2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics

Ghassan Alansi

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 162
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Sana'a, Yemen
  • High School Alhussan National
  • Prev School Chowan
  • Major Business Management

Biography

Honors
•  All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in cross country in 2019
•  All-GCAC in track and field in 2019
•  University Service Key recipient in 2020

Briefly
•  Second year at XULA
•  Competed in tennis, cross country and track and field for the Gold Rush
•  Received XULA bachelor's degree in May 2020
•  Transferred to XULA from NCAA Division II member Chowan University (Murfreesboro, N.C.)
•  Right-handed

2020 Track and Field (Senior)
•  Did not compete; outdoor season was canceled in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic

2019 Cross Country (Senior)
•  Finished fifth at GCAC Championships — ran 8,000 meters in 32 minutes, 55 seconds — and named All-GCAC because of his top-10 finish
•  Helped XULA win GCAC men's team championship and an automatic bid to NAIA nationals
•  Best season times: 19:36.0 for 5,000 meters, 32:55.0 for 8,000 meters
•  Ran second or third for XULA in all five meets

2018-19 Tennis (Senior)
•  5-5 in singles, 6-3 in doubles in his only season with the Gold Rush
•  Helped XULA finish second at NAIA nationals and become the lowest seeded team (seventh) ever to reach an NAIA men's final
•  Played No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles most of the time
•  Won in doubles and singles against second-ranked Reinhardt in XULA's 5-1 quarterfinal upset of the Eagles at NAIA nationals on May 16, 2019
•  Made XULA debut March 22, 2019, at home against NAIA No. 4 William Woods and won in doubles and singles, including a 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 decision against 18th-ranked Oscar Barreriro . . . XULA won the dual 5-1

2019 Track and Field (Junior)
•  Named All-GCAC after sixth-place finish at 1,500 meters 1,500 (4:55.42) at league meet
•  Contributed to the Gold Rush's 198 points, the most ever by a GCAC men's runner-up

2018 Cross Country (Junior)
•  On the roster but did not compete

2017-18 Tennis
•  15-5 in singles, 16-8 in doubles for Chowan, all in dual matches
•  Played No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles for the Hawks
•  68th in the ITA's NCAA Division II end-of-season singles ranking and first-team All-Conference Carolinas
•  Helped Chowan win its first-ever Conference Carolinas tournament championship and qualify for the NCAA Tournament

2017 Cross Country
•  Ran 8,000 meters in 31:15.2 to place 29th in the CIAA Championships . . . Was Chowan's No. 2 finisher

Miscellaneous
•  Played on Davis Cup tennis team for his home country, Yemen

Statistics

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