{"id":828606,"date":"2026-07-27T05:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/828606\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T05:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:37:10","slug":"rodrigo-santiago-arraez-2026-27-mens-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/828606\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrigo Santiago Arraez &#8211; 2026-27 &#8211; Men&#8217;s Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2024-25 (So.)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tEarned a No. 13 ITA Atlantic Region singles ranking&#13;<br \/>\n\tNamed the Conference USA Athlete of the Week on April 2&#13;<br \/>\n\tCollected a team-leading 18-10 overall singles record&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn the fall, earned a 3-4 singles mark and a 1-5 doubles record&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn the spring, led the team with a 15-6 singles record&#13;<br \/>\n\tPlayed the majority of his matches in the No. 4 singles position with a 10-4 record. Held a 4-1 record at No. 3 singles and a 1-1 mark in the No. 5 slot&#13;<br \/>\n\tWon his first match of the spring with a 6-2, 7-5 triumph in the No. 3 position over Richmond\u2019s Otto Sewell&#13;<br \/>\n\tFinished the year with an eight\u2014match singles winning streak, all in the No. 4 singles slot&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn consecutive matches in the No. 4 position, topped No. 70 FAU\u2019s Jan Kusy 6-1, 6-3, and bested No. 24 South Florida\u2019s Ettore Danesi 6-2, 3-6, 7-5&#13;<br \/>\n\tIncluded on the CUSA Commissioner\u2019s Academic Honor Roll&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n2023-24 (Fr.)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tRecorded a spring record of 12-5 in singles (did not play in the fall, joined Liberty in Jan.)&#13;<br \/>\n\tPosted first career victory in the season opener against No. 1 Virginia\u2019s Douglas Yaffa at the No. 6 position&#13;<br \/>\n\tCarried a ten-match singles win streak (Jan. 13-March 20) to start Liberty career&#13;<br \/>\n\tWent 5-3 in singles matches against opponents on ranked teams&#13;<br \/>\n\tWon singles match against North Alabama in the first round of the 2024 UTR Sports NIT Championship, besting Nazar Fedoryshyn 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 4 spot&#13;<br \/>\n\tPlayed matches in the bottom half of the lineup, going 2-1 at No. 4, 6-4 as No. 5, and 4-0 from No. 6&#13;<br \/>\n\tAppeared in three doubles matches at the No. 3 slot&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nPrep<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tGraduate of Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai, Calif.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCompeted in prestigious events, including Newport Beach PTT and reached the Round of 16 of the Olaj Men\u2019s Open&#13;<br \/>\n\tCompeted against top competition, including Alexei Nesterov (ITF No. 1221), Joseph Corse (ITF No. 1196) and Evan Van Loben Sels (ITF No. 1387)&#13;<br \/>\n\tDuring junior year, finished second in Madrid Under 18&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nPersonal <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSon of Concepci\u00f3n Arraez Garrido and Jose Ramon Santiago Falero&#13;<br \/>\n\tIntends to major in exercise science&#13;<br \/>\n\tBirthday is July 27&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nStudent-Athlete Q&amp;A<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWhat made Liberty University the right place for you to attend college\/compete at the collegiate level?<br \/>\nLiberty University is the right place because of the resources available to me.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2024-25 (So.) &#13; Earned a No. 13 ITA Atlantic Region singles ranking&#13; Named the Conference USA Athlete of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-828606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}