Arnaud Le Cloerec
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Virginia Commonwealth University |
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Senior |
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Plouhinec |
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Right |
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| Singles Record: |
85-41 |
| Doubles Record: |
52-37 |
GENERAL ... Is the Rams’ top-singles player ... Has been ranked among the nation’s Top-25 all spring ... Was been ranked as high as 10th this season ... Ended the year rated 20th nationally according to the final ITA National Rankings ... 2005-06/JUNIOR: Named an ITA All-American for second straight season… Finished the season as the 22nd ranked singles player and No. 48 doubles pair with Petr Olsak… Collected his second straight CAA Player of the Year Award… Named All-CAA First Team in singles and doubles… Named First Team All-State by Virginia Sports Information Directors… Recorded third straight season with 20-plus wins (25-11), giving him 72 career victories to move him into 10th place on the Rams’ career singles list… Was ranked as high as No. 15 in singles during the spring… Clipped then-No. 1 Lars Poerschke of Baylor, 6-4, 7-6 (4) (2/5)… Notched consecutive wins over No. 5 Raian Luchici of North Carolina, No. 46 Bryan Koniecko of Ohio State and No. 44 Peter Oredsson of SMU in one three-match stretch… Provided a 6-4, 7-5 victory over No. 13 Stephen Bass of Notre Dame in the Blue-Gray Classic Championship match, a 4-2 Rams win (3/19)… Went 3-1 in the tournament as VCU won its third team title in four years… Along with partner Petr Olsak, named CAA Doubles Player of the Week (3/28)… Roared back from a set down to provide a thrilling, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (3) triumph over No. 5 Ludovic Walter to give the Rams a 4-3 win over then No. 4 Duke (3/29)… Earned CAA Singles Player of the Week honors (4/5)… Advanced to the round of 32 at the ITA All-American with an opening round win over Mark Growcott of LSU (10/6)… Won a pair of matches to reach the ITA Mideast Regional round of 16 before falling to Sander Koning of Clemson (10/22)… Also paired with Sebastian Ripoll to reach the round of 16 in the doubles draw… Achieved a career-best ranking of No. 8 in the 2005-06 preseason poll. 2004-05/SOPHOMORE ... Earned ITA All-America honors after finished the season ranked among the nation’s Top-20 singles players .... Selected as the Colonial Athletic Association’s Co-Player of the Year ... All-CAA first-team in both singles and doubles ... Wrapped up the year tied for 20th nationally according to the ITA’s final poll ... Faced 15 ranked opponents this season ... Closed out the year with an impressive 26-12 overall record, including a 17-9 mark at the top singles spot ... Finished the fall with an impressive 9-2 overall record ... Received an invitation to compete individually at the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship, where he advanced to the Round of 32 ... Lecloerec defeated Denver’s Adam Holmstrom in straights-sets before being ousted by Illinois’ Ryler DeHeart ... Picked up a pair of wins in the first two rounds of the Flight A singles at the UVA Fall Invitational, defeating the host school’s Burak Ahmed in straight sets (6-3, 6-0) followed by a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Andrew Hamar of Wake Forest ... Made his way to the finals of the Wilson/ITA Mideast Regional event (Oct. 22-24), earning a spot in the ITA National Indoor Championships ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Indoor Championships (Nov. 4-7), before falling to eventual champion Ryler DeHeart of Illinois, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5) ... Was 3-1 in doubles with partner Francesc Lleal ... As a pair, the tandem reached the semifinals of the Wilson/ITA Mideast Regional, before bowing out to North Carolina’s Boyd and Pomeroy ... 2003-04/FRESHMAN ... Chosen as the Colonial Athletic Association’s Rookie of the Year and first-team All-CAA in both singles and doubles ... Finished the season with a #106 ITA national ranking ... Posted an impressive 21-10 singles record, including an 11-5 mark at the number two position ... Put together a 10-8 overall record in doubles, after competing with partners Marquardt (6-6), Francesc Lleal (2-1), and Daniel Lohff (2-1) ... Helped the Rams’ to their NCAA Team Championship first round win over Richmond, defeating the Spiders’ Derek Schwandt in straight-sets (6-2, 6-2) ... Scored an impressive 6-3, 6-4 decision over 46th-ranked Dmitry Koch of Tulane to help the Rams to a 4-3 triumph over the #19 Green Wave in the Blue-Gray National Collegiate Classic semifinals, March 14 ... Recorded five straight victories to capture the Flight A singles title at Old Dominion University’s Old Point Bank Invitational in October ... Also owns wins over nationally-ranked players Aleksey Zharinov of Minnesota (#64) and Harvard’s Jonathan Chu (#89) this season ... Five of his eight singles defeats this spring have come against foes currently ranked among the ITA’s top 30 competitors ... Paired with partner Florian Marquardt for an 8-5 decision over the nation’s fourth-rated doubles team, Duke’s Jason Zimmerman and Ludovic Walter, on Feb. 26 .... Is the eighth VCU player in the Rams’ nine-year association with the CAA to receive the league’s Rookie of the Year award.
