2021 (Redshirt Senior Year): A second-team All-MEAC honoree … Earned a spot on the MEAC All-Tournament Team at No. 5 singles … Named the MEAC Player of the Week on March 31 … Member of the AD Honor Roll both semesters … Posted an 8-4 overall record, 2-1 in the MEAC … Went 7-0 at No. 5 singles as well as 1-1 at the No. 3 spot, 0-2 at the No. 4 position, and 0-1 at No. 6 singles … Clinched the win over North Carolina A&T on April 24 in the MEAC Tournament semifinals, winning 7-5, 7-5 at No. 5 singles over Nolan Martino in the last contested singles match of the day … Secured the 4-3 win over North Carolina Wesleyan on March 26, defeating Augusto Roca at No. 5 singles, 7-6, 6-3, in the last singles match of the day … Won 6-2, 6-0 over Howard’s Phoenix Williams (April 2) and 6-0, 6-0 over Christopher Green of Coppin State (April 3), both at the No. 5 position, in a pair of conference victories … Picked up a fifth-position win over Richmond’s Erwin Campbell on March 14, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6(2) … Also carried a 7-6 doubles mark, 3-0 in the MEAC, all at the No. 1 position with Federico Rebecchini … Won three straight matches in conference play, 6-2 over Howard’s Roger Lyn and Gabe Knowles, 6-0 over Coppin State’s Dean Waterman and Green, and 6-4 over Morgan State’s Cem Erturk and Oguzhan Ceylan (April 4) … Won 7-6(6) against Temple’s Eric Biscoveanu and Louis Gorregues on March 13 … Also won in doubles against A&T in the MEAC Tournament, 6-2 over Esteban Lopez and Vasil Ivanov.
2020 (Senior Year): Member of the AD Honor Roll in the fall … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Went 2-3 at the No. 4 spot in the lineup before the season was shut down due to COVID-19 … Earned his first win over Miles Clark of North Carolina Central on March 8 via scores of 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 … Won his next match on March 12 against Alex Heiden of Saint Louis, 6-3, 6-4 … Also went 0-5 at the No. 2 doubles position with Augustin Carrizo.
2019 (Junior Year): Recognized on the NSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters … Also a member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Playing at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, posted a 5-4 record and was a perfect 2-0 in conference action … Went 2-8 in doubles play with a 1-1 mark in the MEAC … Won four-out-of-five singles matches in the heart of the season, including a straight-sets victory against South Carolina State in NSU’s first win over the Bulldogs in six years … Ended the season with three wins in four matches, scoring conference victories against Howard and Coppin State and a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of Bethune-Cookman’s Jonathon Thomas in the MEAC Tournament Quarterfinals … Helped clinch the doubles point in the Spartans’ win over Howard.
2018 (Sophomore Year): Named to the NSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester … Selected to the 2018 MEAC Tennis All-Academic team … Posted a 7-4 singles record, including a 1-1 mark in MEAC action … Defeated Hampton in conference play … Spent the season at No. 6 singles … Won his first five decisions to start the 2018 dual schedule, defeating Mount St. Mary’s, Hampton, Niagara, John Carroll and Navy … Teamed with Vini Da Silva to go 8-7 in doubles competition, including 3-1 in conference contests … Secured MEAC doubles wins over Hampton, Morgan State – which featured second team All-MEAC selection Arjun Ramakrishnan – and Coppin State … Owned a 4-2 record at No. 3 doubles … Won five-straight doubles matches between March 6 and March 23, besting Niagara, Coastal Carolina, James Madison, John Carroll and Navy.
2017 (Freshman Year): Named the MEAC Rookie of the Week for April 10-16 … Posted a 5-5 record in singles play, including 4-0 in conference action … His only loss in his last five matches came against South Carolina State in the MEAC Championship semis … Registered wins against Howard, Hampton, Morgan State, Coppin State and North Carolina Central … Recorded a 4-4 record in doubles action, including 3-1 against MEAC Northern Division opponents … Teamed up with Vini Da Silva for the final five matches of the season and the duo went 4-1, ending the season on a four-match winning streak … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.
High School: Ranked as high as 50 in the U-16 Argentina rankings … Member of the Santiago Lawn and Tennis Club and won six championships as a member … Won five city championships as a junior.
Personal: Full name is Ignacio Guevel … Born on Nov. 14, 1997 … Name is pronounced Ig-NAH-see-oh GAY-bel … Son of Fernando Guevel and Maria Carolina Passarella … Has one brother, Franco and one sister, Pilar … Majoring in business management … Future plans include earning a master’s degree in business … Enjoys playing soccer and watching movies.
Guevel's Career Record
| Singles |
Dual |
MEAC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| 2017 |
5-5 |
4-0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
5-5 |
| 2018 |
7-4 |
1-1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
7-4 |
| 2019 |
5-4 |
2-0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2-0 |
3-4 |
| 2020 |
2-3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2-3 |
-- |
-- |
| 2021 |
8-4 |
2-1 |
-- |
-- |
1-1 |
0-2 |
7-0 |
0-1 |
| Totals |
27-20 |
9-2 |
-- |
-- |
1-1 |
2-5 |
9-0 |
15-14 |
| Doubles |
Dual |
MEAC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 2017 |
4-4 |
3-1 |
-- |
-- |
4-4 |
| 2018 |
8-7 |
3-1 |
-- |
4-5 |
4-2 |
| 2019 |
2-8 |
1-1 |
-- |
2-8 |
-- |
| 2020 |
0-5 |
-- |
-- |
0-5 |
-- |
| 2021 |
7-6 |
3-0 |
7-6 |
-- |
-- |
| Totals |
21-30 |
10-3 |
7-6 |
6-18 |
8-6 |
