Kenneth Sabacinski 2014-15 Men's Tennis Roster
AS A SENIOR: Finished the year with a 16-13 singles record and 5-10 doubles mark … defeated DePaul’s Tim Corwin/Ivan Divkovic with partner Eddy Covalschi in the doubles round of 64 at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships (8-4) … during the dual season was victorious against No. 69 Duke’s Adrian Chamdani (7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)), No. 22 Florida State’s Jake Albo (6-2, 4-6, 6-1), No. 1 North Carolina’s Anudeep Kodali (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (12-10)), and No. 42 NC State’s Shoti Meparidze (6-4, 6-2) … beat No. 7 Wake Forest’s Christian Seraphim (7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 7-6 (7-5)) during the ACC Tournament … earned a monogram.
AS A JUNIOR: Went 12-10 in singles play, including a 2-0 record at No. 4 singles and a 2-1 record at the No. 5 slot . . . played Georgia Tech’s Eduardo Segura to three set tiebreaks in a 7-6(4), 6-7(8), 10-7 victory … defeated No. 5 Duke’s Josh Levine in two sets (6-4, 6-3) . . . clinched the Irish win over NC State with a come-from-behind 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 win over Nick Horton … amassed a 7-6 doubles record, which began with a four-match win streak to begin the fall season . . . earned a monogram.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Began second collegiate season with a bang, ripping off three consecutive singles victories against Ruben Greiner of Western Michigan (6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)) as well as Ali Shabib (6-0, 6-1) and Matt Kuelker (6-4, 6-4) of Cleveland State at the Vredevelt Invitational … longest singles winning streak of the season was seven matches … compiled a 2-1 spring singles record … won first doubles match of the fall season alongside Ryan Bandy, defeating Jakub Eisner and Rolando Torrellas of Illinois State (8-2) at the Vredevelt Invitational … won both doubles matches of the spring season with Nicolas Montoya, besting Ben Brocker and Roberto Meza of Toledo (6-1) as well as Lucas Waak and Kyle Dunn of Valparaiso (8-4) … earned a monogram.
AS A FRESHMAN: Went 1-0 in doubles action with Nicolas Montoya as his partner … went 5-4 in singles and 3-3 in doubles during the fall season … earned a spot on the all-tournament team at the Vredevelt Invitational after going 3-1 in singles and 1-1 in doubles … also won a pair of singles contests at the Tom Fallon Invitational … won two doubles matches with teammate Nicolas Montoya at the USTA/ITA Midwest Doubles Championship to advance to the round of 16 … included in the two wins was a 9-7 victory over the No. 42 team of Spencer Wolf and Raleigh Smith of Northwestern … a member of the BIG EAST All-Academic team … made Dean’s List both semesters … earned a Monogram.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL DATA:Graduated from American Heritage High School in the spring of 2012 … named all-county in 2011 and 2012 … district doubles winner and state doubles champion in 2011 and 12 … district singles winner and state singles champion in 2012 … was No. 1 singles player at school all four years … won one team district championship and was runner-up twice … consistently ranked in top three in singles in Florida … consistent top 30 player nationally … was a five-star recruit … played No. 1 singles on Florida Jr. Davis Cup team … away from the courts received the AP Chemistry, English and Spanish awards … also was a scholar athlete for the Miami Herald … born in Miami, Fla., to Dr. Kenneth and Diana Sabacinski … has two older sisters, Lauren and Julie, who attends Notre Dame and plays tennis on the women’s team … sister, Lauren, played tennis at William & Mary … enrolled in the College of Science majoring in science-business.