Men's Tennis . May 8, 2025

Gamecocks Face No. 5 Stanford in Super Regionals Friday

PALO ALTO, Calif. – The No. 13 South Carolina men’s tennis team continues its 2025 NCAA Championship run Friday, May 9 on the West Coast in the Super Regionals round. The Gamecocks are slated to face ACC Champion Stanford for a 3:00 p.m. ET match at the Taube Pavilion at the Arrillaga Tennis Center.

Gamecock Notables

Records: 21-7 (overall), 11-3 (SEC), 16-2 (home), 4-4 (away), 1-1 (neutral)
The Gamecocks booked their fifth consecutive trip to Super Regionals last weekend after winning the NCAA Columbia Regional. Their path to the title included a 4-0 sweep over VCU and 4-3 takedown of No. 20 Florida State.
Sean Daryabeigi and Max Stenzer went 2-0 in doubles, winning their matches against both opponents. In singles, Connor Thomson and Atakan Karahan picked up victories against both the Rams and Seminoles.
Five Gamecocks currently hold ITA rankings. Thomson moved to a 14-4 record in singles and is amongst the top players in the NCAA at No. 18. Daryabeigi is No. 112 with a 27-10 standing, the most singles wins on the team.
In doubles, Thomson and Lucas da Silva have been ranked No. 3 for since April 15, currently holding a 11-6 record. Karahan and Jelani Sarr are No. 56, going into tomorrow’s match 14-8.

Scouting the Cardinal

Records: 24-5 (overall), 10-3 (ACC), 11-0 (home), 7-3 (away), 6-2 (neutral)
Stanford won the 2025 ACC Championship in its first season in the conference, taking down then-No. 6 Virginia 4-2 in a comeback win after dropping the doubles point. The Cardinal’s path to clinching the title also included wins over then-No .17 Florida State (4-3) and then-No. 19 Duke (4-2).
The Cardinal reached the Super Regional following two shutout wins. In the first round they defeated No. 62 New Mexico 4-0 before sweeping No. 25 Pepperdine 4-0.
Stanford has three ranked players in singles led by No. 7 Samir Banerjee who is 13-7. Henry Von Der Schulenburg is tabbed at No. 73 with a 19-4 standing while Max Basing rounds out the singles rankings at No. 101.
Stanford has a group of three ranked in doubles as well, two of which sit back-to-back. Kyle Kang and Schulenburg are No. 47 followed by Banerjee and Alexander Razeghi at No. 48. Nicholas Godsick and Hudson Rivera are No. 70.

Series History

The Gamecocks and Cardinal’s series history is brief as the two programs have only met six times, but the first matchup dates to 1978.
Stanford leads the all-time series record 4-2.
South Carolina has won the last two matches which took place in 2015 and 2022.

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