Matt Story

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Jan Pallares and Matt Story, 2017 MTennis

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Cardiff, Wales

2016-17 – Freshman
Fall 2016
Singles – Went 4-5 in singles play in the fall season … won first match of the season with a 6-1, 6-3 victory against Lipscomb’s George Wong to open the MTSU Shootout … downed Josiah Collins of Belmont 6-2, 6-1 … won first two matches of the Louisville Invitational, beginning with a 6-0, 6-3 decision against Jonas Brezing of Wright State … final win of the fall came in the quarterfinal round of the Louisville Invitational with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory against Jeremy Schneider of Xavier.

Doubles – Posted a 6-3 record in the fall season … went 2-1 at the Alabama Invitational … teamed up with Kai Lemke to defeat Columbia duo Victor Pham/Jackie Tang 6-3 … paired with Andrew Watson for a 8-5 victory against Sebastian Rey/Tim Ruetzel of Tulane to close the Alabama Invitational … partnered with Shakeel Manji for a 8-7(0-4) win against Belmont’s Cedric Dujacquier/Stephen Goldman … capped the MTSU Shootout alongside Jan Pallares for a 8-7(0-3) victory against Nicholas Buitrago/Luis Morillo of Middle Tennessee … paired with Felix Rauch 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 to close Story’s fall slate.

Spring 2017
Singles – Posted a 3-2 ledger in limited action throughout spring play … earned first victories of the season following a double-header sweep of UAPB’s Jualon Greig and Le”Darrien Ledbeter by scores of 7-5, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-1, respectively … won final match of the season, a 6-4, 6-3 decision against Ethan Young-Smith of Oregon at the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

Doubles – Primarily teamed up with Jan Pallares to compile a 14-6 doubles record … opened the season with seven consecutive victories, beginning with a 6-2 win against Michigan State’s Brett Forman/Alexander Kim … knocked off LSU’s duo of Rafael Wagner/Eric Samuelsson 7-5 … downed Stanford’s Jack Barber/Michael Genender 6-1 … swept a double header against UAPB’s Jualon Greig/Le’Derrien Ledbeter with teammates Pallares and Turner Voges by scores of 6-4 and 6-1, respectively … defeated Indiana’s tandem of Zac Brodney/Bennett Crane 7-5 … beat Diego Pedraza/MaxSchmidt of Dartmouth 6-3 … defeated Oklahoma State’s duo of Lukas Finzelberg/Artur Dubinski 6-2 … collected a conference-opening win against Francisco Bohorquez/Uladzimir Dorash of Temple 6-1 … snapped a three-match skid with a 6-3 win against Tulane’s Sebastian Rey/Ewan Moore … swept FGCU’s Mateo Ruiz/Javier Fernandez 6-0 … beat SMU’s Julio Olaya/Tony Russell 6-3 in the team’s victory against SMU to open the conference tournament … claimed a 6-3 win against Oregon’s Simon Stevens/Akihiro Tanaka at the NCAA Tournament.