the year with victories against Michigan State’s Michael Dube and LSU’s Justin Butsch by scores of 6-4, 6-1 and 6-3, 6-2, respectively … defeated Sameer Kumar of Stanford 7-6(9-7), 4-6, 6-3 … beat Sajid Rahman of UAPB 6-4, 6-2 … claimed three-straight road wins against Indiana’s Keivon Tabrizi, Darmouth’s Max Fliegner and Brian Yeung of Harvard … continued the winning streak with a 6-3, 6-2 victory against Alawi Andrey of Jackson State … defeated Cornell’s Lev Kazakov 6-0, 6-4 … picked up his tenth win of the season in the league-opener, a 6-2, 6-3 win against Temple’s Floridan Mayer … halted a two-match skid with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 win against FGCU’s Mateo Ruiz for his final win of the season, dropping only one decision the rest of the season.

Doubles – Paired with Kai Lemke for the dual season at the No. 1 position … faced seven nationally ranked pairs, including five in the Top 30 … went 9-9 in spring doubles play … began the season 2-0 with a pair of wins against Michigan State’s Jasper Koenen/Michael Dube (6-2) and LSU’s Jordan Daigle/Justin Butsch (6-3) … claimed three-straight wins beginning with a victory against Jackson State’s Stylianos Gkontsaris/Ryan Swanier 6-0 … downed Cornell’s David Volfson/Colin Sinclar 6-3 … knocked off San Diego State’s Marko Goles-Babic/Milen Ianakiev 6-3 … matched their season-best three-match win streak, all coming in the final three matches of conference play … claimed a 6-3 win against SMU’s Yates Johnson/Markus Kerner … swept Tulane’s top pair of Constantin Schmitz/Chi-Shan Jao 6-0 … claimed a ranked win in their final victory of the year against USF’s No. 35 Sasha Gozun/Alberto Barroso 6-3.

2015-16 – Sophomore
Fall 2015
Singles – Logged a 10-3 record in fall tournament play … dropped first match of the season, but responded with a 6-2, 7-6 win against Columbia’s Shawn Hadavi … turned in an impressive 6-1, 6-0 victory against No. 5 Quentin Monaghan of Notre Dame … won first two matches of the ITA Qualifying Round, knocking off Minnesota’s Felix Corwin 6-4, 6-4 and UCLA’s Karue Sell 7-6, 6-4 … claimed four straight wins at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional to reach the quarterfinal round … defeated Louisville’s Sean Donahue 6-1, 7-6 and Ball State’s C. Rigney 6-3, 7-6 … turned in another straight-set win at the regional with a 6-3, 6-4 decision against Antonio Cembellin of Indiana … logged a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 victory against Rogerio Riberiro of ETSU before dropping his quarterfinal match … ended tournament play with a pair of wins at the FGCU Invitational, defeating Kentucky’s No. 117 Nils Ellefsen 7-6, 6-2 and downing LSU’s Andrew Korinek 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles – Went 7-3 in doubles, including a 5-2 mark alongside Shakeel Manji … claimed first two wins of the fall, beating Alabama’s Goldin/O’Shaughnesse 7-5 with teammate Louis Asser before downing Columbia’s Pham/Hamanaka 7-5 alongsid Chris Patzanovsky … won a 6-1 decision with Manji against Kempin/Griffin of Notre Dame to close the Alabama Four-in-the-Fall invitational … opened the ITA Ohio Valley Regional with a 8-3 win against Butler duo Dragos/Gerstein … notched a 8-3 victory against Schneider/Stefani of Xavier to advance to the Round of 16 … capped tournament play winning two of their final three matches at the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, starting with a 7-6 victory against Yates/Benson of Kentucky … capped the season with a 6-3 win against Landert/Cerrini of FGCU.

Spring 2016
Singles – Went 12-6 in singles play … claimed a 5-1 mark at the No. 2 position … recorded a 6-3, 6-2 win against Louisville’s Alex Gornet … dropped a three-set heartbreaker to No. 28 Austin Smith of Georgia, but rebounded with a double-header sweep of Chattanooga’s John Peacey (6-3, 6-1) and Marcel Ueltzhoeffer of Murray State (6-3, 6-1) … downed Sebastian Beltrame of Harvard 6-3, 7-6 … ended the season winning eight of his final nine matches, including a seven-match win streak … downed Princeton’s Diego Vives 6-3, 6-2 to open the San Diego Invitational … closed action in San Diego with a 7-6, 6-0 win against Henry Craig of Denver … defeated Jackson State’s Camilo Patino 6-2, 6-2 … notched a conference win with a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Artem Kapshuk of Temple … defeated UAPB’s Simon Lewis 6-2, 6-1 … provided the match-clinching win against Middle Tennessee with a 6-3 6-1 victory against Gonzalo Morell … downed VCU’s Michal Voscek 6-1, 6-4 … capped the spring season with a convincing ranked win, downing Mississippi State’s No. 34 Mate Cutura 6-1, 6-3 at NCAA Regionals.

Doubles – Teamed up with Shakeel Manji to compile a 12-7 mark in doubles action … began the season 7-1, including a season-best six-match win streak … won first decision of the year against Louisville’s Hedley/Lock 6-2 … downed the Vanderbilt duo of Newman/Valent 6-3 … knocked off Harvard duo Hu/Yeung 7-6 … defeated Ole Miss tandem Lindmark/Jorge 6-3 … picked up a league win against Kerner/Slobodchikov of SMU 6-4 … downed Baylor’s Tchoutakian/Podvinski 7-6 … defeated No. 10 Oklahoma’s team of Siegel/Brio 6-4 … stopped a three-match skid with a 6-4 victory against San Diego State’s Jebens/Gjoels-Andersen … closed the San Diego Invitational with a 6-2 win against Ruder-Hook/James of Denver … claimed a pair of wins in Murfreesboro against Morillo Diaz/Zyhmantovich of MTSU (6-3) and VCU’s Voscek/Fifea (6-0) … snapped a two-match slide and to close the year with a 6-4 win against Mississippi State’s Braun/Agarwal at NCAA Regionals.

