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2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster

Connor Bruce

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Highschool Peters Township

Biography

2024 (Fifth Year)
 Earned All-Atlantic 10 First Team honors
 Also tabbed as an A-10 All-Academic Team member
 Won 28 singles matches in total, including 17 during dual play
 Added 21 wins in doubles action with 14 coming in dual action
 Teamed with Nikola Puric for 14 of his doubles wins and Matt DeMarco for seven
 Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (March 19, Feb. 6)
 Member of SAAC, serving as the 2023-24 Vice President
• R.U.D.Y.S. "Presidential Scholar-Athlete" Award Winner
 Finished his career with 88 career singles wins and 65 career doubles victories
 Achieved the program's second-highest ITA ranking in program history (No. 81) in the fall

2023 (Senior)
 Named to the All-Atlantic 10 First Team
 Earned Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team honors
 ITA Scholar-Athlete
 Compiled a singles record of 21-7 overall and set a new career-best with 18 wins in dual play
 Went 14-11 in doubles including a 12-9 record in dual action
 Had two separate five-match unbeaten streaks, including a seven-match run from Feb. 12 to March 15
 Finished the season going unbeaten in his final six matches with a record of 4-0
 Crossed the 100 total win plateau (60 singles, 44 doubles) for his career
 Earned a College Sports Communicator Academic All-Region nod
 Named to the 2022-23 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2022 (Junior)
 Named to the All-Atlantic 10 First Team
 Earned Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team honors
 Winner of three Atlantic 10 Player of the Week Awards
 Won the Cleveland State Invitational in the fall, finishing 4-0 at the event
 Set a career-high with 16 singles victories, which was tied for second on the team
 Finished 12-7 at No. 1 singles
 Won six of his last nine decisions in singles play
 Went 2-1 against A-10 opponents during the regular season
 Led the Flyers with 14 wins in doubles play, ending the season on a seven-match winning streak
 Went 12-5 in dual doubles matches and 6-2 at the top doubles flight
 Went 4-0 during the regular season against A-10 opponents
 Finished his junior season 21st in program history in both singles and doubles victories and 18th in combined wins with 69 total victories
 Named to Dean's List Fall 2021, Spring 2022

2021 (Sophomore)
 Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year
 Named to the All-Atlantic 10 First Team
 Winner of three Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week Awards
 Went 14-4 overall, 14-3 in No. 1 singles play
 Ended the season on a nine-match winning streak
 Went 4-0 in A-10 play, all at No. 1 singles
 Won two matches in the Atlantic 10 Championship, taking down Oscar Alvarez of Saint Louis in straight sets as well as Matt Fernandez of Richmond in three sets in the semifinals
 Won 10 matches in doubles play, going 10-7 overall
 Paired with Max DeCurtins for a team-leading nine wins as a duo in No. 1 doubles play
 Named to the Dean's List Fall 2020, Spring 2021

*2020 (Freshman)
 Went 10-6 overall in No. 1 singles play
 Won eight of final 10 singles matches of the season
 Went 3-1 in A-10 play, all in the No. 1 flight
 Won five Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors.
 Won six matches in No. 1 doubles with partner Joe DeMarco, including two conference matches.
* 2019-20 season suspended March 12 due to COVID-19  

High School
 Four-star rated recruit and has been ranked as high as No. 61, nationally
 2019 PIAA State doubles champion
 No. 1 singles player all three years on the varsity squad at Peters Township High School 
 Undefeated in regular season singles matches
 WPIAL singles champion in 2017, the only freshman in school history to accomplish this feat
 Varsity captain for the 2018 and 2019 seasons
 Highest honors student at Peters Township, graduated high school in just 3.5 years, enrolled early at UD and will compete starting this spring 2020 semester 
 Also played golf in high school 

Personal
 Parents: Robert and Marcy Bruce
 Siblings: Hunter and Marra Bruce
 Major: operations and supply Management 
 His mom played tennis at the College of Charleston, and his brother Hunter currently plays golf at Penn State

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Fifth Year