Playing one of the toughest schedules in the nation, the Emory Men's Tennis Team savored its most dominant season in school history, posting a 21-3 record and capping the year with the NCAA Division III National Championship.  Along the way, the Eagles placed four student-athletes on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-America Team, and celebrated their 17th consecutive (and 18th overall) University Athletic Association (UAA) title. Of the season's three losses, only one was to an NCAA Division III opponent.

Coming off a third place national finish the previous year, Head Coach John Browning's team was not thought to be a top contender for the title when the season began; in fact, the Eagles had graduated four players from the lineup in 2005, and installed two freshman and a sophomore into three of the top six singles slots. 

An early season 1-6 loss to Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) left the team reeling and searching for answers. The season's turning point came soon after, during the team's longest road trip, in California. The squad, searching to regain its confidence and identity, handily defeated two top-10 Division III teams, and then served notice to the rest of the country with a shocking 5-4 win over Azusa Pacific (Calif.), the top ranked NAIA school. The team returned to Atlanta firing on all cylinders, and powered through the rest of the regular season.

After sweeping through UAA Championship play without dropping a single match, the Eagles set their sights on the NCAA Tournament.  After shutting out their opponents in the quarterfinal and semifinal matches, the Eagles fell behind in the final, losing the crucial doubles point. The team stormed back, however, and won four straight singles matches to clinch their second national title in four years.

The team's success came from its dominant and consistent play at the top of the lineup. Astonishingly, Emory's top three singles players, Michael Goodwin, Patrick Redmond, and Yoji Masuoka did not lose a match to Division III opponents all spring.
 
Goodwin's arrival netted immediate impact. Placed in the No. 1 singles position, the freshman blazed his way to a 19-win season, a No. 5 national ranking, and All-America honors, as well as the ITA National Rookie of the Year award. Goodwin was paired with two different doubles partners, and pulled off the unlikely and unprecedented feat of making the All-America team in doubles with two different partners: freshman Mark Boren in ITA indoor competition and Masuoka outdoors. In their first season together, the duo of Goodwin and Masuoka advanced all the way to the national semifinals, and finished the season ranked third in the nation.

Masuoka, a junior, split time between the No. 2 and No. 3 singles positions, and was the team's winningest dual match player during the season with a 22-2 record. He ended the season ranked 10th in the nation for singles. His three singles victories during the national team championship were tied for the most on the squad.  He joined Goodwin on the All-America teams for both singles and doubles.

Senior co-captains Redmond and Jesse Ferlianto, holdovers from Emory's 2003 national championship squad, left their mark in their final seasons. Redmond, bouncing between No. 2 and No. 3 singles, earned All-America honors in singles, finishing as the No. 8 player in the nation.  He won three huge dual matches during the national championships, including the title-clinching match. Redmond was tournament champion of the South Region at the ITA Indoor Singles Championships, defeating Goodwin in the semifinals and Masuoka in the final. At No. 5 singles, Ferlianto had a perfect year, posting an 18-0 record, and ending his Emory career as the all-time leader in singles winning percentage at .877. His combination of talents both on and off the court earned him CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honors. Ferlianto teamed with sophomore Hardy Ehlers to create the Eagles' formidable No. 2 doubles pair which only lost one dual match all spring.

Boren, a freshman contributed in his first collegiate season, not only cracking the starting lineup, but proving his versatility as well. Throughout the spring, Boren was plugged into three different singles positions, and was also was paired with five different doubles partners.    

Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-America
Michael Goodwin            Singles, Doubles        Rockville, MD (Richard Montgomery)
Patrick Redmond             Singles                       Bedford, MA (Bedford)
Yoji Masuoka                 Singles, Doubles        Tokyo, Japan (Saddlebrook Prep., FL)
Mark Boren                    Doubles                     Englewood, CO

Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rookie of the Year
Michael Goodwin            one selection              Rockville, MD (Richard Montgomery)

All-University Athletic Association
Michael Goodwin            First Team                 Rockville, MD (Richard Montgomery)
Patrick Redmond             First Team                 Bedford, MA (Bedford)
Yoji Masuoka                 First Team                 Tokyo, Japan (Saddlebrook Prep., FL)
Hardy Ehlers                   First Team                 San Diego, CA (Francis Parker)
Jesse Ferlianto                 First Team                 Canyon Country, CA (Harvard-Westlake)
Mark Boren                    First Team                 Englewood, CO (Cherry Creek)
Michael Kaufman            Second Team            Farmington Hills, MI (North Farmington)

University Athletic Association Rookie of the Year
Michael Goodwin            one selection              Rockville, MD (Richard Montgomery)

CoSIDA Academic All-America
Jesse Ferlianto                    First Team              Canyon Country, CA (Harvard-Westlake)

CoSIDA Academic All-District
Jesse Ferlianto                    First Team              Canyon Country, CA (Harvard-Westlake)
Patrick Redmond                Second Team         Bedford, MA (Bedford)

NCAA Postgraduate Scholar
Jesse Ferlianto                                                  Canyon Country, CA (Harvard-Westlake)