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2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster

Marius Frosa

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Galati, Romania

Biography

Career - through Spring 2021
Singles - 71-49
Doubles - 65-41

Honors and Awards
NCAA Doubles Championships Quarterfinalist - 2019
NCAA Doubles All-American- 2019
ITA All-Americans Doubles Main Draw - 2017
ITA All-Americans Singles Main Draw - 2017
ITA Central Regional singles Quarterfinalist -2017
Highest ITA Doubles Ranking - No. 5 (2019 Preseason)
All-AAC (Doubles)- 2019
All-MVC - 2017
AD Honor Roll - Fall '17, Spring '18, Fall '18, Spring '19
ITA Scholar-Athlete - 2018-19

2020-21 (R. Senior)
Spring: Singles// Went 12-7 in singles, playing at No. 1 and 2… beat Texas Tech’s No. 37 Parker Wynn, 7-6 (9-7), 6-1… beat No. 45 Denver’s James Davis, 6-2, 6-2… beat No. 9 UCF’s Alan Rubio, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8… in his final match as a Shocker, Frosa beat No. 20 Arizona State’s Makey Rakotomalala, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2, in the NCAA Tournament to tie the match at 3-3… Doubles// Went 12-7 with partners Zach Gueber and Ray Lo to begin the season and then reunited with Murkel Dellien once he cleared COVID protocols… they started the season ranked No. 32 in the preseason rankings… they beat No. 9 UCF’s No. 29 Trey Hilderbrand/Bogdan Pavel, 6-3… in their last match together, the duo won in the NCAA Tournament versus No. 20 Arizona State’s Makey Rakotomalala/Tim Ruehl, 6-2… named as the eighth alternates for the NCAA Doubles Championships.
 
2019-20 (Senior)
Fall: Began the fall on a high note being ranked No. 5 in doubles alongside fellow All-American Murkel Dellien in the preseason ITA rankings…picked up picked up two wins in the singles qualifying draw at the ITA All-American Championships including a big victory over No. 93 Stefan Milicevic of Minnesota, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2…won the Ralston Neufield Coaches Challenge doubles championship with Murkel Dellien after going 4-0, defeating teams from Baylor, Arkansas, Princeton, and Mississippi State…finished fall with 4-4 singles record and 4-3 doubles record.
Spring: Singles/// Competed in twelve singles matches split between slots three, four and five… led the team with 10 wins… named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on February 18 after going a combined 4-0 and winning his two singles matches by a combined score of 24-10… before the 2020 season came to an abrupt end Frosa was on a six match win streak… Doubles/// In his first season as a doubles All-American he played all but one of his doubles matches in the one slot alongside his longtime doubles partner Murkel Dellien… finished season with nine wins… upset No. 10 Will Davies and Oliver Okonkwo of the Iowa Hawkeye, 6-4…before the season was cut short Frosa and Dellien were just beginning to catch fire as they finished the season on a six-match win streak… climbed as high as No. 27 in the ITA doubles rankings.   
  

2018-19 (Junior)
Fall: 
Went 2-4 in fall action, competing at ITA All-Americans and ITA Central Regional...knocked off Oklahoma’s StefanTsorotiotis and Jonas Larsen of Iowa at Central Regional..Fell to No.
124 Bo Boyden of North Carolina (7-6(3), 6-2)/// Went 0-2 in doubleswith Eddie Stoica
Spring: Competed mainly in flight three for the Shockers... Went 11-11 in dual play... Clinched win over Middle Tennessee State with 5-7, 7-6(6), 6-1 win over Max Rauch on Feb. 4.. Knocked off Jeremy Taylor of No. 50 Memphis on March 12 (5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) to clinch the 4-3 win on March 12...Reeled off four straight wins from March 24 to April 7...Doubles/// Paired with Murkel Dellien to go 11-2 (9-1 in dual play)...Won nine-straight matches from March 17 to April 8... Collected wins over five ranked opponents...Defeated No. 26 Keist/Christoforou of Charlotte on March 17.. Rallied past No. 30 David Stevenson and Oscar Cutting of Memphis on March 23... Lone losses came to No. 18 Trey Hildebrand/Bogdan Pavel of UCF and No. 11 Mazen Osama/Patrick Kaukovalta... Received at-large to NCAA Doubles Championships in Orlando.. Became eighth Shocker duo to reach NCAA Championships.. Joined 1983 duo Paul Smith and Roberto Saad as Doubles All-Americans.. Became second duo in Shocker history to reach quarterfinals of NCAA Championships...Defeated No. 25 Alex Bakshi/Stefano Tsorotiotis of OU and No. 34 Ryan Seggerman and Payton Holden of Princeton..Was named ITA Scholar-Athlete for 2018-19 season..

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Fall- Finished with one of the best fall seasons to date for Wichita State.... Was 8-4 record in three tournaments...Advanced to main draw of ITA All-Americans, including upset over No. 83 Felix Corwin of Minnesota...Finished 3-2 with both losses to ranked opponents...Compiled a 4-1 record at ITA Central Regional, including a spot in the quarterfinals...Second Shocker in school history to reach main draw of ITA All-Americans..Doubles///: Competed in main draw of ITA All-Americans with Murkel Dellien...Went 1-1, knocking of Stanford duo of Kumar/Genender in first round..Lost to eventual champion, No. 4 Ingildsen/Perez of Florida in tiebreaker..First Shocker duo since 2011 (David Cavalcanti and Matheus Periera) to reach the main draw of ITA All-Americans and first duo in over 25 years to be selected as an at-large in main draw....Reached Quarterfinals of ITA Central Regional with Eddie Stoica... Knocked off No. 25 Julian Cash/Luke Hammond, Jesse Sprinkel and Jackson Allen of Minnesota before losing 8-7 to OU's Jochen Bertsch and Adrian Oetzbach..
Spring- Singles/// Competed mostly in flight two for the Shockers....Defeated Dan Martin (#119) of No. 22 Dartmouth in straight sets (7-6(7), 6-4). Picked up a win over USF's Grayson Goldin (7-6(4), 7-5) at the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Dallas..Finished 16-16 on the season.Doubles//// Went 8-5 in dual action with Murkel Dellien (9-6 overall) primarily in the first flight..

2016-17 (Freshman)
All-MVC selection...Went 16-6 in singles play after joining the team in January...Started in the fifth flight but worked his way up to higher flights, and had a winning record in four different flights...First singles win as a Shocker came against Tulsa's Dominic Bechard on Jan. 12, winning 6-1, 4-6, 6-4...Defeated Seward CC's No. 5-ranked (JuCo ranks) Carlos Anez 6-2, 6-4 on March 25...Was 2-0 in MVC Play... ///// Doubles: went 13-8 in doubles with five different partners...Teamed with Murkel Dellien to lead the team in doubles wins with an 11-4 record, primarily in the second flight...Upset No. 58 Jhonathan Gonzalez and Mauricio Del Rio (UT Arlington) 6-2 on March 25...Went 2-0 when playing in the top flight.

Personal: Born Jan. 21, 1996 in Galati, Romania...Parents are Cristina and Nedelcu...Favorite athlete is Roger Federer...majoring in sport management.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2017-18Junior

    6'1"
  • 2018-19Junior

    6'1"
  • 2019-20Senior

    6'1"
  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

    6'1"