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2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster

Joe Craven
Brad Puckett
Erik Schelkun

Matt DeMarco

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Erie, Pa.
  • Highschool Cathedral Preparatory School

Biography

2024 (Fifth Year)
 Earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors
 ITA Scholar-Athlete
 Won 12 matches in both singles and doubles.
 Tallied 10 wins in spring action, including a 4-0 mark in Atlantic 10 play
 Added 11 doubles wins in the spring, including a 7-3 record while playing at No. 1 with Connor Bruce
 Finished his career with 63 career singles victories to go along with 53 wins in doubles

2023 (Senior)
 Earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors
 ITA Scholar-Athlete
 Went 21-7 in singles during the 2022-23 campaign, including a 15-4 mark in dual play and a 6-3 record in the fall
 Won all 15 matches playing at No. 2 singles
 Posted a record of 17-9 in doubles with a 15-7 record in dual play
 Won 12 matches at No. 1 doubles and three more at No. 2
 Named to the 2022-23 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2022 (Junior)
 Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team
 Went 13-9 overall in singles play, ranking fourth on the team in wins
 Went 3-1 against A-10 opponents during the regular season and 6-3 overall in No. 4 singles 
 Won six of his last 10 matches and went 2-1 during the Atlantic 10 Championship beating Saint Louis and Saint Joseph's
 Clinched the victory against Saint Louis in the A-10 Quarterfinals with a straight-set win over Adam Behun 6-4, 6-2
 Went 8-11 in doubles play, winning three of his last four matches.
 Finished 4-4 with partner Steven Karl, playing each of the last matches of the season as a duo in No. 2 doubles
 Clinched the doubles point in both A-10 postseason matches
 Finished his junior season ranked tied for 25th in career doubles victories in program history with 24
 Named to Dean's List Fall 2021, Spring 2022

2021 (Sophomore)
 Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team
 Went 8-2 overall in singles play
 Finished 2-1 against A-10 opponents including a straight-set victory in No. 4 singles against Saint Louis in the Atlantic 10 Championship on April 30 
 Won six straight decisions between March 5, and April 30
 Went 7-3 in doubles matches including 6-3 when paired with Steven Karl
 Named to the Dean's List Fall 2020, Spring 2021

*2020 (Freshman)
 Went 6-4 in No. 3 dual singles play, finished 11-12 overall in singles
 Won six of final ten matches of the season
 Went 2-2 in A-10 singles play
 Went 9-10 in doubles play
 Went 4-0 in doubles play with partner Will Harper, 2-0 in conference matches
 Was named to the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
* 2019-20 season suspended March 12 due to COVID-19  

High School
 Four-year Varsity tennis player at Cathedral Prep for Coach Patrick Grab
 2019 District 10 Player of the Year
 Most wins in schools history 101-6
 State Doubles champions in 2016 and 2017
 2x Doubles state Champion and 4x District champion
 Member of National Honor Society
 Also played golf at Cathedral Prep

Personal.
 Parents: Donna and Patrick DeMarco
 Siblings: Sarah, who plays tennis at UD, and Joe, who played at UD
 Major: health science- integrative physiology
 Career Objectives: Attend medical or dental school

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Fifth Year