Biography
2015-16 Season (Junior): Went 14-6 in the spring season … Earned First Team All-WAC Singles honors … won his third straight match after defeating Chicago State’s Felix Savard 6-1, 6-3 (4/8) … beat Laredo Community College’s Osni Junior 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 (3/31) … defeated Seattle U’s Ian Clare 7-5, 6-1 (3/26) … picked up a 4-6, 6-3, 10-4 over Grand Canyon’s Mitch Maroscher (3/24) … beat Nicholls’ Oleksander Podgursky 6-2, 6-3 (3/14) … picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win over UTSA’s Diogo Casa (3/4) … won his third straight match after defeating St. Edwards’ Charlie Shin 6-3, 6-0 (2/28) … recorded a 6-1, 6-0 win over St. Mary’s Michael Maciel (2/26) … beat Our Lady of the Lake’s Ross Marzetti 6-2, 6-2 (2/21) … picked up a 7-6, 6-4 win over Lamar’s Michael Feucht (2/7) … beat Prairie View A&M’s Christian Waldron 6-2, 7-5 (2/5) … defeated Texas A&M’s Aleksandre Bakshi 7-6, 3-6, 10-7 (2/5) … beat Concordia’s Gabriel Borunda 6-3, 6-2 (1/29) … got season started with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over UMBC’s Justin Carter (1/20) … In doubles, went 9-12 after teaming with Elliot Johnstone, Koby Jansen and Yehonatan Kaufman … teamed with Jansen to defeat Seattle’s Tanner Berkabile and Matt Alderson 6-2 (3/26) … partnered with Jansen to beat Nicholls’ Oleksander Podgursky and Kieran Cronin 6-3 (3/14) … partnered with Jansen to beat South Alabama’s Gruindelingh and Gingras 6-3 (3/5) … with Jansen, defeated St. Edwards’ Charlie Shin and Ricardo Pineda 6-3 (2/28) … teamed with Jansen to pick up a 6-3 win over St. Mary’s Adam Dockery and Brien Galon (2/26) … partnered with Kaufman to beat Our Lady of the Lake’s Fernando Pegas and Mathias Rocha 9-8 (2/21) … teamed with Kaufman to pick up a 6-3 win over Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Nikita Lis 6-3 (2/7) … partnered with Kaufman to defeat Prairie View A&M’s Christian Waldron and Sergio Avella 7-5 (2/5) … teamed with Jansen to pick up a 6-3 win over Concordia’s Gabriel Borunda and Jack Proctor (1/29) … Went 6-4 in singles and 8-3 in doubles during the fall tournament season … defeated SMU’s Alex Reinke 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the ITA Texas Regional … picked up a pair of wins at the Ron Wesbrooks Invitational after defeating Lamar’s Benny Schweizer 6-4, 6-4 and Jeandre Hoogenboezem 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 … recorded three victories at the Rice Invitational after defeating Portland’s Pierre Garcia 6-2, 7-5, Incarnate Word’s Josip Smoljan 6-1, 6-3 and Lamar’s Nikita Lis 6-1, 7-6 … In doubles, teamed with Elliot Johnstone to win the Flight One doubles championship at the Ron Wesbrooks Invitational after defeating Tyler Junior College’s Ciro Lampasas and Logan Powell 6-2, Incarnate Word’s Francisco Bendana and Joey Vatanadilok 6-4 and Lamar’s Lukas Grubelnig and Benny Schzweizer 6-1 … teamed with Koby Jansen to win three matches at the Rice Invitational after defeating Portland’s Mike Pervolarakis and Carlos Donat 6-3, Incarnate Word’s Ryan Hoverson and Joey Vantanadilok 6-1 and Nicholls State’s Bernard Wezeman and Sam Meessen 6-3 … teamed with Koby Jansen at the Marco & Co. Catering Islanders Open to advance to the main draw finals after defeating UTSA’s Mark Ginting and Fabian Brand 8-3 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Kevin Bettendroffer and Guillaume Rauseo 8-7.
