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2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster

Marco Bensley

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 150
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Highschool Stellenbosch HS

Biography

2014-15 (Junior)[Spring] … Missed most of season due to injury ... Went 3-0 in singles with two wins at No. 6 vs. opposition from Northern Colorado and UMKC and a No. 4 victory against McMurry ... Posted a 5-0 doubles record with Brad Gleason (2-0) and Paul Domanski (3-0) ... Beat teams from Cameron, Northern Colorado, Temple, McMurry and Jackson State ... [Fall] ... Competed at tournaments hosted by New Mexico State and Boise State ... Placed fifth in the White Draw of the Aggie Invitational, going 3-1 against individuals from GCU and NMSU ... Went 2-2 at Boise ... Placed seventh with Domanski in doubles at the Aggie Invitational and went 2-1 with Gleason at BSU with wins over Portland State and Montana.

2014-15 (Junior)[Spring] … Second on team to Nico Agritelley with 17 singles victories ... Went 2-2 vs. the Southland ... Posted a 4-4 record at No. 5 singles and 11-5 mark at No. 6 ... Recorded a five-match winning streak from April 12 to 25, which was snapped by teammate Gui Gesser in quarterfinals of the Ojai Valley Tournament, 1-6, 6-3, 1-6 ... Followed an early season three-match losing streak by winning 8 of 10 from Feb. 28 to March 21 ... Defeated opposition from Seattle, Incarnate Word, Liberty, UTPA, Northwest Missouri State, Omaha, McMurry and No. 9 Texas A&M during this stretch ... Defeated Texas A&M's Max Montague at No. 6, 6-3, 7-5 ... Went 11-11 in doubles (1-3 vs. SLC) with all but one of those matches played at No.  3 ... Recorded a 4-1 mark with Gesser, was 3-4 with Henry Adams and 4-6 with Paul Domanski ... [Fall] ... 7-5 singles player and 10-5 doubles competitor ... Winner of 2 of 3 matches at ACU's Walmart Open and won 3 of 4 contests at the Grand Canyon Invitational, losing in the finals of Flight 3 ... Placed fourth with Domanski at the New Mexico State Aggie Invitational ... Reached round of 16 with Domanski at ITA Regionals after upsetting the eighth seeded duo from UT San Antonio, 8-7 ... Won Walmart Open doubles championship alongside Brad Gleason after defeating a pair of teams from Dallas Baptist and University of the Southwest.

2013-14 (Sophomore): [Spring] … Second Team Southland Conference in singles … Second on team with 16 singles victories (16-9) and winner of five of six Southland Conference matches … Went 1-1 at No. 5 and 15-8 at No. 6 … Finished season with a 7-3 record over his last 10 matches … Recorded a 14-4 doubles record and was 5-1 against the conference … Was a perfect 6-0 (2-0 vs. Southland) at No. 3 doubles with Nicklas Wingord … Went 5-3 at No. 3 with Michael Morris and 2-1 with Jason Proctor … Won his lone doubles match at No. 3 with Nico Agritelley … Scored a pair of three-set wins in close team decisions against conference rivals Nicholls and Oral Roberts … Rallied from a set down to beat the Colonels’ Kieran Cronin, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 … Held off ORU’s Cole Guy, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 … [Fall] … Went 4-3 in singles and 2-4 in doubles … Reached semifinals of Flight 4 at the Tennessee-Chattanooga / Steve Baras Fall Classic … Placed fifth with Michael Morris in the White Draw at the New Mexico State Aggie Invitational.
 
2013 (Freshman): [Spring] … Joined Wildcats at semester break … Went 8-9 in singles and 8-6 at No. 3 doubles … Competed at No. 4, 5 and 6 singles … Partnered mostly with freshman Nicklas Wingord and went 3-3 … Won six of seven matches from Feb. 16 vs. Hardin-Simmons to March 24 vs. Texas-San Antonio … Won 3 of 4 matches that went to a third set … Defeated Luke Trautmann of No. 19 Incarnate Word in three sets and Austin Crawford of No. 31 Midwestern State, 7-6, 6-3 … Longest doubles winning streak lasted four matches from Feb. 16 to March 9 vs. Prairie View A&M … Winning streak snapped by team from fifth-ranked Hawai’i Pacific.
 
International Experience: Winner of several singles and doubles tournaments played in Cape Town, South Africa ... Ranked among top-10 players under 18 in 2012 ... No. 1 high school player in 2011 and 2012 ... Won the Wayne Ferreira Tournament with his high school team on three occasions ... Went undefeated in doubles for two years with partner Japie de Klerk.
 
Personal: Given name is Marco Bensley ... Born 19 March 1994 in Kuilsrivier, South Africa, where he still resides ... Son of Graeme and Elzanne ... 2012 graduate of Stellenbasch High School ... Played golf for his high school ... Studying agribusiness at ACU ... Father, Graeme, received track and field honors and once ran the 100-meter dash in 10.4 seconds.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2014-15Junior

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2015-16Senior

    5'10" 150 lbs