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Quazi Sadruzzaman is the greatest men's tennis singles player inUMass Boston history. Period. He is the only player in history towin the Little East Conference Flight One Singles Championship allfour times and also captured the Flight One Doubles crown withpartner Dat Nguyen in 2004 to give him five overall LEC titles. Afour-time LEC Player of the Week, Sadruzzaman played all 56 of hissingles matches from the number one spot in the lineup and won 50of them for an astounding winning percentage of .893 for thehighest mark of any player at UMB with over 20 matches played. Hiswin total is also the most in school annals. The netter didn't justwin matches, he dominated them. From April 27, 2002 to May 8, 2004,he won 28 straight singles contests to go undefeated for the finaltwo and a half seasons of his career and won 25 of those matches instraight sets, including a string of 17 straight outings, where hedropped no more than four games in a set.

Sadruzzaman made it his trademark to play short matches, havingwon 44 of his matches in straight sets and proved to be tough evenin defeat, taking his opponent to three sets in half of his sixlosses. His success wasn't limited to singles play as evidenced bya 36-17 record in doubles action for a .679 career winningpercentage to rank eighth among players with two or more seasons atUMB. A 2004 UMass Boston graduate, his victory total in doublesplay stands as the second most in school history and contributes toan overall combined record of 86-23 for a .789 winning mark to rankfirst in combined wins and fourth in combined winning percentagefor players with two or more seasons for the Beacons. He finishedhis career in style, posting a 24-3 combined record as a senior foran impressive .889 winning percentage and won 12 consecutivematches to close out his career, including six in doubles play.

In 2013, Sadruzzaman became the second Beacon to earn a place inthe prestigious Little East Conference Hall of Fame.  Thetennis great was the first student-athlete in UMass Boston historyto be enshrined by the conference.