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2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster

Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Eric Naslund
Larry Lawson
Eric Naslund

Sam Roberts

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Cardiff, Wales

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Career Records - Singles:

- Ranks 3rd all-time in overall singles wins (31)
- Ranks T-6th all-time in overall singles win percentage (.500)
- Ranks T-4th all-time in Big Sky singles wins (14)
- All-time leader in wins at No. 4 singles (11)
- Ranks 2nd all-time in win percentage at No. 4 singles (.440)
- Ranks 2nd all-time in wins at No. 5 singles (10)
- Ranks 3rd all-time in win percentage at No. 5 singles (.455)
- Ranks T-2nd all-time in wins at No. 6 singles (9)
- All-time leader in win percentage at No. 6 singles (.643)

Career Records - Doubles (Individual):

- Ranks T-10th all-time in wins at No. 2 doubles (7)
- Ranks T-6th all-time in win percentage at No. 2 doubles (.500)
- Ranks T-2nd all-time in wins at No. 3 doubles (18)
- Ranks 6th all-time in win percentage at No. 3 doubles (.462)

Career Records - Doubles (Team):

- Ranks T-4th all time in overall doubles wins (Bukhari, 17)
- Ranks 10th all time in overall doubles win percentage (Bukhari, .548)
- Ranks T-4th all time in Big Sky doubles wins (Bukhari, 6)
- Ranks 1st all time in wins at No. 3 (Roberts, 17)
- Ranks 3rd all time in winning percentage at No.  3 (Bukhari, .548)

Single Season Program Records:

- All-time single season leader in wins at No. 4 singles (8, 2018)
- All-time single season leader in win percentage at No. 4 singles (.500, 2018)
- All-time single season leader in individual doubles wins at No 3 (11, 2019)
- All-time single season leader in team doubles wins at No. 3 - Bukhari (11, 2019)

 

2021 SEASON (Senior):

Posted a 7-3 singles record and 5-6 doubles record… Led the Vikings with a .700 win percentage in singles action… Went 6-2 at No. 6 singles and 1-1 at No. 5… Was a perfect 3-0 against regular-season Big Sky opponents in singles play… Posted a 4-2 doubles record at the No. 2 spot and 1-4 at No. 3… Was 0-2 with partner Nils Plutat, 1-2 with Bryan Husin and 4-2 with Tommy Hsu… Won all four matches with Hsu at No. 2… Earned a 3-0 record against regular-season Big Sky doubles opponents alongside Hsu… Earned Honorable Mention All-Big Sky doubles honors with Hsu.


2019-20 SEASON (Junior):

Went 6-7 in singles and 3-7 in doubles during the season…Went 4-5 in singles during the dual season between a 1-0 record at line three and a 3-5 record at line four…Won four straight singles matches from Feb. 7 and 28…Came back from a 6-1 loss in the first set against Northern Arizona’s Daniel Dillon to win 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 at line four and contribute to the Vikings’ 4-3 win over the defending Big Sky champions on Feb. 22…Also recorded a Big Sky win over Southern Utah’s Jose Ortega, winning 6-3, 6-2 at line four on Feb. 28…Beat Giorgio Soemarno of the University of Oregon, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, in the first round of the ITA Northwest Regional (10/25-27)…Beat another Pac-12 opponent in the consolation draw at the ITA Northwest Regional, winning 6-4, 6-2 over Kailihia Lam from the University of Washington…Went 3-5 in doubles during the dual season with all matches coming alongside Tommy Edwards at line one… Recorded a Big Sky win over Montana State’s Nejc Sitar and C. Damgaard-Qvist, winning 6-3 on March 7…Beat the 52nd-ranked doubles team nationally in Santa Clara’s Arthur Neuhaus and Vasileios Iliopooulos, winning 6-4 on Feb. 2.
 

