2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
Mandocescu, Laurentiu
Laurentiu Mandocescu
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Bucharest, Romania
- Prev School:
- Youngstown State
Bio
Career Awards
2023-24 (Graduate) - Singles: 7-18 | Doubles: 11-11
2022-23 (Senior) - Singles: 12-18 | Doubles: 15-18
2021-22 (Junior) - Singles: 16-15 | Doubles: 10-18
2020-21 (Sophomore) - Singles: 14-7 | Doubles: 9-9
2019-20 (Freshman) - Singles: 14-15 | Doubles: 15-10
High School
Personal
Fast Facts on Mandocescu:
- 6x Horizon League Singles Player of the Week (1x 2021, 4x 2022, 1x 2023)
- 4x ITA Scholar Athlete (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- CSC Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2023)
- Horizon League Player of the Year (2022)
- 1st Team All-Horizon League (2022)
- All-Academic Horizon League (2022)
- CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-District 5 Team (2022)
- 2nd Team All-Horizon League (2021)
- 1x Horizon League Doubles Player of the Week (2020)
2023-24 (Graduate) - Singles: 7-18 | Doubles: 11-11
- Opened dual season at No. 1 spot in singles
- Held 4-4 singles tournament record
- Collected a 6-7 dual record in doubles, went 5-5 with Matteo Iaquinto
- Went 5-2 at No. 3 singles with Iaquinto
- Two of three dual victories came against BIG EAST opponents
2022-23 (Senior) - Singles: 12-18 | Doubles: 15-18
- Played 23 of 24 dual matches at the No. 1 position
- Held a 9-14 overall record during the spring season
- Went 10-12 during dual doubles, held a 5-6 tournament doubles record
- Played mostly at No. 3 doubles going 8-5 with Harry Fouzas
2021-22 (Junior) - Singles: 16-15 | Doubles: 10-18
- Horizon Player of the Year, First-Team All-Horizon League selection
- Played all 20 matches at No. 1 singles, posted 7-1 conference record
- Earned a monumental three-set win over James Madison’s Holden Koons on Feb. 20
- Picked up a victory-deciding three-set win over Cleveland State on March 25
- Played 14 matches at No. 1 doubles
- Played final 12 doubles contests with Harry Fouzas
- Won 11 singles matches in straight sets
2020-21 (Sophomore) - Singles: 14-7 | Doubles: 9-9
- Second-team All-Horizon League selection
- Went 14-7 overall with all matches played at No. 2 singles
- Went 4-4 in Horizon League contests
- In doubles, went 9-9 and 3-3 in conference play
- Earned a three-set win against NKU at the Horizon League Championships
- Played five three-set matches
- Won five straight and was victorious in 10 of 12 singles contests
- 9-1 home record, with 12 straight-set victories
- Played mostly at No. 3 doubles, with final seven contests alongside Will Everett
2019-20 (Freshman) - Singles: 14-15 | Doubles: 15-10
- Posted a 12-8 singles mark in the fall
- Went 6-2 in final eight singles matches of the fall season
- Split time between the No. 2 and No. 3 spot in dual singles
- Went 3-2 out of the top spot in doubles, playing alongside Joao Garretto during the spring
- Compiled a 4-4 dual doubles record
- Played in 12 three-set matches
High School
- Held No. 732 ITF Junior Ranking (04/2018)
- Held No. 22 Romanian Senior Rankings
- Held No. 8 in U18 Romanian Rankings
- Played at Junior ITF tournaments in Croatia, Germany, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia from 2016-2018 (Singles: 24-12 | Doubles: 4-9)
- Doubles Finalist at ITF Viva Club Trophy - Romania (06/2018)
- Singles Semi-finalist at ITF Viva Club Trophy - Romania (06/2018)
- Singles Quarter-finalist at ITF 42nd Medias-sen-Sibiu Junior - Romania (04/2018)
- Singles Quarter-Finalist at ITF OP Subotica - Serbia (04/2018)
- Doubles Quarter-finalist at ITF Tennis Club Bucuresti Trophy - Romania (08/2017)
- Singles Semi-finalist at ITF Viva Trophy - Romania (06/2017)
Personal
- Son of Laurentiu and Mihaela Mandocescu
- Has a brother, Rares
- Majoring in Business Analytics
Fast Facts on Mandocescu:
- Nickname: Mando
- Favorite place to eat in Chicago: Small Cheval
- Fun fact: Can bench press more than he squats
- Hobbies outside of tennis: Reading, going the gym, and gaming
- Last TV show binged: Desperate Housewives
- Favorite tennis player: Rafael Nadal
- Pre-match ritual: Eat food, hydrate, and mentally prepare
- Favorite thing to do in Chicago: Walk by the lake
- Live anywhere in the world: Florida
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