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2020-21 Men's Tennis Roster

Murkel Dellien

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Trinidad, Bolivia

Biography

Career - through Spring 2021
Singles - 77-36
Doubles - 68-39

Honors and Awards
NCAA Singles Championships - 2021
NCAA Doubles Championships Quarterfinalist - 2019
NCAA Doubles All-American- 2019
ITA All-Americans Doubles Main Draw - 2017
ITA Central Regional singles Semifinalist -2018
AAC Player of the Year - 2021
All-AAC (Singles) - 2021
All-AAC (Doubles)- 2019, 2021
Highest ITA Doubles Ranking - No. 5 (2019 Preseason)
Highest ITA Singles Ranking -
AD Honor Roll - Fall '18

2020-21 (R. Senior)
Spring: Singles// Went 14-2 in singles play at No. 1-3… won 13 in a row, starting with a win versus Texas Tech’s No. 115 Reed Collier, 6-4, 6-3… his highlight wins include ranked wins over No. 28 Pepperdine’s No. 52 Adrian Oetzbach, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, No. 24 Tulane’s Hamish Stewart, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), No. 9 UCF’s No. 4 Gabriel Decamps, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, No. 32 Memphis’ No. 60 James Story, 6-2, 6-3, and No. 20 Arizona State’s No. 84 Nathan Ponwith, 6-2, 6-2… his win versus Pepperdine’s Oetzbach clinched the win for the Shockers… Dellien was namced the American Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year after he went 6-0 in play against conference opponents, with all but two matches being at the No. 1 spot… Dellien received an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championships… Doubles// Went 10-5 with usual partner Marisu Frosa… 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: Started the fall strong being ranked No.5 in the country in the preseason rankings alongside fellow All-American Marius Frosa… went 3-0 and claimed the doubles flight B title at the Creighton Invitational with doubles partner Rafael Serra…won the Ralston Neufield Coaches Challenge doubles championship with Marius Frosa after going 4-0, defeating teams from Baylor, Arkansas, Princeton, and Mississippi State…in singles he claimed a runner-up finish in singles flight A at the Creighton invitational…finished fall with 6-3 singles record and 7-2 doubles record.
Spring: Spring: Singles/// Played all 13 of his singles matches in the one slot… finished season with eight wins… won five of his first seven matches… selected to compete for his home country of Bolivia in the Davis Cup… Doubles/// In his first season as a doubles All-American he played all of his doubles matches in the one slot alongside his longtime doubles partner Marius Frosa… finished season with eight wins… upset No. 10 Will Davies and Oliver Okonkwo of the Iowa Hawkeye, 6-4…before the season was cut short Dellien and Frosa 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: 
Compiled one of the more succesful fall seasons for a Shocker in recent history...Went 6-2 competing at ITA All-Americans and ITA Central Regional..Knocked off two ranked opponents (Ferran Calvo, No. 32) of Oklahoma and (Josh Goodger, No. 55) of Tulsa on his way to the semifinals of ITA Central Regional.. Became the first Shocker to reach the semifinals since Phil Cooper in 1993
Spring: Led the team in singles wins with 17...Finished 11-9 in dual action in flights one and two..Finished 6-3 in second slot...Knocked off No. 109 Mattia Ros of Denver on Jan. 19...Defeated No. 72 Tom Hands (6-4, 6-1) of Drake on March 24..Doubles// Paired with Marius Frosa 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..

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Fall: 
Went 3-3 in singles. Competed individually in ITA All-Americans, going 2-1. Defeated Tim Dollman of UAB 6-3, 6-3 and Alex Sendegeya of Texas Tech 7-6(8), 6-4.. only loss came against No. 73 Jackie Tang of Columbia in three sets..Took part in two Futures events, Laguna Niguel and Harlingen going 1-2////Doubles: Entered spring season ranked No. 27 in doubles with Marius Frosa... Teamed with Marius Frosa to become the second Shocker duo to reach main draw of ITA All-American Championships... Knocked off Stanford duo of Sameer Kumar and Michael Genender in first round, 7-6, 2-6, 1-0(4) before falling to eventual champion, No. 4 ranked Florida tandem of Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez
Spring:  Compiled a standout sophomore season, with a team leading 14 dual match victories. Put together a 16-9 singles record (14-8 in dual matches)......12-8 doubles record (11-7 in dual matches). Went 8-5 with Marius Frosa, all in the first flight. Was an impressive 12-5 in flight three in singles.

2016-17 (Freshman)
January transfer who improved as the season progressed...Went 16-6 in singles play, winning seven of his eight final matches...Anchored the back end of the lineup, going a combined 12-4 in the No. 5 and 6 flights...first Shocker victory came against Texas Tech's Pyry Hyrkkonen on Jan. 21, winning 7-6 (8-6), 6-4...Went 2-1 against MVC oppenents...Defeated Seward County CC's Przemek Zielinski, who was ranked No. 23 in JuCo, 6-2, 6-4...///// Doubles: overall record of 14-10...teamed with Marius Frosa in doubles play to lead team 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

Personal: Born Sept. 10, 1997...Parents are Hugo Sr. and Silvana...Has two brothers, older brother Hugo is in top-100 of ATP rankings...Business major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    6'3"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    6'3"
  • 2018-19Junior

    6'3"
  • 2019-20Senior

    6'3"
  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

    6'3"