Jan. 30, 2013

TUCSON -

Date: Friday, Feb. 1, 2013
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: LaNelle Robson Tennis Center

Date: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: LaNelle Robson Tennis Center

Match Data: The Wildcats (3-0, 0-0 Pac-12) will host the St. Mary's Gaels (2-1, 0-0 WCC) at LaNelle Robson Tennis Center both Friday and Saturday.

LaNelle Robson Tennis Center: This weekend's matches will be held on Arizona's home courts. LaNelle Robson Tennis Center was dedicated in 1991 and is home to 17 lit courts, a center-court grandstand and a permanent canopy over the stands.

Arizona Head Coach Tad Berkowitz enters his ninth season as the head coach of the Wildcats. During the 2008-09 season he was named the Pac-10 Men's Tennis Coach of the Year and the Wilson/ITA West Region Coach of the Year. He joined the program in 2004 and has held numerous national and collegiate coaching positions. He was promoted to the head coaching position in the spring of 2005 after serving as hall-of-famer Bill Wright's assistant. Berkowitz was a top collegiate player for the Universities of Kentucky and New Mexico, respectively.

Super Seven: Arizona returns seven players from the 2011-2012 season. Juniors Giacomo Miccini, Kieren Thompson, Mario Urquidi, and Andre Vidaller return as the most experienced members of the team. Sophomores Carlos Bermudez, Robin Chou and Sumeet Shinde also return as key contributors.

Fresh Four: The Wildcats welcome four new players to the 2013 roster. Freshman Matt Dunn joined the team in the fall along with sophomore transfer Ben Lee. Joining the team at the start of the spring season are freshman Naoki Takeda and junior transfer Fredrik Ask.

Last Time Out: The Cats earned their third victory of the season with a 4-2 win over the New Mexico State Aggies. The match suffered a rain delay but as the sun broke out the Cats took the court. The teams played singles first and the Cats clinched the match with Fredrik Ask, Kieren Thompson, Naoki Takeda and Sumeet Shinde all claiming victories.

The Series vs. St. Mary's: This will be the third meeting of the two schools with the series tied at one match each.

The Last Meeting: On Feb. 8, 2009, the Cats dominated play at LaNelle Robson Tennis Center. The teams waited out a rain delay and began with singles play. Arizona claimed victories on courts 2, 4 ,5 and 6 and with the match clinched left courts 1 and 3 unfinished.

Scouting the Gaels: On Jan. 28 St. Mary's hosted Sonoma State. The Gaels dominated the match, clinching all three doubles matches and all six singles matches en route to a 7-0 victory.