2014-15 – Freshman
Fall 2014
Singles – Made a splash right away in his first semester of college tennis, posting a 12-2 mark in singles and becoming the first Tiger in school history to win an ITA Regional Singles title and make an appearance in the singles draw at the ITA Indoor Championships ... Named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Month for October thanks to his ITA Regional run ... Named to the Tiger 3.0 Club for having a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester … Went 3-1 at his first college tournament, the Olympic Fields Country Club Invitational ... Picked up a pair of three set wins in that tournament, defeating Miami’s Wilfredo Gonzalez, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 and Notre Dame’s Eddy Covalschi, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 ... Also defeated Illinois’ Aleks Vukic, 7-5, 6-4 ... His lone loss in that tournament was to No. 44 ranked Tim Kopinski of Illinois, 6-4, 6-3 ... Went 2-1 at the ITA All-American pre-qualifier ... Defeated Purdue’s Mateus Silva, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, then North Florida’s Zachary Goldberg, 6-0, 6-1 ... Lost to Wake Forest’s Jonathan Ho, 6-3, 6-4, to be eliminated from the draw ... Went 6-0 through the ITA Ohio Valley Regional en route the tournament championship title ... Defeated three different opponents from host Vanderbilt en route the tourney win, including a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over No. 9 ranked Gonzales Austin in the finals ... At the ITA National Indoor Championships, drew No. 16 ranked Dane Webb of Oklahoma in the first round, falling 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 ... Bounced back in the consolation draw with a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Ohio State’s Mikael Torpegaard ... Lost to Stanford’s Tom Fawce in the consolation quarterfinals to end his historic run in New York City.

Doubles – Was 1-1 in doubles at the OFCC tournament with Connor Glennon ... The duo defeated Notre Dame’s Monaghan and Schnurrenberger ... Also teamed with Ryan Peniston at the OFCC, going 0-1, with an 8-6 loss to the Notre Dame team of McCoy and Sabicinski ... Was 1-1 at the Ohio Valley Regional Championships in doubles with teammate Patrick Mayer.

Spring 2015
Singles – Went 14-8 in dual-match play, splitting time at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions … posted a 4-1 mark in conference matches … won season-opening match, a 7-5, 6-4 decision against Alejandro Augusto of Clemson … swept a double header against Pavels Grigorjevs of Chattanooga (6-1, 6-4) and Aleks Mitric of Murray State (6-3, 6-0) … downed John Patrick Mullane of Michigan State 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 … collected a pair of league wins in the first two conference matches of the season, defeating Temple’s Nicolas Paulus (6-1, 6-2) and Tulane’s Contantin Schmitz (7-6, 6-1) … jumpstarted a seven-match win streak with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 victory against Rakshay Thakkar of Pepperdine … clinched the match for the Tigers against SMU, defeating Samm Butler 6-4, 6-1 … defeated Manuel Belda of South Alabama 6-3, 6-1 … swept a double header against Jualon Greig (6-0, 6-0) and Leonardo Vieira (6-3, 6-1) of UAPB … defeated Middle Tennessee’s Yannick Born 6-3, 6-3 … downed Catalin Fifea of VCU 6-3, 6-1 … capped the regular season with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Inaki Espindola of UCF.

Doubles – Compiled a 12-6 record in doubles play, including an 11-6 mark alongside partner Louis Asser … picked up first wins of the season with wins against Grigorjevs/Brown of Chattanooga (6-4) and True/Trosic of Murray State (6-3) … earned a 6-3 win against Michigan duo Hua/Knight … earned a 6-0 sweep against Temple’s Canete/Naran in first league match of the season … kicked off a six-match win streak with a 6-3 win against Pepperdine’s Hill/Iamachkine … downed Jackson State’s Gomez Martin/Gerla 6-1 … defeated Srkala/Belda of South Alabama 7-5 … notched a pair of wins in a double header against UAPB, defeating Rahman/Gonzalez (6-0) and Vieira/Greig (6-1) … knocked of Middle Tennessee duo Born/Riethmueller 6-1 alongside Peniston … teamed up with Asser to register a pair of conference tournament wins, defeating SMU’s Slobodkiins/Lammons 7-6(7-3) and USF’s Gozun/Kalyuzhnyy 7-5.

Prep
Was the first signee for Memphis of his freshman class ... At the British nationals, put together a run as an unseeded player, upsetting the No. 3 seed and advancing to the semifinals ... Also won the Dublin Open and three junior international tournaments in doubles play ... Was 18-5 in ITF junior ranks in 2013, wining the doubles title at the ITF 4 Autumn event in Almere, Netherlands ... Also advanced to the singles quarters at the Almere event ... Won the doubles title at the Copa Indes International Tournament in June of 2013 and made it to the semis of the Justine Henin Junior Cup in Belgium ... Also claimed a double title at the Flower Bulb tournametn in Hillegom, Netherlands ... Made it to the doubles semis and the singels quarterfinals of the Swiss Junior Trophy in Oberendfelden, Switzerland ... Was also an Under 16 national league club champion with Weybridge Tennis Club and represented State for three years in both juniors and adult play.

Personal
Son of Stuart and Destine Watson ... Also has a sister, Caroline ... Birthday is August 28... Was also recruited by Notre Dame, Middle Tennessee, Northwestern, Dartmouth, Cornell, Tennessee and Duke.