The First Serve - Play USA S04 E04

About this episode

Lachlan Puyol discusses US College tennis with guest Sam Dineen, who shares his experiences after his Freshman year at Pratt Community College.

Lachlan Puyol is back with Episode 4 for 2026 thanks to Play USA Tennis Pathways, dedicated to the US College space for those aspiring to go down this path, providing plenty of education on the US System chatting to Australian players, coaches and administrators. In this fourth episode of 2026, Lachlan chats to Aussie Sam Dineen from Melbourne who has just finished his Freshman Year at Pratt Community College in Kansas. Pratt has just won the NJCAA National Championship and was a semi-finalist in line 3 singles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Lachlan Puyol

Guest: Sam Dineen

Topics covered

• US College Tennis
• Australian Players
• Tennis Pathways
• NJCAA Championship
• College Sports

Keywords

• US College Tennis
• Sam Dineen
• Pratt Community College
• NJCAA National Championship
• Tennis Pathways

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pratt Community College, Play USA Tennis Pathways, NJCAA

Places: Kansas, Melbourne

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