Stephen Havens 2009-10 Men's Tennis Roster
AS A JUNIOR: Posted a 14-20 overall singles record playing at the No. 2 position … trounced Anton Anderson of #75 William & Mary, 6-3, 6-3 … defeated #51 New Mexico[apos]s Jadon Phillips, 6-4, 6-2 … downed Johnny Hamui of #12 Illinois in second singles, 6-0, 6-1 … defeated #45 Northwestern[apos]s Andrew McCarthy 6-1, 6-4 … knocked off Georgetown[apos]s David Tillem 6-1, 3-2 in singles to advance to the BIG EAST semifinals … won over USF[apos]s Jamal Adderley, 6-0, 6-2, to advance to BIG EAST Championship … saw action in BIG EAST Championship against Louisville[apos]s Viktor Maksimcuk … recorded a 9-7 overall and dual match record with partner Casey Watt at No. 1 doubles … knocked off #75 Virginia[apos]s Sebastien Vidal and Adrian Vodislav 8-5 … downed #2 Virginia[apos]s Jarmere Jenkins and Houston Barrick, 8-3 … came from behind to defeat Wisconsin[apos]s Moritz Baumann and Patrick Pohlmann at No. 1 doubles … clinched the point for the Irish over Northwestern with partner Casey Watt after battling Tobias Reitz and Andrew McCarthy to a 9-8 (8-6) tiebreak win at No.1 doubles … staked the Irish to a 1-0 lead with an 8-6 win over Florida State[apos]s Vahid Mirzadeh and Connor Smith … downed Georgetown[apos]s Andrew Bruhn and Tim Walsh in doubles, 8-5, to advance to the BIG EAST semifinals … saw singles and doubles action in the BIG EAST Tournament … named BIG EAST Player of the Week on March 10 and March 31.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Registered a 10-15 record while playing at No. 2 singles for the majority of the dual season … played in one match at No. 1 singles, dropping a decision to Bryan Koniecko of Ohio State 4-6, 0-6 … knocked off Marwan Ramadan in straight sets 6-3, 6-2, on the way to a perfect 7-0 victory over #64 William & Mary … defeated Sinisa Markovic of #20 Texas Tech in straight sets 7-6, 7-5 in a 4-0 decision over the Red Raiders … battled through a three-set match against Austin Krajicek of #13 Texas A&M, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, to lock up the match-clinching point of a 4-3 victory against the Aggies … also clinched the opening round match of the BIG EAST Championships with a straight-set decision over Andrew Bruhn of Georgetown, 6-4, 6-3 … posted a perfect 4-0 mark at the 2008 Tribe Invitational during the fall season, winning two three-set marathons and taking the other two matches in straight sets … notched a total of three match- clinching points during the fall season in singles competition … competed at No. 2 doubles for the dual season, finishing with a record of 12- 12 with teammate Casey Watt, including five doubles point-clinching wins as a duo … opened the dual doubles portion of the dual season schedule with a victory over Stuart Keplar and Alex Llompart of #14 Pepperdine, 8-4 … notched second consecutive victory over a ranked foe, securing an 8-3 decision over Dominic Pagon and Marwan Ramadan of #64 William & Mary and clinching the doubles point for the Irish … secured the doubles point against #20 Texas Tech, knocking off Michael Breier and Sinisa Markovic, 9-7… defeated Robbie McCallum and Sven Burus of Toledo, 8-5, to secure the tandem[apos]s third point-clinching victory … held off Roy Kalmanovich and Ruan Roelofse of #9 Illinois, 8-5, to secure the doubles point and aid in the eventual 4-3 decision over the Fighting Illini.
AS A FRESHMAN: Played a significant role for the Irish … posted an overall mark of 20-21 in singles play … went 9-5 in the open season … posted an 11-16 record in dual play … the majority of his dual play came from the No. 4 spot, where he went 11-13 … also posted an 0-3 mark at No. 3 singles … had a clinching win in the BIG EAST quarterfinals over David Sheehan of Villanova (6-2, 6-0) … dropped his match in the NCAA regionals to East Tennessee[apos]s Lisandro Picardo (3-6, 3-6) … defeated Brad Mixson of the Seminoles (7-5, 6-2) in Notre Dame[apos]s upset win over Florida State … won all four of his matches at the William & Mary Invitational on the way to winning the second singles flight … went 2-1 at the Tom Fallon Invitational … won his first collegiate match versus Miami[apos]s Hector Nieto (6-2, 6-2) … in doubles play, posted an overall record of 21-15 … went 12-11 in dual matches … posted a 5-4 mark in the Midwest region … teamed with classmate Tyler Davis to post a 9-4 mark in dual play, all of which came at No. 3 doubles … the duo secured the doubles point for the Irish on seven occasions with seven clinching wins … also played with Andrew Roth in the dual season … Havens and Roth went 3-7 at No. 2 doubles … they had two clinching victories for the Irish … tied with Davis for the most doubles clinching wins on the team with nine … defeated Davis in the quarterfinals of the 2008 Summer ITA Championships [6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (2)] before falling in the semifinals to Virginia[apos]s Sanam Singh.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL DATA: Four-time letterwinner at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (Ohio) … named all-state each of his four years in high school … captured the Ohio state championship in both singles and doubles … earned All-America honors as a senior … captured the Midwest Winter Championships in January 2006 … defeated five junior players ranked in the top 100 in the country en route, including eighth-ranked Dennis Nevolo … reached the semifinals of the USTA National Opens and Midwest Closed … finished fourth alongside teammate Tyler Davis in doubles at Winter Nationals … member of the National Honor Society … National Merit semifinalist … born November 24, 1988, in Lexington, Ky. … son of Terry and Mona Havens … has a sister, Laura … father played college tennis at Middle Tennessee State … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a sociology major.