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Butler University Athletics

2014-15 Men's Tennis

Sam O'Neill

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  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bali, Indonesia
  • Highschool St. Peter's School

Biography

Match-By-Match Results

2014-15 - Senior Season: Moved up and down the lineup throughout the year to end the season with a 12-21 overall record in singles competition... Struggled during early season fall tournaments with a 1-10 record, but came back strong in dual match action to post a .500 record at 11-11... Tallied a 3-3 record against BIG EAST opponents... Went 1-2 at No. 1, 4-3 at No. 2, 4-6 at No. 3, 1-0 at No. 4 and 1-0 at No. 5... Solid doubles player that ended the year with an 18-11 overall record... Posted a 13-5 record in dual matches and a 5-6 mark in early season fall tournaments... Found success vs. BIG EAST foes in doubles competition by posting a 4-1 record... Lone singles win during fall tournament action came in the backdraw of the Louisville Invite with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Adam Drysdale of West Alabama... Came out on top in the season opener with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Mirko Radosevic of Cleveland State at No. 5... First BIG EAST win of the season came against DePaul with O'Neill defeating Sten Leusink 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 at No. 2... Held on for a tough 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 10-5 win against Charlie Emhardt of Valpo at No. 3... Moved back up to No. 2 singles to defeat Chris Seitz of Villanova (6-4, 1-6, 6-3) and Vukasin Teofanovic of Marquette (6-3, 2-6, 6-3)... Picked up a 5-7, 7-5, 6-0 win against Sabastian Penaloza of Morehead State... Final singles win of the season came 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 over Jac Newis of IUPUI... Spent the fall tournament season playing alongside Billy Weldon... The duo defeated teams from Western Michigan, Dayton, DePaul and Campbellsville... Put together a three-match winning streak on two different occasions while playing with Weldon in dual match competition... Won 6-1 at Toledo, 8-5 vs. The Citadel and 8-3 at Indianapolis all at No. 2 doubles... Second streak featured victories over Green Bay (6-4), Western Michigan (6-2) and Central Florida (7-6)... Finished the year on a high note by winning five of his final six doubles matches with one "unfinished" outcome vs. Creighton.... Won 8-4 at No. 1 over Eastern Kentucky and 8-6 at No. 1 vs. IUPUI... After the unfinished match, O'Neill paired with Weldon one final time to defeat Xavier at No. 1 8-4... He played with Tommy Marx in BIG EAST Tournament action to rack up wins over Xavier (8-7) and Villanova (6-4) at No. 3.

2013-14 - Junior Season: Posted a 13-17 overall record in singles competition... Recorded six wins during dual play and seven wins in tournament action... Finished 1-2 vs. BIG EAST foes... Played better at No. 2 singles during dual play with a 4-5 record compared to a 2-8 mark at No. 3... Started tournament play off strong with a pair of wins against Youngstown State and Valparaiso... Notched wins over DePaul and Chicago at the Purdue Invite... Final tournament wins came against competition from UIndy and IUPUI... Won three of his first four singles matches of the year at No. 2 during dual play... Tallied wins over Youngstown State, Dayton and Bradley... Lone win during the month of March came vs. Eric Bruynseels of DePauw... Defeated conference foe Jake Norman of Creighton 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 at No. 3 singles... Final singles win came at the No. 2 spot over Kelly Donaldson of Villanova... Strong doubles player that posted a 14-12 overall record... Went 11-7 in dual action and 3-5 in tournament formats... Ended 0-3 vs. BIG EAST competition in doubles play... Posted an 8-6 mark while playing at No. 1 doubles... Went 3-1 at No. 2... First two double wins in tournament play came alongside Tommy Marx with the third playing with Billy Weldon... Knocked off St. Louis 8-4 and Valparaiso 8-4 with Marx while dominating IPFW 8-2 with Weldon as a partner... First doubles dual win came with Brandon Woods vs. Youngstown State... Won three-straight matches at No. 1 playing with Weldon after defeating Valparaiso, Bradley and ASA... Took down Toledo 8-6 with Weldon and IUPUI 8-4... Moved to No. 2 doubles with Woods to defeat DePauw 8-3... Stayed at No. 2 doubles to play with Tommy Marx against Duquense and IPFW... Defeated each team by the final score of 8-6... Final two double wins of the year came with Weldon as a partner at the No. 1 spot vs. Xavier and Villanova.

2012-13 - Sophomore Season: Ended the year with an overall record of 12-17... Posted a 7-13 record playing in multiple spots throughout the lineup during the regular season... Went 4-6 at No. 4 Singles, 2-3 at No. 3, 1-3 at No. 5 and 0-1 at No. 2... First Singles win of the year came Toledo (1/13) 6-4, 6-4 at No. 5 Singles... Posted four-straight wins, primarily at No. 4 Singles with victories over Dayton (2/22), Northern Illinois (3/2), IUPUI (3/3) and Ball State (3/21)... Final Singles win of the year came vs. Cleveland State (4/20) 7-5, 3-6, 10-5... Teamed with Brandon Woods to form one of the top Doubles tandems on the team... Posted a 6-7 overall record alongside Woods with a 5-4 record at No. 3 Doubles... Went 1-1 at No. 2 and 0-2 at No. 1... Won 6-of-8 Doubles matches during the month of February.

2011-12 - Freshman Season: Amassed a 2-5 record in league play... Played the majority of his matches at No. 6 singles... Saw action at No. 5 singles and No. 3 doubles... Went 1-2 in conference at doubles... Won four straight doubles matches between Oct. 16 and Oct. 20, including wins over Tennessee and Vanderbilt.

High School: Ranked in the top 5 in the state and top 30 nationally in New Zealand... Held an ITF Junior world ranking... Led team to a national title in 2009 and a runner-up finish in 2010... Played in the 2009 Tour of France.

Personal: Son of Martin O'Neill and Julie Lawrence... Sisters are Emma and Zoe... Finance major.

 

Season Singles Doubles
2011-12 6-22 11-25
2012-1312-17

8-14

2013-1413-17

14-12

2014-1512-21

18-11

TOTAL 43-77

51-62

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Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

  • 2012-13Sophomore

  • 2013-14Junior

  • 2014-15Senior

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