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Lucas Gerch

Height:
6-4
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Berlin, Germany

Junior: Dominated at the No. 3 position throughout the year as he racked up a team-high 22 singles wins, including 16 in the spring slate ... Finished the year on a 13-match winning streak ... Reached the Quarterfinals of the ITA Central Regional Singles Championship ... Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Pacific Coast Doubles tournament with partner Temur Ismailov ... Climbed as high as No. 61 in the ITA Doubles Rankings with Ismailov as his partner ... Received All-Big 12 Academic First Team honors for a second-straight year ... Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team ... Defeated Justyn Levin of No. 22 Minnesota, 6-4, 6-3, to earn his 50th career win ... Currently ranks 10th in OSU history with 62 career singles wins.

Sophomore: Started the spring on fire by winning 14 of his 15 match decisions, including wins against the No. 37 and No. 54-ranked singles players ... Compiled two five-match winning streaks, which earned him a singles ranking as high as No. 98 ... Primarily played at the No. 2 spot, but went 8-0 when at the No. 1 and No. 3 position ... Recorded the match-clinching point against No. 47 Alabama, No. 56 Arkansas and No. 38 New Mexico at the NCAA Tennis Championships ... Picked up his 35th career victory as a Cowboy against Arturs Kazijvs of SMU, 7-6 (3), 6-3 ... Teamed up with Ferrigno and his brother, Leonard, to finish with an 8-6 doubles record ... Received All-Big 12 Academic First Team honors.

Freshman: Started the season with the nation’s longest winning streak at 16 consecutive matches ... Provided one of the most exciting finishes of the year by overcoming a 5-0 third-set deficit against Texas Tech’s Maxime Hinnisdaels, leading the Cowboys to their first Big 12 Tournament victory since 2008 ... Recorded his first career NCAA Tournament victory by taking down Michigan’s Vlad Stefan, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 ... Completed his freshman campaign with a 14-4 mark at the No. 4 spot, while also finishing victorious in four matches at the No. 2 and 3 positions ... Paired with Sebastian Sachs, Nicolai Ferrigno and Matt Campbell to close out the season at 11-10 in doubles play ... Took down USC’s Farren/Quiroz, 8-2, giving both he and Sachs their first NCAA Tournament doubles victory.

Personal: Son of Lars and Ulrike Gerch ... Has one brother, Leonard, who played tennis at OSU as well ... Lettered two years at Carl Bechstein Gymnasium in Berlin ... Majoring in international business at OSU ... Played soccer, basketball and table tennis, along with tennis, in high school.