Brandon Lancaster

Brandon Lancaster during the Cardinals match against UNC at Bass Rudd Tennis Center on April 14.

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Clement Filho, Federico Gomez, George Hedley, Brandon Lancaster and Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff

Brandon Lancaster returns the ball during the match against Xavier at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on February 21

Brandon Lancaster returns the ball versus Notre DameBrandon Lancaster

Brandon Lancaster during the Cardinals match with Austin Peay at Bass-Rudd Tennis Center on February 17.

MT: Brandon Lancaster returns the ball versus Wright State

MT: Brandon Lancaster returns the ball versus Wake Forest

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Height:
6-1
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
St. Xavier

As a senior (2018-19): Tallied nine singles wins in dual match action, playing primarily at No. 2… Clinched the Cards’ 4-0 sweep of No. 22 Miami with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Francisco Bastias at the two-spot…Posted a 7-4 singles record in the fall with wins against players from Tennessee Tech, Furman, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Louisiana Lafayette and Miami… Ranked No. 104 in the ITA singles rankings on Nov. 14… Tied for the team-lead with six doubles wins in the fall… Paired with George Hedley for a 5-1 doubles mark… The team of Lancaster and Hedley captured the Vanderbilt Commodore Scramble title and finished the fall season at No. 34 in the ITA doubles rankings.

As a junior (2017-18)): Tied for fourth on the team with 19 singles wins, holding a dual match record of 8-5 in singles, playing primarily at No. 5...Won the A1 Singles consolation draw at the Duke Bonk Invitational...Posted a career-high 10 doubles wins throughout the season with seven coming in dual matches at No. 2.

As a sophomore (2016-17): Second on the team with 31 singles wins… Finished the season second on the team with 20 dual match wins, playing mostly at Nos. 4 and 5… Put together a nine-match win streak during the spring season… Posted seven doubles wins with a 4-4 mark in dual matches

As a freshman (2015-16): Registered a team-best 23-14 overall singles record… Tallied 10 dual match singles wins playing mostly at Nos. 3, 4 and 5… Posted an 8-8 doubles mark with three dual match victories… Put together a seven-match win streak in singles… Reached the ITA Ohio Valley Regional quarterfinals in singles… Named Commodore Scramble Champion after posting a 4-0 record in the tournament… Advanced to the singles semifinals of the Purdue Fall Invitational… Paired with Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff to reach the finals of the Louisville Winter Invitational… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the spring.

High School/Juniors: Played for four-time state champion St. Xavier High School… Won back-to-back state titles in singles (2014 and 2015)…. Earned All-America honors in 2014… Posted a runner-up finish in the 2013 state championship… Earned a fourth place finish at the USA Regional and was a quarterfinalist in the Southern USA Closed championship (16 and under)… Reached consolation semifinals of the Fall Southern Championship, the consolation quarterfinals of the Southern USA Closed Championship (18 and under)… Advanced to the fourth round of the USA Nationals consolation draw. Throughout his junior career, posted singles wins over several players ranked in the top 50 according to Tennisrecruiting.net .

Personal: Full name is Brandon Graeme Lancaster… Son of Kerry and Donna Lancaster… Birthdate is February 26, 1997… Has a brother, Jacks and a sister, Mia… Majoring in finance… Post college ambition is to get a job in business… Greatest challenge he’s had to overcome was doing ‘Fun Fridays’ for lifting… Favorite tennis player Novak Djokovic… Best player he has faced was Alfredo Perez in the national hard court championships – he won 6-4, 6-4… He started playing tennis when he was six years old… His father coached him in high school… Hobbies include playing disc golf… Greatest accomplishment in tennis was winning the Commodore Scramble.