Height: | 5-7 |
Weight: | 130 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Lemont, IL |
High School: | Lemont |
Parents: | Jakub & Katarzyna |
Senior (2013-14):
Final year with the program saw him contribute
significantly to the singles lineup ... Chalked up a final singles
slate of 18-8 that included an 8-2 effort at No. 5 and a 6-4
showing at No. 4 ... Provided the clinching point in Emory's 5-3
victory over Kenyon (May 11) in the third round of the NCAA
Championships, rallying for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, victory over Nick
Fiaschetti at No. 5 singles ... Ended the year winning six of his
last seven singles contests that were played to decision ... Topped
Matt DeMichiel of NYU, 7-5, 6-0, and Kenny Zheng of Carnegie
Mellon, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 5 singles during the UAA Championships ...
Helped Emory to a 7-2 win over No. 5 Johns Hopkins with a 2-6, 6-4,
6-2 decision vs. Nicholas Garcia at No. 5 singles ... Posted a 6-4
won-lost ledger in three-set matches ... Inserted into the No. 3
singles position and responded with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 triumph against
Othmane Lalami of NAIA power Auburn-Montgomery (Feb. 14) ...
Brought home wins in two of his three singles matches at the ITA
National Indoor Championships ... Productive day vs. Kenyon (Feb.
22), defeating Tim Rosensteel at No. 4 singles, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1,
after teamming with Jackson Isaacs for a 9-8 (7-3) win at No. 2
doubles vs. Wade Heerboth and Michael Razumovsky ... Turned in a
5-4 record in doubles action ... Cemented the Eagles' 7-2 win
over No. 24 Washington & Lee (Apr. 16) with a 6-3, 6-4,
decision over Brian Krouskos at the No. 5 singles spot.
Junior (2012-13):
Earned All-America honors after teamming with Jackson
Isaacs to win all five doubles matches en route to a championship
doubles run at the ITA Regionals ... The Szczurek/Isaacs duo topped
the Emory tandem of Elliot Kahler and Ian Wagner, 9-7, in the
doubles title match at ITA Regionals ... In the ITA Regional semis,
Szczurek and Isaacs battled to a 9-8 decision over NC Wesleyan's
Artsiom Prostak and Robert Kjellberg who would end the year as the
No. 2-ranked doubles team in Division III ... Concluded the
campaign with an overall ledger of 9-2 in singles, 6-1 in dual
affairs with all seven of those matches at the No. 6 slot ...
Helped Emory to a 7-2 win over No. 9 Trinity at the ITA National
Indoor Championships with a 6-2, 6-4, verdict over Joey
MacGibbon.
Sophomore (2011-12):
Finished the year with a 3-1 singles record ... Captured
his opening two singles matches in advancing to the Round of 16 at
the ITA Regional Championships where he was topped by teammate and
eventual champ Dillon Pottish ... Notched an 8-1 victory at
No. 6 singles over Oglethorpe's Craig Borne (Feb. 13) ... Joined
forces with Brian Kowalski to post a 4-0 mark en route to the
doubles championship in the 'B' Draw of the ITA Regional
Championships with the duo bettering Lawrence Salmon and Dillon
Sullian of Methodist, 8-6, in the title match.
Freshman (2010-11):
Emerged as a key member of the singles lineup, ending the
year with an overall won-lost record of 20-7 ... In dual action, he
finished 18-6 ... Started the year playing the No. 5 singles spot
(6-0) before moving up to No. 4 where he compiled an 11-4 slate ...
Earned a three-set win at No. 5 singles against Zine Jovini of
Auburn-Montgomery (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) ... Captured a pair of matches at
No. 5 singles at the National Indoor Championships before winning
at No. 4 against Washington University's Gary Parizher in the title
match, 6-3, 6-3 ... Helped the Eagles to a 7-2 victory over No. 3
Claremont-Mudd Scripps with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Mac Cahill at
No. 4 singles ... Won both of his No. 4 singles
matches at the UAA Championships, topping foes from Rochester and
Carnegie Mellon ... Registered a 6-0, 6-4 truimph against Fred
Lemongo of North Carolina Wesleyan in the NCAA Regional finals.
High School: Racked up 39 singles wins his final
year at Lemont High School.
Personal: Born May 27, 1992 ... Majors in
chemistry ... Was an honor roll student throughout high school.
Career Stats
SINGLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Tour | Final Nat'l Rank | Final Reg. Rank |
2010-11 | 20-7 | --- | 0-1 | 1-1 | 11-4 | 6-0 | --- | 2-1 | NR | NR |
2011-12 | 3-1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1-0 | 2-1 | NR | NR |
2012-13 | 9-2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 6-1 | 3-1 | NR | NR |
2013-14 | 18-8 | --- | 1-0 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 8-2 | --- | 2-1 | NR | NR |
Total | 50-18 | --- | 1-1 | 2-2 | 17-8 | 14-2 | 7-1 | 9-4 | ||
DOUBLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tour | Final Nat'l Rank | Final Reg. Rank | |||
2010-11 | 3-1 | --- | --- | --- | 3-1 | NR | NR | |||
2011-12 | 4-0 | --- | --- | --- | 4-0 | NR | NR | |||
2012-13 | 7-4 | 0-1 | --- | 1-1 | 6-2 | NR | NR | |||
2013-14 | 5-4 | --- | 3-3 | --- | 2-1 | NR | NR | |||
Total | 19-9 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 15-4 | |