Kiryl Harbatsiuk
| Year: | So. |
| Height: | 6-2 |
| Weight: | 180 |
| Hometown: | Minsk, Belarus |
| Previous School: | High School No. 182 |
2009 Season
Named Big Sky Conference MVP after going 21-5 in singles play, including 18-3 at No. 1 and 3-2 at No. 2...becomes the fifth Hornet men’s tennis player to receive MVP accolades, joining Anton Stryhas (2008), Xavier Barajas-Smith (2007), Sherif Zaher (2001-02) and Jason Weiss (1998)...ranked as high as 94th in the nation during the spring...four of his five singles losses came against players ranked among the top 34 players in the nation...lost to only one unranked player all season...had won 10 consecutive singles matches until falling in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Stanford's Bradley Klahn (who was ranked 34th)...Harbatsiuk and teammate Anton Stryhas became the first Sacramento State tandem to advance to the NCAA Doubles Championships...in the NCAA postseason tournament, the duo reached the second round (Round of 16) after upsetting second-ranked and No. 3 seed Neal Skupski and Michael Venus of LSU by the score of 7-6 (9), 7-6 (5)...lost in the second round of the tournament to North Carolina's Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman (ranked 17th in the nation) by the score of 6-3, 7-6 (3)...Harbatsiuk/Stryhas went 15-7 in dual matches (all at No. 1 in the Hornets' lineup), and were ranked as high as 30th in the nation during the spring...now has a career dual-match singles record of 39-9, and 33-10 in doubles play.
2008 Season
A first team all-Big Sky Conference selection after posting an 18-5 singles record, including 8-4 at No. 1 and 10-1 at No. 2 in the Hornets’ lineup...he was a perfect 10-0 against Big Sky opposition, and finished the year winning his last five and 10 of his final 11 matches of the season...also teamed with Anton Stryhas to go 18-4 in doubles play (all at the No. 1 doubles spot)...combined, Harbatsiuk, who was one of three freshmen on the Hornets’ roster, went 33-12 in singles and doubles during the year...combined to post an 8-1 singles record against Big Sky opposition (including playoffs)...overall, including the fall season, he went 26-10 in singles play, and 23-7 in doubles action.
High School
Graduated from High School #182 in Minsk, Belarus, in 2006…was the Belarus U18 national champion in 2006…earned the No. 1 ranking in Belarus in 2006 for players under-18…was ranked 15th in the Belarussian men's rankings in 2006.
Personal
Born Feb. 4, 1988…a business major with a 3.75 gpa…parents are Yury and Irina Harbatsiuk.
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