| Nickname: | Mac |
| Height: | 5'11" |
| Weight: | 170 |
| Year: | JR |
| Hometown: | Southport, CT |
| High School: | Westminster School |
| College: | Claremont McKenna |
| Major: | Economics / Finance |
On Court: Aggressive baseliner...played varsity
tennis for Westminster School for 3 years, captain his senior
year...played left-handed sophmore year due to right elbow
surgery...played at the one position as a junior and senior going
28-2 in singles...also captured the Kingswood Invitational Title,
and the Southern New England Tennis League Title in both singles
and doubles...named Team MVP each of last two years, and was
recipient of the Squibb Bowl is senior year...USTA singles ranking
reached as high as 4 in New England and top 250 nationally...in
summer of 2009, he won the doubles title at the ITA Summer Circuit
held at Dartmouth...as a freshman made strong
debut at ITA West Regionals in the fall, winning four of six
singles matches and all three doubles matches (with Wei)... started
the spring season at #3 singles and #3 doubles (with
Brockett)...played every singles position except for #5 in the
spring, going 17-4...won twice each at #1 and #2 singles, including
impressive straight set wins over Guatavus Adolphus (#2) and
Linfield (#1)... finished the season at #6 singles where he was
undefeated and did not lose a set from April 2 on...Cahill was the
only Stag to win every dual match he participated in during the
NCAA team event, going 5-0 at #6 singles...finished with the second
best overall singles record on the team at 21-6 for the
season...went 7-4 overall in doubles play, partnering Wei,
Brockett, Keiffer, and Johnson...this season
reached the Round of 16 in singles as the 11th seed at the ITA West
Regionals, then partnered Zhenya Pereverzin to go 1-1 in
doubles...earned a West Region singles ranking of #22 heading into
the spring season.
Tools: Head Youtek Prestige Midsize strung with
Solinco Tour Bite at 58lbs.
Personal: Favorite player is Marat Safin because,
amongst other reasons, his absolute dominance of the world's two
greatest players in their peak - Sampras and Federer (in the 2000
US Open final and 2005 Austrailian Open Semi-Final
respectively)...enjoys poker, hoops, golf and push-ups.
Favorite Stag: Ted Ducey (1st Stags Tennis Coach)
Favorite Recess Game: Four-Square
Favorite Nintendo character: Adult Link
Favorite Road Trip Snack: Twix
