2013-14 Women's Tennis Roster

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Brites Moniz-Soares

Brites Moniz-Soares

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-6
  • High School:
    Academia Sanchez-Casal
  • Hometown:
    Angra Do Heroismo, Portugal
2013-14: Finished final season at Davidson with an outstanding year, earning a spot on the All-SoCon First Team ... named to women's at-large Capital One Academic All-District III First Team, the first women's tennis player since 2004 to earn a spot on the first team ... named to the SoCon All-Academic Team for third straight year ... named a 2013-14 Northwestern Mutual Davidson Student-Athlete ... finished career with 44 singles wins and added another 36 in doubles play ... went a team-best 14-10 at No. 1 singles, while teaming with Elaina Cummer at No. 1 doubles to go career-best 12-10 ... also went 5-4 in singles and doubles against SoCon foes ... had a pair of three-match win streaks throughout the season ... capped off senior year by winning a 6-2, 6-1 singles match vs. Wofford and an 8-2 victory in doubles at the SoCon Tournament ... twice won against ranked teams Barry and Samford, defeating their No. 1 player ... won all three of her three-set matches during the season ... went 8-3 in singles at home ... opened the year with Cummer to win six of first eight doubles matches ... then closed the year winning the last two in a row and four of the last five overall ... also finished strong in singles action, winning six of last eight total ... had a strong Fall season, capped off by winning the "A" singles draw at the Wake Forest Invite ... played in all four Fall events for the Wildcats ... opened the Fall season with a singles win (6-1, 6-3 vs. Gardner-Webb) and two doubles victories with Laina Cummer to tie for first place in the doubles flight ... picked up a singles and doubles win at the College of Charleston Invite ... at the Wake Forest Invite, started with a thrilling three-set win vs. Charlotte and then followed up with a 6-4, 6-0 triumph vs. host Wake Forest to reach the semis, earning a 6-4, 6-1 win vs. Elon. Capped off weekend with a title-clinching 6-4, 6-4 decision against Campbell ... closed out the Fall season with a couple of singles victories at the Charlotte Invite ... took home decisions of 2-6, 6-0, 10-8 and 6-0, 6-2 against Charlotte and USC-Upstate ... also earned two wins with Cummer in doubles, netting 8-2 and 8-7 decisions against the same two teams. 

2012-13: The Wildcats' main No. 1 singles player, went 7-10 in singles and added an 8-10 record in doubles with teammate Elaina Cummer at the top spot ... had a 2-8 conference singles record and a 3-7 mark in doubles ... earned All-SoCon Academic Team honors for second straight year ... named the SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week, Jan. 30, after leading Davidson to its first win with both singles and doubles victories against UNC Asheville ... won 30th career singles match with a 6-2, 6-1 victory against Samford in the first round of the SoCon Tournament ... closed the year winning three of four singles matches, with victories against Western Caorlina, Charlotte and Samford ... opened the season winning three of first five singles matches, including back-to-back three-set victories against USC Upstate (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) and No. 72 East Carolina (6-4, 0-6, 6-3) ... in doubles action, scored wins in five of first six matches to open the Spring season with Cummer ... all five wins came at home and were in a row or a personal-best five-match win streak ... scored an 8-5 win vs. No. 72 ECU to cap off the win streak ... three SoCon doubles victories came against Samford (8-5), Wofford (8-4) and App. State (8-6) ... started 2012 Fall season with a pair of tiebreakers at the No. 1 singles flight at the Davidson Invite I ... scored an 8-3 doubles win with Laina Cummer ... netted a 6-4, 6-4 win vs. Charlotte at the Wake Forest Invite and reached the consolation semifinals in doubles with Cummer ... competed the ITA Carolina Regional in both singles and doubles ... won the No. 1 singles flight in last Fall event, the Davidson Invite II ... went a perfect 3-0 with wins vs. USC-Upstate, Elon and UNC Asheville ... also scored 8-1 and 8-2 wins with Cummer at the No. 1 doubles slot.

2011-12: One of the top No. 2 singles players in the SoCon as a sophomore, having a strong second season ... named to the All-SoCon Second Team at No. 2 singles after leading the Wildcats with a 15-6 record and also went 8-9 in doubles ... earned a 7-3 mark vs. SoCon foes in singles and 3-5 in doubles ... sported a 14-3 record at No. 2 singles, the second-most wins in the SoCon ... rattled off a team and career-best seven-match win streak ... at one time, won 10 of 11 matches during the middle of the season ... closed out the 2012 Spring campaign with a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of Georgia Southern's Allison Beeler at the SoCon Tournament ... earned wins in five of last six matches of the year ... went a perfect 11-0 at home in singles play ... started the year winning six of first eight doubles matches with partner Katharine Dicconson, with all but one of the matches being played at No. 2 ... had outstanding 2011 Fall season, starting with capturing the Flight 3 Singles draw after going 3-0 at the Davidson Fall Classic I ... followed up with a spot in the finals of the A2 Singles bracket at the CofC Invitational ... finished fourth in the C Singles draw at Wake Forest Invite ... scored second singles title to finish out the Fall season with a perfect 3-0 record at the Davidson Fall Classic II in the flight I bracket.

2010-11: One of five freshmen that saw action for Davidson in first year ... led the team with eight singles wins, going 8-15 between No. 2-4 singles positions ... scored two of the wins against the league, finishing 2-7 ... fashioned a 5-7 singles record at No. 4 ... started collegiate career with three straight singles wins, including a three-set singles triumph (6-2, 6-7, 6-2) over Gardner-Webb ... earned first SoCon win against Chattanooga at No. 3 ... followed that up with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 4 over Wofford ... four of eight total singles wins came at home ... teamed with Alison Rauh for three straight doubles wins over N.C. A&T, Gardner-Webb and Radford to open the spring season ... finished 8-16 overall in doubles play and 4-6 in league games ... went 6-7 with Rauh in doubles, 2-0 vs. the SoCon with wins vs. Georgia Southern and Western Carolina ... also teamed up with fellow freshman Nisha Crouser, all at No. 1 doubles, going 2-9 overall, 2-6 in SoCon ... In final Fall event of 2010, Davidson Fall Classic II, tied for first in singles flight ... won the flight ‘G’ singles bracket with a 3-0 mark at the Virginia Tech Hokie Fall Invite ... closed sixth overall in doubles action at the invite as well.

Prep and personal: Played three years at the Academia Sanchez-Casal.


 
YearSinglesSoConDoublesSoCon
20118-152-78-164-6
201215-67-38-93-5
20137-102-88-103-7
201414-105-412-105-4
Totals44-4116-2236-4515-22
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