2013-14 Men's Tennis Roster
Robert Lightbourn
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 158
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Nassau, Bahamas
- High School:
- The Hotchkiss School
2013-14: The Wildcats' No. 1 singles player most of senior season, playing 20 of 23 matches there ... earned all four wins at the top spot to go with two league wins as well ... played in four three set matches, win two of them against Mercer (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) and The Citadel (4-6, 6-4, 7-5) ... closed career out with 20 singles wins during four years ... played all three doubles positions going 4-13, with a 2-8 record in league matches ... ended career with 15 doubles victories ... saw action in three of the Wildcats' four Fall events ... teamed with Evan Watkins at the UNC Wilmington Invite to win a doubles match ... registered 12 points in doubles action at the Jeff Frank Invitational ... went 1-1 in singles play on first day, with the win coming against UNC Asheville on a three set decision ... also participated in the Jim Causey Invite.
2012-13: Honored with the team's Mike Derian Attitude Award as a junior ... saw action in 17 singles matches and played in 12 doubles matches ... went 6-11 in singles play, getting three of those wins in SoCon (3-7) ... had a 5-6 record at No. 4 singles, while going 1-5 at No. 3 ... teamed with Nicky Kunz in doubles, collecting six of the seven wins at No. 3 position ... won all five of three-set matches out of six ... three of the wins came at home ... opened season in doubles action winning five of first seven matches, getting four of the wins at home ... closed regular season with 8-4 and 9-8 wins against UNCG and Furman ... started 2012 Fall season with a singles title at No. 4 during Davidson's Jim Causey Invite, going 3-0 ... also picked up the No. 4 doubles title with Alex Howard, and also scored an 8-7 doubles win vs. ASU with Robert Irigoyen Berlanga ... competed at the Wake Forest invite, scoring a singles win.
2011-12: Awarded the team's Harry Fogleman Coach's Award during sophomore campaign ... a regular in the singles rotation, went an even 10-10 ... added another four wins in doubles action (4-3), with two of them coming against the SoCon ... sported a 6-4 singles mark in league matches ... registered first career singles and doubles wins at home against Wingate with an 8-2 triumph in doubles and a solid 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 5 singles ... all 10 singles wins came at No. 5, going 10-8 on the year ... had a four-match win streak in singles action, with three of the four wins coming at home against The Citadel, Winthrop and Appalachian State ... won three three-set singles matches during the season ... opened the Spring season winning first four doubles matches ... scored three of those wins with partner Kevin Moore ... earned first collegiate SoCon doubles win at UNCG, an 8-2 triumph at No. 3 ... four times won both singles and doubles matches in the same match ... during Fall campaign, earned an opening-round singles win at the Tennessee Invite ... teamed with Nicky Kunz to win the Flight 4 doubles title at the Jeff Frank Invitational ... competed in the Crimson Tide Fall Championship and scored a first-match win over Southern Mississippi player ... also scored a doubles victory with Connor Evins.
2010-11: Played in two matches during freshman season ... was the Wildcats' No. 6 singles player vs. Winthrop and teamed with Kevin Moore at No. 3 doubles ... first career SoCon match was against Appalachian State, taking a 7-6, 6-3 defeat ... in Fall of 2010, competed in both the Jeff Frank Invite and the Jim Causey Invite hosted by Davidson ... netted an 8-5 doubles win with Connor Evins in doubles at the Causey Invite.
Prep and personal: Played No. 1-3 singles positions and No. 1 doubles during prep career ... All-Founders League in the 2008 and 2009 season ... Bahamas Junior National's winner in 2009 ... 2008 and 2010 New England Prep School Tennis Champions (team) ... won the team's Barker Award during junior and senior years ... went 16-3 in singles and 18-4 in doubles during senior prep career ... finished career 65-12 in singles, while going 58-14 in doubles action ... led team to an undefeated season and won the New England prep school championship.
Career Year-by-Year Records
2011: 0-2 (0-1 SoCon) Singles (#6), 0-1 (0-0 SoCon) Doubles (#3)
2012: 10-10 (6-4 SoCon) Singles (#4-6), 4-3 (2-3 SoCon) Doubles (#2,3)
2013: 6-11 (3-7 SoCon) Singles (#3,4), 7-5 (4-2 SoCon) Doubles (#1,3)
2014: 4-19 (2-8 SoCon) Singles (#1,2), 4-13 (2-8 SoCon) Doubles (#1-3)
Overall Record: 20-42 (11-20 SoCon) Singles, 15-22 (8-13 SoCon) Doubles
