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2012-13 Men's Tennis

Bennett Kelley

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pennington, N.J.
  • Highschool Hopewell Valley Central

Biography

Four-year letterman. ... Finished with a career record of 16-14(.533) in singles and 40-24 (.625) in doubles.

Senior Year (2012-13): Finished his career witha strong season, going 9-2 in singles play and 5-5 in doublesaction. ... Went 7-1 at the No. 5 doubles spot and 2-1 at the No. 6spot. ... Posted an impressive 5-1 mark in conference play. ...Finished his career on a seven-match winning streak in singlesplay. ... Earned a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles in the Royals' 5-0victory over Juniata in a Landmark Conference semifinal on April23. ... Posted a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles in a 5-4 lossto Drew in the Landmark Conference championship on April 27. ...Went 4-2 in conference doubles play, all at the No. 3 spot. ...Posted three of those conference wins while teaming with DevinPatel and one with Michael O'Malley. ... Teamed with Patel for an8-6 win at No. 3 doubles in the conference semifinal win overJuniata.

Junior Year (2011-12): Earned all-LandmarkConference first-team honors in doubles after teaming with TimMcGurrin to go 10-3 in dual match competition, including 7-0against conference foes, all at the No. 2 lineup spot. ... One offour players on the roster to post at least 10 wins in doubles. ...Paired with McGurrin for an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles as the Royalsdefeated Catholic, 5-2, in the Landmark Conference semifinal onApril 25. ... Also went 2-3 in singles play, including 2-1 in dualmatch competition and 1-0 against conference foes.

Sophomore Year (2010-11):  Finished theseason with a 2-3 mark in singles and an 11-7 record indoubles...one of five players on the roster to win at least 10matches in doubles...played 16 of his 18 doubles matches withfellow sophomore Mike Pannone, recording a 10-6 record, while hisother two matches were played with senior captain CarlCaceres...played all 16 of his doubles matches against dual-meetcompetition at the number three spot in the lineup...gave theRoyals a big lift in the Landmark Conference tournament, as he andPannone defeated Kyle Kramer and Jason Quisberth of CatholicUniversity, 8-5, as Scranton won that match, 5-1; in a 5-4 loss toDrew University on April 30 in Madison, New Jersey, he and Pannonedowned Adam Gerber and Matt Imbo, 8-2, to avenge an 8-5 loss tothem during the regular-season match played at the Poly Hi TennisCourts on campus April 21.

Freshman Year (2009-10):  Posted a 14-5record in doubles and 3-6 mark in singles...played 13 of his 19doubles matches with then senior Michael Arrighi and finished witha 13-4 record, including a 7-0 mark against Landmark Conferenceopponents...earned second-team all-Landmark Conference honors forhis play in doubles...won 11 of his final 13 doubles matches,including a 9-7 decision over Chandler Forman and Thomas Turcich inthe Royals's 8-0 victory over Moravian College in the semifinals ofthe Landmark Conference tournament on May 5 at the Poly Hi TennisCourts...won two of his four singles matches at the ITA Southeastregionals at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg,Virginia, on October 3-5.

Awards & Honors
Landmark Conference First-Team Doubles (2012)
Landmark Conference Second-Team Doubles (2010)
Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2011, 2012, 2013)

Personal
Four-year letterman at Hopewell Valley Central High School. ...Was a member of two conference championship teams there (2008,2009). ... Posted a three-year record of 30-10 in singles. ... Went10-6 his senior year as the Bulldogs of head coach Alma Quinlanfinished with a 16-3 record. ... Recipient of the team's mostvaluable player (MVP) award and most improved award. ... Son ofSteve and Lisa Kelley. ... His parents are graduates of ColgateUniversity in Hamilton, New York.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2012-13Senior

    5'11"
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