2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster

Eric Schnurrenberger 2014-15 Men's Tennis Roster


Weight 176 lbs.
Class Senior
Height 5'9''
Hometown Zug, Switzerland
High School Kantonsschule Alpenquai Lucerne
Eric Schnurrenberger - Men's Tennis - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A SENIOR: Capped Irish career with an 8-8 singles record and 12-10 doubles record … started the year with three consecutive victories at the Ivy Plus Tournament against Cornell’s Karlo Lozic (7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4)), Princeton’s Jonathan Carcione (6-1, 6-2), and Brown’s Jack Haworth (6-3, 6-4) … defeated Cleveland State’s Kevin Goth/Ben Slade (8-6) and Illinois State’s Christoffer Greve/Dylan Steffens (8-6) with partner Nicolas Montoya at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships … during the dual season in singles took down No. 21 Northwestern’s Fedor Baev (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) and No. 54 Michigan’s Kevin Wong (6-3, 3-6, 6-2) … in doubles, defeated No. 54 Michigan’s Kevin Wong/Gabe Tishman (6-3) and No. 3 Ohio State’s Hugo De Feo/Chris Diaz (6-3) with partner Josh Hagar … participated in the Rosenthal Leadership Academy … served as co-host of the 2016 OSCARS ceremony with teammate Alex Lawson … earned a monogram.

AS A JUNIOR:
Came out strong throughout the fall and early spring before missing the last half of the dual season with a knee injury … posted a 14-10 singles record and a 10-7 mark in doubles play . . . partnered with Drew Dawson to reach the doubles quarterfinals at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships … defeated Michigan State’s Alexander Kim/Doug Zade (8-3), Northwestern’s Fedor Baev and Sam Shropshire (8-7(5) and Illinois-Chicago’s Isaac Lloveras/Louis Theodor (8-1) over the run …  advanced to the singles quarterfinals at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships after notching wins over Illinois’ Toshiki Matsuya (6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4), Ohio State’s No. 92 Herkko Pollanen (6-3, 6-3) and Toledo’s Stjepan Sisko (6-3, 2-6, 6-3) … won five of his first six dual singles matches to start the spring, including a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(6) victory over Oklahoma State’s Tristan Meraut to seal the Irish win over the Cowboys during the ITA Kickoff Weekend … earned a monogram.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Had an outstanding season, posting a 25-17 singles record (15-10 dual) as well as a 7-13 doubles mark (5-8 dual) … won first singles match of the ACC Tournament, topping Clemson’s Austin Ansari in straight sets (6-2, 6-4) before being dispatched by Virginia’s Justin Shane in straight sets (2-6, 4-6) … aided Notre Dame’s advancement to the Sweet 16 by defeating Vinod Gowda of Ole Miss (6-3, 7-5) … squared off with Virginia’s Shane once again in the Sweet 16, dropping the match in straight sets (2-6, 2-6) … spent the majority of the spring doubles season playing alongside Ryan Bandy at No. 3 doubles … defeated Ralf Steinbach and Chris Diaz of top-ranked Ohio State (7-5) … earned a monogram.

AS A FRESHMAN: Did not see any action in the 2012-13 season … a member of the BIG EAST All-Academic team … made Dean’s List in the fall semester.

HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL DATA:Graduated from Kantonsschule Alpenquai Lucerne (Switzerland) in spring 2012 … ranked 61st in the Swiss ranking … achieved a No. 3 ranking in central Switzerland and named the No. 1 player in canton Zug … won the Central Switzerland championship in 2009 and the canton Zug championship in 2011 … participated at the under 16 European Championship in Moscow and was a finalist in doubles freshman year … played club tennis for the Club Allmend Lucerne … participated in the high school orchestra … full name is Eric Edouard Schnurrenberger … son of Markus and Andrea Schnurrenberger … has one brother, Luc … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters and majoring in International Economics and Romance Languages with a concentration in Financial Economics and Econometrics.