Raphael Lambling

AWARDS

• SEC All-Freshman Team (2019)
• 4x ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
• 5x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)

2023 (GRADUATE)

• Took the fall semester off and returned to the team in the spring
• Began the spring semester by going a perfect 3-0 in both singles and doubles at the Miami Spring Invite including a singles win over the nation’s No. 21 player and a doubles win over the No. 55 ranked doubles pair
• Ranked as high as No. 67 in the ITA Singles Rankings (Feb. 8, 2023)
• Recorded ranked singles wins over No. 21 Blake Croyder of Georgia and over No. 117 Shunsuke Mitsui of Tennessee
• Clinched the match versus South Carolina State to send the team to the second round of the NCAA Tournament
• Went 20-4 in doubles during his senior campaign with a 17-4 mark in dual play and 5-2 record against SEC opponents
• Began the spring on an eight-match doubles win streak
• Clinched seven doubles points during the dual season alongside partner Casey Hoole
• Ranked as high as No. 59 in the ITA Doubles Rankings with Hoole

2021-22 (JUNIOR)

• Ranked No. 39 in the ITA Preseason Rankings
• Clinched five matches on the season
• Earned ranked singles wins over Nos. 59, 61, and 84
• Went 11-1 in SEC singles play
• Went 21-6 overall in doubles play with partner James Story

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)

• Ended the season ranked at No. 60 in singles and No. 86 in doubles (with Phillip Jordan)
• Secured 28 combined victories on the season – 12 singles, 16 doubles
• Three of his 12 wins came over ranked opponents, the highest coming in the fall against the No. 18 ranked player
• Clinched the doubles point against #24 NC State (May 8) in the NCAA second round, turning a 4-4 set into a 6-4 victory by returning serve at deuce on match point
• Won three straight matches at the Georgia Tech MLK Invitational Tournament, two of them over ranked opponents
• Paired with Phillip Jordan to win the first seven doubles matches of the year, spanning across the Gamecock Fall SEC Scramble, Gamecock Fall SEC Shootout, and the Volunteer Showdown

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)

• Led the team with 24 singles wins
• Advanced to the consolation final of the 2019 Oracle ITA Fall National Championships
• Picked up six ranked singles wins on the year
• Won 12 doubles matches, including six at the No. 1 pairing

2018-19 (FRESHMAN)

• Posted 27 singles victories and finished the season on two nationally ranked doubles teams – No. 59 with Paul Jubb, No. 63 with Daniel Rodrigues
• Settled into the No. 3 spot in the singles lineup in March, finishing with a 9-7 record in the spot, including a 6-5 mark in SEC action to earn a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team
• Closed the fall season with eight straight wins in singles and kept the momentum with wins in his first seven dual-match singles outings to tie the fifth-longest singles win streak in program history
• Provided the decisive point in the team’s SEC Tournament quarterfinal victory over No. 11 Texas A&M (Apr 19), sending Gamecocks to the event’s semifinals for the first time since 1999
• Paired with Rodrigues to take down a pair of top-10 doubles opponents in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the SEC Tournament
• Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on Feb. 20 after stretching his singles win streak to 15 with the deciding point against Georgia Tech
• Scored his first win over a nationally ranked opponent in a straight-set victory over No. 74 Yuval Solomon of Wake Forest en route to the A2 Singles title at the Wake Forest Fall Invitational (Nov. 9-11)

PRE-COLLEGE

• Joined the program with an ITF Juniors ranking of 835

LAMBLING CAREER SINGLES

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