Men's Tennis Team Profile

Program Facts

• First Season: 1901
• Home Field: Mullan Center (Indoor) and Faulkner Courts (Outdoor) 
• Championships: 1977, 1981, 1985, 1990 NCAA Division III National Champion; 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 MAC Champions
• NCAA Tournament Appearances: 31
• NCAA Championships: 4 (1977, 1981, 1985, 1990)
• All-Time All-Americans: 37
• All-Time Record (from 1973): 346-295

Did You Know?

• The Swarthmore men’s tennis team has won four Division III National Championships – in 1977, 1981, 1985, and 1990.
• The Swarthmore men’s tennis team won the MAC Championship in every year from 1964-1985 with the exception of 1969 and 1972.
• Swarthmore men’s tennis players have won 37 All-America awards.  Steve Brown ’84 was a four time All-American.
• Two Swarthmore doubles teams have won NCAA Division III National Championships: Larry Davidson and John Irwin in 1976 and Jeff Krieger and Shep Davidson in 1985.
• In 33 years at Swarthmore, Head Coach Mike Mullan has led the Garnet to 27 NCAA Tournament appearances.
• Swarthmore alum and former coach Edwin Faulkner, a pioneer in the game of tennis, was inducted into the ITA Hall of Fame in 1989.

Individual Champions