2021-2022 Men's Tennis Roster

Will Davies

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Norwich, England
  • High School Culford School
  • Prev School Iowa

Biography

GRADUATE (2021-22)

  • WCC All-Academic First Team
  • All-WCC Honorable Mention (Doubles)
  • WCC All-Academic First Team
  • USD Athletics Newcomer of the Year
  • 20-6 (3-0 WCC) overall record in singles play, including 12-2 in dual matches
  • Led the team in doubles wins, ending 24-7 overall (16-4 in dual matches)


BEFORE USD [at Iowa]:

Spring 2021 — 
Team’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree… qualified for the 2021 NCAA Championships Doubles Tournament with partner Oliver Okonkwo… became the seventh doubles team at Iowa, and first in 32 seasons, to compete at the NCAA Championships… Okonkwo/Davies ascended as high as No. 2 in the national rankings, marking the highest ranking ever for an Iowa doubles team, and finished the season ranked No. 29… registered 12 doubles victories, including 10 with Okonkwo… went 4-2 against ranked doubles opponents including bouncing the No. 14 (Illinois) and No. 7 (Northwestern) ranked teams in consecutive matches… won first eight doubles decisions of the season… won nine singles matches, winning seven matches on court four… won seven of eight singles matches over a one-month stretch between Feb. 19-March 19… letterwinner.

Spring 2020 — Second-Team All-Big Ten honoree… Iowa Men’s Tennis Big Ten Sportsmanship Award selection… won a team-best 13 singles matches, going 1-0 at No. 3 and 12-1 at No. 4… ended the season riding a career-best 12-match win streak (Jan. 18 – March 8)… ranked as high as No. 10 nationally, a program best, in doubles with partner Oliver Okonkwo… won six doubles matches at No. 1, including two against ranked opponents, before the season was canceled by the Big Ten Conference and NCAA on March 12, due to concerns of coronavirus (COVID-19)… Spring Semester Dean’s List honoree… letterwinner.

Fall 2019 – Partnered with Oliver Okonkwo to become first Hawkeye doubles team in 20 years to qualify for the ITA Fall National Championships … Davies/Okonkwo posted a 6-2 record to qualify for the national tournament… registered the best win in school history over the No. 6 team from Columbia (7-5, 6-2)… won four consecutive ITA Central Regionals doubles matches to become first Hawkeye duo in more than three decades to finish as doubles finalists at the ITA Central Regional Championships.

Spring 2019 – Won a team-best 19 singles matches, tying for ninth all-time in spring singles wins in program history… went 8-2 on court four and 11-4 at No. 5… partnered with Oliver Okonkwo in doubles, going 16-6 on courts one and two combined… won 16 doubles matches, including a team-best six Big Ten wins, which ties for sixth all-time at Iowa in doubles wins in the spring… won three matches over ranked opponents, including a program-best win over No. 8 Nemeth/De La Basse of Penn State… Davies/Okonkwo were ranked as high as No. 58 nationally… letterwinner.

Fall 2018 — Won nine singles matches and six doubles matches… knocked off No. 101 Alexandre Ribeiro of Virginia Tech in straight sets… advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Singles Championships and finals in the Big Ten Doubles Championships with partner Oliver Okonkwo.

Spring 2018 — Ranked as high as No. 40 in the country in doubles with partner and classmate Piotr Smietana… won 18 doubles matches, including a season-best 11 consecutive matches between Jan. 29-March 18… registered two wins over nationally-ranked opponents: No. 16 Laurent/Clissold (Oregon) and No. 68 Bennett/Raupuk (Purdue)… won 16 singles matches, playing mainly at No. 5 (4-3) and No. 6 (9-6)… won a season-best eight consecutive singles matches between Feb. 11-March 18… letterwinner.

Fall 2017 — Advanced to the Big Ten Indoor Championships finals with classmate Piotr Smietana… Davies/Smietana won three straight doubles matches to reach the championship match at the Big Ten Indoor Championships… won three singles matches.

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