2018-19 SEASON (Sophomore):

Went 9-12 in singles and 11-8 in doubles … Finished 4-6 in Big Sky singles … Won 6-4, 7-5 against Montana State’s Creel Smith at No. 5 (2/23) … Clinched a 4-3 Portland State win against Montana (3/1) with a 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 win against Pontus Hallgren at No. 6 … Beat Eastern Washington’s Jeremy Mueller 6-2, 6-7 (6), 1-0 (4) at No. 5 (3/2) … Won four straight matches from 2/23 to 3/9 … Won 6-0, 6-1 against Idaho State’s Francis Filipovich while playing at No. 6 singles (4/19) … In Big Sky Semifinal win against Southern Utah (4/26), he beat Keonho Shin 7-5, 6-2 at No. 5 … Became all-time leader for wins by a team at No. 3 doubles with a 6-3 win against Northern Colorado (4/14) … Went on a four-match doubles winning streak from 2/2 to 2/9 … Started season with a 6-1 win against Seattle’s Givens-Jensen/Bauer (1/19) … Had a stretch from 2/2 to 4/14 where doubles team won 10 out of 12 finished matches … Had three straight matches go unfinished from 2/16 to 3/1 ... Defeated Eastern Washington’s Mueller/Doumen 6-3 (3/2) … Defeated Southern Utah’s Shin/Cope 6-2 (3/22) … Finished non-conference season 8-4 while going 3-4 in Big Sky matches … Went 3-6 in singles and 3-4 in doubles during the fall season… defeated Seattle’s Trenton Nield 6-3, 6-1 at the ITA Northwest Regional ... defeated RJ Parker of Utah 6-3, 6-1 at the Gonzaga Fall Invitational ... beat Big Sky opponent Joaquin Espinoza of Montana State 6-0, 5-7, 1-0 (8) ... reached round of 16 in doubles draw at the Dar Walters Fall Classic with Lucas Castelo Branco, defeated Bushamuka/Johnson of Utah State ... defeated Montana State’s Petrak/Zelver 8-4 while partnered with Gabe Souza to reach the final of the Gonzaga Fall Invitational ... defeated Blancaneaux/Stenlund of Boise State 8-6.
 

2017-18 SEASON (Freshman):

Beat Weber State’s Nick Werner and Hou-En Chen 6-2 at No. 3 doubles in the Vikings’ Big Sky quarterfinal match against the Wildcats (4/26)...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings’ 6-1 win over Arizona Christian (4/24)...Broke the single-season record for wins at No. 4 singles with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Montana State’s Adrian Torrico in the Vikings’ 4-3, comeback win over the Bobcats (4/13)...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings’ 7-0 win over North Dakota (4/6)...Only dropped one game while beating UND’s Davide Callegari 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles...Won 7-6, 6-1 over Sonoma State’s Max Nudell at line four in the Vikings’s 5-4 win over the Seawolves (3/29)...Beat Weber State’s Michiel Van Schoor in three sets, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1, in the Vikings’ 4-3 loss to the Wildcats (3/23)...Won all of his doubles matches with Majeed Bukhari at line three in the Vikings’ three-match road weekend against Lewis-Clark State (3/8), Idaho (3/9) and Eastern Washington (3/11)...Beat Seattle’s Matt Alderson 1-6, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 singles in the Vikings’ 4-3 comeback road win over the Redhawks (3/2)...Snapped a three-match losing streak with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Northern Colorado’s Tommy Smalley at line five in the Vikings’ 5-2 win over the Bears (2/24)...Won in singles and doubles in the Vikings’ 5-2 win over Idaho State (2/10)...Beat Idaho State’s William Edin 6-3, 6-4 at line four...Swept his singles and doubles matches in the Vikings’ 7-0 win over Linfield (2/3)...Took a set off UP’s Carlos Donat and narrowly lost 4-6, 6-3, 0-1 (8-10) at line four...Only dropped four games while beating Seattle’s Michael Schoettler 6-1, 6-3 in the Vikings’ 5-2 win over the Redhawks (1/27)...Swept his singles and doubles matches while not dropping a game in singles in the Vikings’ 7-0 win over Puget Sound (1/26)...Went 3-5 in singles and 2-3 in doubles during the fall season…Advanced to the round of 16 of the singles draw with two wins at the Dar Walters Fall Classic (10/6-8)…Advanced to the quarterfinals of the doubles draw at the Bulldog Classic (10/27-29) while playing alongside Nathan Boniel.
 

JUNIOR CAREER:

Ranked 210 in Spain for open age in 2017…Won a round in Futures qualifying draw in 2015…Played main draw in a Tennis Europe tournament in 2014…Singles semifinalist at the 2013 Welsh Open U16 tournament…Doubles finalist at 2013 Welsh Open U16 tournament.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Son of Paul and Lynn…Has a brother, Adam, and a sister, Gemma…Head boy in Junior School…Lists playing soccer, cycling, travelling and meeting people as hobbies/interests…Plans on majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in Spanish.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Junior

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