2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster

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Nikita Snezhko

Nikita Snezhko

  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Plymouth, Minn.
  • Highschool:
    Robbinsdale Armstrong
  • Major:
    Management

Summary

Biography

2021-22 (Senior): Won a team-best 14 singles matches ... Finished with a 4-1 record during league play ... Went 8-3 at the No. 5 court and 6-2 at the No. 4 ... Opened his UND career with a win over Wisconsin ... Captured five straight victories over Marquette, Eastern Illinois, Seattle, Gustavus Adolphus and Augustana ... Jumped out to a 2-0 record in league play with back-to-back wins over Omaha and Oral Roberts ... Won four of his last six matches ... Knocked off Air Force, IUPUI, Illinois State and Drake during that stretch ... Earned Summit League Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week following the wins over IUPUI and Illinois State ... Helped the Fighting Hawks reach the postseason for the second time in program history ... Tied for the team lead with a 13-5 record in doubles action ... Was 3-2 in Summit League action ... Each of those wins came from the top spot ... Bounced back from an 0-2 start with a seven-match winning streak ... Was a perfect 5-0 in the month of February ... Ended the month with a pair of victories over Montana State and Omaha ... Rattled off six wins over his final eight matches, defeating Millsaps College, Southern Miss, St. Thomas Aquinas, nationally-ranked Denver, IUPUI and Illinois State ... Held a lead against Drake in the Summit League Semifinals ... Also was ahead at No. 31 Tulsa ... Named Summit League Men's Tennis Newcomer of the Year ... Earned All-Summit League honors. 

Before UND: Played three seasons at Iowa ... Posted a 6-10 record in doubles, playing a majority of time at No. 2, during the 2020-21 season ... Posted a record of 7-2 at No. 2 doubles and 1-1 at No. 3 doubles before COVID-19 halted the 2019-20 season ... Partnered with Matt Clegg to become first Hawkeye doubles team in 20 years to qualify for the ITA Fall National Championships in 2019 ... Ranked in the Top-3 as a 12, 14, 16, and 18-year-old in the USTA Northern Section… Doubles champion and placed third in singles at the 2015 USTA Open Regional tournament… Doubles champion at the 2016 USTA Open Regional Tournament… Semifinalist of the 16U doubles at USTA Winter Supernationals… Member of Northern Boys 18U National Team Championships in 2016 and 2017… Runner-up in doubles at 2017 USTA National Level 2… Ranked No. 2 in the state of Minnesota… Third place finish at the Minnesota state tournament. 

Personal: Major is management.

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  • 2021-22Senior

  • 2022-23Fifth Year