2014-15 Season (Sophomore): Went 12-9 in singles and 11-9 in doubles in the dual match season … Named UTPA Male Co-Athlete of the Year, Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-WAC in singles and part of the WAC All-Tournament Team … extended his match win streak to four after defeating New Mexico State’s Strahinja Trecakov 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in the championship match of the WAC Tournament (4/26) … defeated Kansas City’s Airam Castellano 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinal round of the WAC Tournament (4/25) … defeated Seattle U’s Riley Newman 6-2, 6-4 for second (4/11) … beat Chicago State’s Mario Noboa 6-3, 6-1 in Chicago (4/10) … picked up his fifth straight victory after defeating Laredo Community College’s Gabriel Evans 6-2, 6-0 (4/2) … was named WAC Athlete of the Week after defeating Kansas City’s Airam Castellano 6-2, 6-2 (3/29), New Mexico State’s Strahinja Trecakov 6-2, 6-3 (3/28) and Grand Canyon’s Felix Schueller 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 (3/27) … recorded a 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 win over St. Edwards’ Patrick Clynes (3/22) … beat Abilene Christian’s Guilherme Gesser in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 (3/7) … beat Southern Mississippi’s Tarun Surat 6-3, 4-6, 10-3 in the No. 2 singles spot (2/28) … recorded first win of the dual match season after defeating Nicholls’ Partha Adavelly 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 (2/15) … In doubles, was ranked, with partner Koby Jansen, 75th in the doubles rankings by the ITA … teamed with Koby Jansen to close out the season with an 8-6 victory over New Mexico State’s Strahinja Trecakov and Liam Goldberg (4/26) … teamed with Koby Jansen to defeat Kansas City’s Airam Castellano and Mike Psarros 8-3 in the semifinal round of the WAC Tournament (4/25) … teamed with Koby Jansen to defeat Seattle U’s Riley Newman and Ian Clare 8-6 (4/11) … beat New Mexico State’s Paul Denele and Thmas Douglas 8-2 for their first conference win of the season (3/28) … partnered with Koby Jansen to defeat the 35th ranked doubles team of Soren Hess-Olesen and Lloyd Glasspool 7-5 (3/22) … teamed with Koby Jansen to defeat UT Arlington’s Johnathan Gonzalez and Mario Muniesa (3/19) … partnered with Nikola Crvelin to defeat Southern Mississippi’s Alex Doleac and Brad Marriot 6-1 (2/28) … teamed with Koby Jansen to defeat Incarnate Word’s Leonard Ivic and Josip Smoljan 6-3 (2/7) … posted first win of the dual match season with partner Koby Jansen when they defeated Prairie View A&M’s Sergio Avella and Christian Waldron 6-3 (1/24) … Went 7-4 in singles and 2-5 in doubles in the fall tournament season … picked up a pair of victories at the ITA Regionals after defeating SMU’s Charlie Nettlefold and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Ricardo Mayagotia … won first three matches at the Ron Wesbrooks Invitational after defeating Lamar’s Jeandre Hoogenboezem, Incarnate Word’s Josip Smoljan and Tyler Junior College’s Vaughn Hunter … recorded two victories at the Marco & Co. Catering Islanders with victories over UTSA’s Matt Mussenden and Christian Carrillo … teamed with Alejandro Sanoja to defeat Lamar’s Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Juuso Laitinen at the ITA Regionals … partnered with Miguel Alvarez-Hevia to defeat Incarnate Word’s Tucker Brown and Joey Vantanadilok at the Ron Wesbrooks Invitational.
2013-14 Season (Freshman): Tied for the team lead in wins with seven singles victories and eight doubles victories during the dual season … defeated No. 66 Louisiana Lafayette’s Jake Wynan 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets (3/30) … beat Nicholls State’s Partha Adavelly in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 (3/14) … recorded a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Kansas City’s Mike Psarros (3/2) … picked up a 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 victory over Grand Canyon’s Nicolas Moulin (2/28) … defeated Lamar’s Nikita Lis in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 (2/14) … beat Prairie View A&M’s Jackson Varney 6-5, 6-1 (2/1) … recorded first-career victory after defeating Oral Roberts’ Amar Saletovic 5-6, 6-4, 6-0 (2/1) … In doubles, teamed with Alejandro Sanoja to defeat No. 3 Seattle U’s team of Ian Clare and Zach Konsanke at the Western Athletic Conference Tournament (4/25) … defeated Laredo Community College’s team of Arturo Pinazo and Hamid Derbani 8-7 with teammate Alejandro Sanoja (4/4) … beat Incarnate Word’s duo of Tucker Brown and Jair Assuncao 8-4 with partner Alejandro Sanoja (3/21) … teamed with Mauricio Fosado to defeat Kansas City’s Andrey Smirnov and Daniel De Zamacona 8-4 (3/2) … partnered with Alejandro Sanoja to defeat Grand Canyon’s Nicolas Moulin and Adrian Legarreta 8-7 (2/28) … defeated Incarnate Word’s Brandon Davis and Johan Haerens 6-4 with teammate Mauricio Fosado (2/16) … teamed with Chetan Panditi to win back-to-back matches as they defeated Prairie View A&M’s team of Bruno Snyder and Rasaki Gbadamosi 6-0 (2/1) and Oral Roberts’ team of Braxton Bates and Michael Sosnowski 6-2 (2/1).
2010-13: Competed internationally with the San Juan Lawn Tennis Club ... played in ITF Juniors and Futures tournaments while reaching the #18 rank in U18.
Off the Court: Son of Daniel Soria and Gabriela Forcada ... has two brothers, Juan Manuel and Juan Agustin, and four sisters, Mercedes, Paula, Pia and Gabriela ... majoring in business administration.
