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2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster

Wichita State Athletics

Ben Lott

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newcastle, England
  • Highschool Newcastle School for Boys

Biography

Senior (2015-16): Earned All-MVC honors ... registered a combined 32-25 singles/doubles record ... was named MVC Player of the Week twice ... recorded three wins over nationally ranked players ... ended his career with a come from behind win over No. 83 Tin Ostojic from Wichita State in the MVC Championship match ... earned a straight sets win over No. 94 Daan Maasland from Oregon ... received a preseason ranking of 40th … participated in the main draw of the ITA All-American Championships and fell in the round of 64 to No. 37 Naoki Takeda … topped No. 11 Romain Bogaerts from Wake Forest in the consolation bracket ... received the No. 2 seed at the ITA Central Regional Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals … advanced to the doubles quarterfinals with Vinny Gillispie at the ITA Central Regional Championships.

Junior (2014-15): Received All-MVC honors … closed out the year ranked 71st nationally and 10th in the Central Region with a 21-11 singles record … was one of three Bulldogs to record 20 or more singles wins … was named MVC Athlete of the Week on Jan. 20 for going 2-0 in the Bulldogs’ victory over No. 39 Louisville … finished the year with a combined 35-24 singles/doubles record … posted a 13-6 record at No. 2 singles and a 9-11 mark at No. 1 doubles with Bayo Philips … earned the match clinching point to give Drake its second NCAA Tournament victory in school history as the Bulldogs topped No. 32 Louisville 4-2 ... turned in a breakout fall campaign registering a 12-5 combined singles/doubles ledger ... posted a team-best 8-3 singles record, including victories over five nationally-ranked players ... knocked off the seventh-rated freshman in the county in Georgia’s Wayne Montgomery to open the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Americans before knocking off Columbia’s Ashok Narayana in the qualifying draw and 11th-rated Harrison Adams from Texas A&M in the consolation draw ... recorded victory past 16th-ranked Dane Webb of Oklahoma in the quarterfinals of the ITA Central Regional ... registered a 4-2 doubles mark with Alen Salibasic.

Sophomore (2013-14): Registered a team-best 44-23 combined single/doubles ledger ... led the Bulldogs with a team-high 28 singles victories ... went 17-7 in singles during the spring en route to earning Missouri Valley Conference All-Select team accolades ... posted 11 doubles triumphs in the spring, including pairing with Robin Goodman to edge the sixth-ranked duo of Casey MacMaster and Denis Nguyen of Harvard, 8-5, to spark Drake to a 4-1 victory over No. 28 Harvard and the tournament title at the San Diego Mission Valley Spring Classic ... rated as high as No. 48 by the ITA in doubles with Goodman during the spring campaign ... registered singles wins over nationally ranked Joe Salisbury and Sebastian Beltrame of Memphis and Harvard, respectively, at the San Diego Mission Valley Spring Classic ... recorded a 16-6 combined singles/doubles ledger during the fall, including an 11-3 mark in singles action ... reached the finals of the main singles draw at the Drake Fall Invitational before falling to teammate Matt Frost ... advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Central Regional before dropping a 7-5, 6-2 decision versus No. 44 Dane Webb of Oklahoma ... paired with Grant Tesmer to reach the championship match of the Drake Fall Invitational.

Freshman (2012-13): Posted a 38-13 combined singles/doubles record, including a 23-9 doubles ledger ... went 3-1 in doubles with James McKie in MVC play ... paired with Alen Salibasic to earn deciding doubles tally versus No. 34 TCU with a 9-7 triumph past Max Stevens and JT Sundling in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament ... posted a 15-4 mark in singles ... named the MVC Player of the Week on March 5 ... rallied to claim a 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 triumph over Jeff Hawke from Washington at the No. 6 position, to give the Bulldogs a 4-3 victory over No. 14 Washington, marking the highest-ranked team Drake had defeated in program history ... won the No. 6 singles championship, while pairing with Tesmer to claim the No. 3 doubles title at the MVC Individuals ... named to the MVC Academic Honor Roll...belted out an 12-5 combined singles/doubles mark ... recorded a 7-2 ledger in singles, while going 5-3 in doubles ... won six of his final seven singles contests, including three straight at the Minnesota Gopher Invitational ... captured doubles victories in three of his final four matches with Alen Salibasic.

High School: Lott was the third-rated player in British Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) Boys 18 and under national rankings and No. 98 in men's national open rankings ... in August of 2011, he advanced to the quarterfinals of the British Junior Nationals ... captured the National Junior Club League crown in 2011 after runner-up finishes in 2009 and 2010.

Personal:  Born March 14, 1994 ... majoring in management and marketing ... son of Chris and Carolyn Lott ... Drake Presidential Scholarship recipient.

 SINGLES   Record    1     2     3     4     5     6    Tour 
2012-13 15-4  ---   ---   1-0   2-0   0-1   2-1   10-2 
2013-14 28-10  2-0   15-7   ---   ---   ---   ---   11-3 
2014-15 21-11  0-2   13-6   ---   ---   ---   ---   8-3 
2015-16 16-14 11-10 1-1 --- --- --- --- 4-3
Totals 80-39 13-12   29-14   1-0   2-0   0-1   2-1   29-8 
 DOUBLES   Record    1     2     3    Tour 
2012-13 23-9  3-0   11-5   1-1   8-3 
2013-14 16-13  9-7   2-3   ---   5-3 
2014-15 14-13  9-11   ---   1-0   4-2 
2015-16 16-11 6-4 8-5 --- 2-2
Totals 69-46  27-22   21-13   2-1   19-10 

 

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