2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics

Catalin Fifea

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 174
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bucharest, Romania
  • High School General School No. 31
  • Prev School VCU
  • Major Sociology

Biography

Honors
•  2-time Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week in 2017 (Feb. 13-19 and March 13-19)
•  All-Atlantic 10 Conference twice at VCU (2014-15 and 2015-16)

Briefly
•  First year at XULA — enrolled at the university in January 2017
•  Transfer from NCAA Division I member VCU

2016-17 (Junior)
•  Oracle/ITA Collegiate NAIA Rankings of March 15, 2017: 38th nationally and 11th in the South in singles . . . No. 23 nationally and seventh in the South in doubles with partner Pierre Andrieu
•  Teamed with Pierre Andrieu to win 6-of-7 doubles decisions from Jan. 29-March 17
•  Clinched XULA's 7-2 victory March 3 at NAIA No. 6 William Carey with a 6-4, 6-2 decision against Hugo Robuchon at No. 3 singles
•  Clinched XULA's 6-1 home victory Jan. 29 against city rival Loyola with a 6-3, 6-2 decision against Steven Le at No. 1 singles

Prior to Xavier
•  Velped VCU finish second in the Atlantic 10 during both his seasons there
•  17-9 in singles, 16-7 in doubles as a VCU sophomore . . . Team finished 18-8
•  18-7 in singles, 7-6 in doubles as a VCU freshman . . . Team finished 16-13
•  Won a 3-set singles match at home to help VCU defeat No. 41 Penn State 4-3 on March 7, 2015
•  Singles runner-up twice in juniors tournaments

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Junior

    6'0" 174 lbs
  • 2017-18Senior

    6'0" 174 lbs