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2012-13 Men's Tennis

Joe Morra

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bronx, N.Y.
  • Highschool Fordham Preparatory

Biography

Four-year letterman. ... Finished his career with a singlesrecord of 49-24 (.671) and 43-30 (.589) in doubles. ... Postedwinning records in singles in each of his four seasons.

Senior Year (2012-13): Earned all-LandmarkConference second-team honors in singles play after leading theRoyals with a 10-2 mark at the No. 3 spot, including a perfect 7-0against conference foes. ... Finished the season on an eight-matchwinning streak. ... Rallied for a 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 victory to clinchScranton's 5-4 regular season win over Drew on April 18 at RoyalCourts. The victory snapped Drew's 110-match, 13-year conferencewinning streak. ... Earned a 6-0, 6-4 victory against Drew in theLandmark Conference championship match on April 27. ... Teamed withMike Pannone to go 8-4 in doubles play, including 8-3 at the No. 2doubles spot. ... The duo went 6-1 against conference foes. ...They posted an 8-5 victory in a 5-0 win over Juniata on April 23 ina Landmark Conference semifinal match at Royal Courts.

Junior Year (2011-12): Earned all-LandmarkConference second-team honors in doubles play after going 11-8,including 7-6 at the No. 1 spot while teaming with Mike Pannone.... Went 4-3 in doubles action against conference foes. ... Led theRoyals in singles victories while going 13-6, including 8-5 in dualmatch competition at the No. 2 spot. ... Went 5-2 againstconference foes. ... Posted a come-from-behind 5-7, 6-3, 6-0victory to help the Royals reach the Landmark Conferencechampionship by defeating Catholic in a semifinal match on April25. ... Six of his 19 singles matches went to three sets; he went4-2 in those six matches.

Sophomore Year (2010-11):  Posted hissecond straight winning record in singles with a 12-7 mark andfinished 9-11 in doubles with three different partners...won sevenof his final eight singles matches of the season, including both ofhis matches in the Landmark Conference tournament:  downedJean Paul Roman of Catholic University, 6-0, 6-2, in Scranton's 5-1win in the semifinals and defeated Adam Gerber of Drew, 6-3, 6-1,in the Royals' heartbreaking 5-4 loss in the finals...played all 14of his singles matches against dual-match competition at the numberfour spot in the lineup...opened the season with two wins at theScranton Invitational at the Poly Hi Tennis Courts on September11-12, defeating Nick Yelito of Moravian College, 6-3, 6-0, in thequarterfinals and West McCollum of Wilkes, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 in thesemifinals...five of his 19 singles matches went three sets--he was1-4 in matches decided in three sets, including three losses thatwent to a tiebreaker...in doubles, posted a 6-10 record with seniorCarl Caceres, a 1-0 mark with sophomore Jonathan Russo, and a 2-1record with sophomore Mike Pannone.

Freshman Year (2009-10: One of three players(junior Carl Caceres and fellow freshman Mike Pannone were theother two) to tie for the team-lead in singles's victories with14...his 14-7 overall record in singles included a 6-1 mark againstleague opponents, which earned him second-team all-LandmarkConference honors...tied senior Michael Arrighi for the team-leadin doubles's wins with 15...played 18 of his 20 doubles' matches atthe number one position...went 13-7 with senior Scott Melideo ashis partner and 2-0 with freshman Mike Pannone...won nine of thisfinal 10 matches, including a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Eliot Smego inScranton's 5-3 loss to Drew University in the championship match ofthe Landmark Conference tournament on Sunday, May 9, in Madison,New Jersey; also accounted for another point in the match, as heand partner Scott Melideo downed Raul and Eliot Smego, 9-8 (7-4),at the number one doubles...played a key role in the Royals' 8-0win over Moravian College in the semifinals of the Landmarktournament on Wednesday, May 5, at the Poly Hi Tennis Courts: in doubles, he and Melideo downed Ian Box and Doug Morrow, 8-3, andin singles, defeated Drew Shreter, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3...went 2-2 inmatches decided in three sets.

Awards & Honors
Landmark Conference Second-Team Doubles (2012)
Landmark Conference Second-Team Singles (2010, 2013)
Landmark Conference Player of the Week (April 22, 2013)
Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2011, 2012, 2013)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2012-13Senior

    5'9"
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