Nicaise Muamba

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-2
Weight:
189
Prev School:
Tennessee
Hometown:
Laval, Quebec, Canada

Spring 2021 (Jr.)

• Named ASUN Men’s Tennis Player of the Year for a second time in his career, the first player in program history to earn two conference player of the year honors

• Honored on ASUN All-Conference first team

• Received VaSID All-State singles first team honors

• Earned three ASUN Player of the Week honors

• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll

• Posted 16-5 singles mark (all at No. 1 singles) during spring campaign, second most victories on the team

• Received six national rankings in singles during the season, including a season-best No. 82 ranking on March 30, giving him 14 career national singles rankings (tied with Sam Matheson for most in program history)

• Closed season as No. 105-ranked singles player in the country

• Became only player in school history to garner a national singles ranking in three different seasons, doing so in each of the last three years

• Finished year as the No. 5-ranked singles player in the final 2021 Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division I Regional Rankings.

• Went 4-1 against ranked singles foes during the spring season, earning victories over Texas’ No. 57 Siem Woldeab, Charlotte’s No. 90 Henry Lieberman, Duke’s No. 115 Garrett Johns and Florida Atlantic’s No. 122 Maxime Lapraille.

• Recorded 17 total doubles wins, tied for most on the team

• Posted 16-5 record (most doubles wins as a unit on the team) with doubles partner Rafael Marques Da Silva (9-3 record at No. 2, 7-2 record at No. 3)

*Note: Liberty did not compete in a fall 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 (Jr.)

• Tied for team lead with 17 total singles victories on the year, five of which came in the spring and 12 in the fall

• Collected five No. 1 singles victories

• Competed against strong fields at Naples 25k ITF Futures (Oct. 27-29) and Malibu 25k ITF Futures (Nov. 4) in the fall

• Won two matches at Naples 25K ITF Futures

• Claimed 12 total doubles victories, four in the spring and eight in the fall

• Reached the doubles main draw final at the ITA Atlantic Regional at Virginia with partner Deji Thomas-Smith, compiling a 5-1 record and becoming only the second pairing in program history to play for a regional doubles title

• Collected other doubles victories (one each) with Josh Wilson, Steve Mundt, Rafael Marques Da Silva and William Barker

• Held an 8-4 record with Thomas-Smith, including a 7-2 fall mark

• Led No. 50 San Diego’s No. 42-ranked duo Nico Borter and Gui Osorio 5-4 on March 11 with Marques Da Silva as his partner before their match went unfinished

*Note: Remainder of the season was cancelled on March 13, 2020 due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2018-19 (So.)

• Selected as ASUN Men’s Tennis Player of the Year

• Participated in NCAA Singles Championship, the second player in program history to do so

• Named ASUN All-Conference first team (singles)

• Voted VaSID All-State singles first team

• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll

• Ended season ranked No. 9 in the Atlantic Region in singles

• Garnered inclusion on VaSID All-State singles doubles second team alongside partner Chase Burton

• Earned a No. 61 doubles ranking from the ITA on March 5 with Burton

• Finished the year ranked 10th in the Atlantic Region in doubles alongside Burton

• Four-time ASUN Player of the Week

• Led Liberty with 26 singles victories (third most in a single season in school history), 16 in the spring and 10 in the fall

• Defeated No. 21 Adria Soriano Barrera of Miami in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) in the Flames’ spring opener, Jan. 18

• Held a 15-6 mark at No. 1 singles and posted a 6-1 record in ASUN singles bouts

• Won six straight singles matches in ASUN play (March 24-April 13)

• Finished second on the team with 17 doubles victories, 11 of which came in the spring alongside Burton

• Picked up three ranked doubles victories on the season, defeating Virginia Tech's No. 25 Henrik Korsgaard/Alex Ribiero, William & Mary's No. 45 Tristan Bautil/Finbar Talcott and North Florida's No. 83 Nilo Duarte/Sahil Deshmukh

• Had a trio of four-match singles winning streaks in doubles during the year

Previous School

• Posted a 12-5 mark in spring singles match for Tennessee, including a 4-1 mark in the No. 3 slot and 2-0 mark at No. 2

• Recorded seven doubles victories, all of which came with partner Andrew Rogers, in lone spring season for the Vols

Prep

• Graduate of Académie les Estacades

• Sported a career-high ITF junior ranking of 223

• Collected his first ATP points by reaching the quarterfinals of doubles in the Winnipeg Challenger in July 2017

• Represented his county in 2016 as a member of Canada’s Junior Davis Cup team that reached the finals

• Captured the U18 Outdoor Rogers Junior national championships in 2016 as a 15-year-old

Personal

• Son of Alfred Muamba and Melanie Bibomba

• Earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, currently pursuing a master’s degree in exercise science & wellness – fitness & performance

• Birthday is Aug. 28