2022 University of Redlands Men's Tennis Schedule

REDLANDS, Calif.- The University of Redlands Men's Tennis team officially unveiled their 2022 schedule Wednesday with the season getting underway with a matchup against Point Loma Nazarene on Saturday, February 19 at 1:00pm. 

In 2022 the Bulldogs will be seeking their first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) title since 2005 as Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) has won the previous 14 championships. Leading the charge for the Maroon and Grey this season will be recently hired Head Coach Peter Yellico who comes from Pacific University (OR) where he was the Head Men's Tennis coach.  Yellico replaces long time UR Alum and Head Coach Geoff Roche who resigned in October.  He led the Bulldogs since 2000 and was 336-174 with five SCIAC regular season championships and a third place NCAA team finish in 2001. 

During the season the Bulldogs will play 18 dual matches with 14 of those happening on the Verdieck Courts. There were no official contests in 2021 due to COVID-19, but in 2020 before matches got cancelled, Redlands was 3-2, finishing the season with three straight wins against No. 36 Washington & Lee (6-3), Christopher Newport (7-2), and Hardin-Simmons (9-0).  That same season Brad Cummins and Brysl Libao finished as runner-ups at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Cup in October of 2019.

The last time the Bulldogs were nationally ranked in the Division III polls was back in 2019 where they finished No. 18 in the country. The University of Redlands has finished ranked inside the Top-10 every season since 1992 except for 2018 when they did not finish in the rankings and 2014 when they were ranked No. 21. 

Coming into the season the Bulldogs have the eighth ranked doubles team from the Division III West Region with the combo of senior Andrew Yip (Honolulu, HI) and sophomore Stefan Hester (Rancho Pales Verdes, CA).  They were also main draw doubles semi-finalists at the Fall ITA West Regional, joining Nathan Bernardo (Santa Ana, CA) who was the Flight C Singles champion.    

Schedule

Home games in bold

 *Conference Match

# Exhibition Match

Schedule History

(All competitions/opponents listed in order from schedule)

• Point Loma: The Bulldogs defeated the Sea Lions 4-3 in an exhibition match in 2020. The last counting matchup came in 2016 when the Bulldogs got the 6-3 win.
• Christopher Newport: Took down the Captains, 7-2, in 2020.
• Mary Washington: In 2019 the Bulldogs lost 4-5 to the then no. 19 Eagles.
• Vassar: Last met the Brewers in 2012 when the Bulldogs got the 8-1 win.
• Hardin-Simmons: Easily beat the Cowboys, 9-0, in the final competition before the rest of the 2020 season was shut down.
• Amherst: The Bulldogs 2020 matchup with the Mammoths was cancelled. The previous scheduled meeting was back in 2016 when the Bulldogs dropped the tie, 7-2.
• Whitman: The 2020 meeting was cancelled. In 2019 the Bulldogs beat the no. 19 Blues, 5-4.
• Cal Lutheran: The 2020 matchup was cancelled. They beat the Kingsmen, 7-2, in 2019.
• George Fox: The Bulldogs and the Bruins have not met as of 2006.
• Colby: The last meeting was all the way back in 2007 when the Bulldogs got the 8-1 win.
• UC Santa Cruz: The Bulldogs and Banana Slugs matchup in 2020 was cancelled, and in 2018 the Bulldogs had to forfeit and took the 9-0 loss. In 2017 these two got to play and the Bulldogs easily won, 8-1.
• Tufts: In 2019 the Bulldogs fell 5-4 to the no. 22 Jumbos.
• Chapman: Their 2020 meeting was cancelled. The Bulldogs took down the Panthers 8-1 on senior day in 2019.
• Pomona-Pitzer: Conference matchup was cancelled in 2020. Lost 5-4 at no. 14 Pomona-Pitzer in 2019.
• Caltech: The 2020 road trip was cancelled. The Bulldogs beat the no. 21 Beavers 5-4 at home in 2019.
• Occidental: The 2020 home matchup got cancelled. In 2019 the Bulldogs rolled to a 7-2 win on the road.  
• Ojai Tournament: The 2020 edition of the tournament was cancelled. The Bulldogs did compete in the 119^th annual tournament in 2019.
• Whittier: The Bulldogs and Poets matchup here at Redlands was cancelled in 2020. The Bulldogs swept the Poets in 2019, 9-0.
• Claremont-M-S: The matchup with the Stags was cancelled in 2020. The Bulldogs lost to the no. 1 Stags, 8-1, in 2019.