2022-23 Youngstown State Men's Tennis
Laurentiu Mandocescu
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bucharest, Romania
- Major:
- Business
2021-22 (Junior)
Horizon League Player of the Year...first-team All-Horizon League selection...posted an overall singles mark of 16-15 and was 10-10 in dual singles contests...played all 20 matches at No. 1 in the lineup...in Horizon League contests posted a 7-1 record...was a four-time Horizon League Singles Player of the Week selection...earned a big three-set win over James Madison's Holden Koons on Feb. 20...picked up a victory-deciding three-set win over Cleveland State on March 25...played 14 matches at No. 1 doubles...played final 12 doubles contest with Harry Fouzas...won 11 singles matches in straight sets.
2021 (Sophomore)
Second-team All-Horizon League selection...went 14-7 overall with all matches played at No. 2 singles...went 4-4 in Horizon League contests...in doubles went 9-9 overall and 3-3 in Horizon League play...earned a three-set win against NKU at the Horizon League Championships...played five three-set matches...won five straight and eight of nine and 10 of 12 singles contests during the year...went 9-1 at home...won 12 matches in straight sets...played at 18 contests at No. 3 doubles...played final seven doubles contests with Will Everett...played seven contests with Asier Pena Ibanez.
2019-20 (Freshman)
Finished with a 14-15 singles record and was 15-10 in doubles contests...posted a 12-8 mark in the fall...went 6-2 in final eight singles matches of the fall season...split time between the No. 2 and No. 3 spot in singles in the spring...went 3-2 out of the top spot in doubles playing alongside Joao Garretto in dual matches...compiled a 4-4 dual doubles record...played in 12 three-set matches.
Prior to YSU: Career-high ITF World Tour Ranking of 2,028...career-high ITF Junior Ranking of 732...ranked as high as 22 in Romanian Senior Rankings...ranked as high as No. 8 in U18 Romanian Rankings...quarterfinalist at the ITF G2 Tournament and was a two-time semifinalist at ITF G5 Tournaments.
Personal: Parents are Laurentiu and Mihaela Mandocescu...has a brother, Rares...major is business...Is a 2022-23 recipient of a Penguin Club Joseph F. Malmisur Athletic Scholarship.
