2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster
Biography
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Awards:
- Big Sky Player of the Week (2/20/2019)
- All-Big Sky Second Team Singles (2019)
Career Records - Singles:
- Ranks 4th all-time in wins at No. 2 (12)
- Ranks 1st all-time in winning percentage at No. 2
Career Records - Doubles (Individual):
- Ranks T-4th all-time in wins at No. 2 (13)
- Ranks 3rd all-time in winning percentage at No. 3 (.684)
Career Records - Doubles (Team):
- All-time leader in wins at No. 2 doubles (Fortini, 12)
- Ranks 6th all-time in overall doubles wins (Fortini, 12)
- Ranks 4th all-time in overall doubles win percentage (Fortini, .750)
- Ranks T-10th all-time in Big Sky doubles wins (Fortini, 4)
- Ranks 2nd all-time in win percentage at No. 2 doubles (.750)
2018-19 SEASON (Senior):
Went 14-5 in singles and 13-6 in doubles … Finished 12-4 at No. 2 singles and 2-1 at No. 1 … Started season with 6-2, 7-5 win against Seattle … Won three of first four singles matches … Started Big Sky play on a four-match winning streak … Defeated Idaho’s Valentin Popescu 6-4, 7-6 (2/15) … Won a three-set match against Sacramento State’s Dom Miller 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 (2/16) … Named Big Sky Player of the Week following Idaho and Sacramento State wins … Defeated Montana State’s Drew Brown 6-2, 6-2 (2/23) … Moved up to No. 1 singles and won against Montana’s Alex Canellopoulos 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 (3/1) … Defeated Southern Utah’s Jonathan Morales 7-6, 6-1 (3/22) … Closed season on five-match winning streak, including two wins at the Big Sky Championship … In playoff clinching match against Idaho State (4/19), he won 7-6 (7), 4-6, 1-0 (8) against Peter Trhac … Won 6-0, 4-0 (ret.) against Weber State’s Michiel Van Schoor (4/21) … In quarterfinal win against Montana (4/25), Castelo Branco defeated Max Korkh 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2 … In a semifinal win against Southern Utah (4/26), he won 6-2, 7-5 against Agustin Tamagnone … Up a set in the Big Sky Championship match against Northern Arizona when it was clinched … Paired with Matteo Fortini to go 12-4 at No. 2 doubles, also went 1-2 with Tommy Edwards … Won five of first six doubles matches in the non-conference … Started Big Sky play with a 6-0 win against Idaho’s Coutinho/Popescu (2/15) … Defeated Smith/Espinoza of Montana State 6-4 (2/23) … Won another 6-0 match against Bats/Balce of Eastern Washington (3/2) … Finished season by winning four straight matches … Became all-time leader in wins by a team at No. 2 doubles with a 7-6 win against Weber State’s Ohde/Li (4/21) … In Big Sky quarterfinal (4/25), defeated Hallgren/Hallgren 6-3 … In Big Sky semifinal (4/26), defeated Southern Utah’s Morales/Tordoff 6-2 … In Big Sky Championship match (4/27), defeated Steele/Fisher 6-2 ... Defeated  Went 4-6 in singles and 3-4 in doubles during the fall season…defeated Portland’s Andrew Newell 6-4, 6-4 at the ITA Northwest Regional Championship ... defeated back-to-back opponents from Montana at the Gonzaga Fall Invitational, knocking off Ludvig Hallgren 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 and Ed Pudney 7-6 (5), 2-6, 1-0 (6) ... finished the fall season 3-1 against Big Sky Conference opponents ... paired with Matteo Fortini to reach the final of the Gonzaga Fall Invitational ... defeated Montana’s Benn/Korkh 8-6 ... also defeated Portland’s Neos/Oberg 8-5.
OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY:
First Team NCCAA All America...NCCAA All-Tournament Singles...First Team All-Great American Conference...NCCAA Player of the Week, 3/20... GAC Player of the Week 3/8... NCCAA All-Tournament Doubles … Great American Conference champions … NCCAA National champions in 2017.
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Son of Jacob Castelo Branco and Patricia Castelo Branco … has two sisters, Beatriz Castelo Branco and Leticia Castelo Branco … Majoring in business management.
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