Saint Joseph's University

Career Honors

2022 All-CACC Second Team

CACC Player of the Month (Oct. 2019)

2x CACC Player of the Week (2/22/22; 3/29/22)

2019-20 Coach's Award

2020-21 CACC All-Academic Team

2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete

2019-20 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award

5x Dean's List Honors

Two 4.0 GPA Semesters

Career Record

2021-22 (Match-by-Match):

• Won both of his matches vs. Chestnut Hill, beginning the evening partnering with Kosiorowski for a 6-3 decision at No. 1 doubles before prevailing in three sets at the first flight, bouncing back from a 2-6 second set to win the third 6-4 (3/22)
• Defeated his No. 1 singles opponent from CACC preseason favorite jefferson in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2 (3/16)
• Teammed with Kosiorowski for an 8-5 triumph at No. 1 doubles, before winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, at the second flight in spring opener at TCNJ (2/19)
• Won twice in fall finale at St. Thomas Aquinas, losing just one game at No. 1 doubles with Jack Kosiorowski and bouncing back from dropping the second set at No. 2 singles to win the super-tiebreaker 10-7 for his first dual victory of the year (10/17)
• Paired with Jack Kosiorowski to stun the top-seeded duo in the doubles draw of the ITA East Regional Championships. Facing the No. 1 twosome in the region from Queens, the senior pair prevailed 7-5 in a tiebreaker in the Round of 32 matchup, and the two would carry that momentum into their Round of 16 matchup later in the day, easily dispatching a team from Stonehill 8-1. The duo's run came to an end in the Quarterfinals on Saturday, where they were defeated by a twosome from St. Thomas Aquinas, 8-5. Also won a match in the singles draw as well, sweeping his opponent from CACC rival Dominican 6-2, 6-3, in the Round of 64 (9/17-18)

2021 (Match-by-Match): Tied for the team-lead with two doubles wins, one each with both Borna Markusic and Jack Kosiorowski at the first flight, and was also USciences’ No. 1 singles player throughout the entirety of the year, winning one match.

•  Picked up his first win of the season in three sets at No. 1 singles, 3-7 (1), 6-3, 6-3, versus city-rival Jefferson (4/27)
• Won 6-4 with Borna Markusic at first doubles at regionally-ranked Chestnut Hill (3/25)
• Paired with Jack Kosiorowski for just the second time, won their first-ever match together, 6-3, at No. 1 doubles against Dominican (4/19)

2019 (Match-by-Match)

• Serra led the team with six singles wins and eight doubles victories in his first year at USciences
• Parntered with Borna Markusic for an 8-2 record, including going 7-1 in dual play and a perfect 4-0 at the No. 1 doubles
• Also went 3-1 at first flight singles as part of his 6-4 record
• Paired with Markusic for second flight doubles win in upset of Division I Mount St. Mary's (2/22)
• Partnered with Markusic for a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles, as USciences took the doubles point from Division I La Salle in its spring-opener (2/9)
• Won two matches at the ITA East Regionals to advance to the Round of 32. Defeated an opponent from Roberts Wesleyan 8-3 in the Second Round of qualifying, before coming back to defeat a foe from District of Columbia 6-4 (4), 6-2, 11-9 in the Round of 64. He would go on to fall to the No. 2 overall seed from Concordia, 3-6, 5-7, in the Round of 32. Also partnered with a Markusic for an 8-4 win over a duo from District of Columbia in the Round of 64 in the doubles draw, before the two would battle the No. 4 overall seed in an 8-6 setback in the Round of 32 (9/13-14)

Prior to USciences: 

• Best National Ranking: 2.8
• Three-time High School Regional Singles Champion (2015, 2016, 2017)
• Second place at 2015 High School National Singles Championship
• 2014 U16 Regional Team Champion
• 2015 U16 Regional Team Champion
• Fourth Place at 2015 National Team Championship
• Made second round of qualifying at Pro IFT 25K Tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy

Personal:

• Son of Eliana and Luciano