University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2016-17 Men's Tennis Roster
Eric Perez
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Center Valley, Pa.
- High School:
- Southern Lehigh
- Prev School:
- LSU
• 2017 Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference (doubles)
• 2016 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference (doubles)
2016-17 (Senior): Posted a 9-12 record in singles play and was 13-11 overall in doubles ... teamed with Coleman Wahlborg to earn second-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in doubles ... duo posted an 11-11 record in overall matches and was 9-8 in dual matches ... played the majority of matches at No. 1 doubles, posting a 5-6 record ... was 4-2 overall at No. 2 doubles ... began the season with a 7-5, 6-3 win over the team of Tristan Meraut and Lukas Finzelberg of Oklahoma State at the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic ... opened dual match play at No. 2 doubles with a 6-4 win over Terrell and Terrance Whitehurst of No. 27-ranked Florida State ... earned a 6-1 win over Zackery Kennedy and Jannis Koeke of No. 30-ranked Georgia State ... picked up a 7-6 (10-6) win over Brown's No. 1 doubles team of Anthony Arocho and Peter Tarwid ... claimed a 6-4 victory over Rice's No. 1 doubles tandem of Tommy Bennett and Emanuel Llmas ... finished 6-6 overall in singles matches during the spring, capped by a 6-3, 6-4 win over Caleb Dyer of Incarnate Word.
2015-16 (Junior): Transferred to Louisiana and teamed with Edgar Lopez in earning first-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in doubles ... posted a 17-7 record in doubles play, going 10-6 at No. 1, 7-0 at No. 2 and 0-1 at No. 3 ... duo earned wins in 14 of final 16 decisions on the season ... posted a 10-10 record in singles play with majority of matches played at No. 5 ... went 7-8 at No. 5 singles and was 3-1 at No. 6 ... rallied from a set down at No. 6 to defeat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Arthur Bedel, 6-7 (6-7), 6-2, 6-3 ... playing at No. 5, earned a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory ovdr Drew Wendel of Kennesaw State.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Recorded a 7-4 record in singles play and a 19-14 mark in doubles action for the Tigers ... was a perfect 3-0 at No. 6 singles during the spring, claiming all matches in straight sets ... was 13-4 overall in dual play and 5-4 in SEC matches ... teamed with Tam Trinh to reach the semifinals of the 2014 ITA Southern Regional in Auburn, Ala. ... paired with Trinh to go 5-0 at No. 1 doubles during the spring, highlighted by wins over Diego Acosta and Ricky Medinilla of No. 49-ranked Purdue and Dominik Koepfer and Chi-Shan Jao of No. 51 Tulane ... helped earn a 6-2 win over Bartosz Sawicki and Luis Valero of No. 56 Tennessee at No. 2 doubles ...
2013-14 (Redshirt Freshman): Emerged as a doubles contributor during his redshirt freshman season … entered the doubles rankings in January with Tam Trinh at No. 46 after going 6-0 in tournament play … competed in all tournaments and 27 of 28 dual matches for the Tigers … Clinched the match against No. 36 South Carolina with an 8-6 doubles victory on court 1 with Trinh over Chip Cox and Tsvetan Mihov … went 11-8 in doubles with Trinh and 4-2 with partner Andrew Korinek … competed in two dual matches as a singles player, and split those matches going 1-1 on court 6 … clinched the match against Alcorn State with a 6-3, 6-3 singles victory on court 6 over Garry Singh Amor.
2012-13 (Freshman): Did not compete.
High School: Won district singles sophomore, junior, and senior year ... Won districts in doubles freshman year ... Won level 5 in singles and doubles.
Personal: The son of Fernando and Beth Perez ... father played tennis at LSU in the 1980's ... mother was a gymnast for LSU ... has an older brother, Fernando, and an older sister, Michelle.
CAREER MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS
2016-17
2015-16
• 2016 First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference (doubles)
2016-17 (Senior): Posted a 9-12 record in singles play and was 13-11 overall in doubles ... teamed with Coleman Wahlborg to earn second-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in doubles ... duo posted an 11-11 record in overall matches and was 9-8 in dual matches ... played the majority of matches at No. 1 doubles, posting a 5-6 record ... was 4-2 overall at No. 2 doubles ... began the season with a 7-5, 6-3 win over the team of Tristan Meraut and Lukas Finzelberg of Oklahoma State at the John Breaux Cajun Tennis Classic ... opened dual match play at No. 2 doubles with a 6-4 win over Terrell and Terrance Whitehurst of No. 27-ranked Florida State ... earned a 6-1 win over Zackery Kennedy and Jannis Koeke of No. 30-ranked Georgia State ... picked up a 7-6 (10-6) win over Brown's No. 1 doubles team of Anthony Arocho and Peter Tarwid ... claimed a 6-4 victory over Rice's No. 1 doubles tandem of Tommy Bennett and Emanuel Llmas ... finished 6-6 overall in singles matches during the spring, capped by a 6-3, 6-4 win over Caleb Dyer of Incarnate Word.
2015-16 (Junior): Transferred to Louisiana and teamed with Edgar Lopez in earning first-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in doubles ... posted a 17-7 record in doubles play, going 10-6 at No. 1, 7-0 at No. 2 and 0-1 at No. 3 ... duo earned wins in 14 of final 16 decisions on the season ... posted a 10-10 record in singles play with majority of matches played at No. 5 ... went 7-8 at No. 5 singles and was 3-1 at No. 6 ... rallied from a set down at No. 6 to defeat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Arthur Bedel, 6-7 (6-7), 6-2, 6-3 ... playing at No. 5, earned a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory ovdr Drew Wendel of Kennesaw State.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Recorded a 7-4 record in singles play and a 19-14 mark in doubles action for the Tigers ... was a perfect 3-0 at No. 6 singles during the spring, claiming all matches in straight sets ... was 13-4 overall in dual play and 5-4 in SEC matches ... teamed with Tam Trinh to reach the semifinals of the 2014 ITA Southern Regional in Auburn, Ala. ... paired with Trinh to go 5-0 at No. 1 doubles during the spring, highlighted by wins over Diego Acosta and Ricky Medinilla of No. 49-ranked Purdue and Dominik Koepfer and Chi-Shan Jao of No. 51 Tulane ... helped earn a 6-2 win over Bartosz Sawicki and Luis Valero of No. 56 Tennessee at No. 2 doubles ...
2013-14 (Redshirt Freshman): Emerged as a doubles contributor during his redshirt freshman season … entered the doubles rankings in January with Tam Trinh at No. 46 after going 6-0 in tournament play … competed in all tournaments and 27 of 28 dual matches for the Tigers … Clinched the match against No. 36 South Carolina with an 8-6 doubles victory on court 1 with Trinh over Chip Cox and Tsvetan Mihov … went 11-8 in doubles with Trinh and 4-2 with partner Andrew Korinek … competed in two dual matches as a singles player, and split those matches going 1-1 on court 6 … clinched the match against Alcorn State with a 6-3, 6-3 singles victory on court 6 over Garry Singh Amor.
2012-13 (Freshman): Did not compete.
High School: Won district singles sophomore, junior, and senior year ... Won districts in doubles freshman year ... Won level 5 in singles and doubles.
Personal: The son of Fernando and Beth Perez ... father played tennis at LSU in the 1980's ... mother was a gymnast for LSU ... has an older brother, Fernando, and an older sister, Michelle.
CAREER MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS
2016-17
2015-16
Friday, June 12
Tuesday, May 19
Tuesday, May 12
Monday, May 11
