2019-20 Women's Tennis Roster
Abele, Alexandra
Alexandra Abele
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- High School:
- Sycamore
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
Bio
Major: Economics
2019-20: Senior season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... honored with Davidson Athletic's Rebecca E. Stimson Award, the top senior female athlete award ... voted the team's Most Valuable Player ... closed out final shortened season with a 7-2 singles record, winning final seven matches in a row ... also went 2-0 in A-10 matches ... for career, had a .742 winning percentage in singles matches (52-18) and the 52 career wins were tied for fifth-most dating back to 2000 ... in addition, the senior added another 34 victories in doubles play, while winning a combined 26 league matches in both singles and doubles during career ... named A-10 Player of the Week, Feb. 25, the third career player of the week honor and eighth weekly award won overall ... all seven singles wins came at No. 1 ... twice won three-set matches against Kennesaw State and Charleston Southern during senior campaign ... the two league wins came Richmond (6-1, 6-2) and Saint Joseph's (6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (11-9)), which ended up being final match of career ... the seven-match win streak was the second-longest in career ... had a 1-4 record in doubles play ... competed in four of the Wildcats' Fall events.
2018-19: Earned third straight A-10 All-Second Team honors ... named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... recorded third consecutive double-digit win season in singles by going 14-8 with a 4-4 conference record ... ten of those wins came at the No. 2 position, while adding another three victories at No. 3 ... the junior had a great start to the season, winning first four-straight matches and six of seven overall ... picked up 13 more wins in doubles, teaming up with Samantha Armas at the No. 2 position for 12 of those victories ... the duo started the year with four straight wins and then topped that by rattling off a season-best five-match win streak from Feb. 9 to March 4 ... reached the final match in the JP Gold singles bracket at the Jimmy Powell Fall Invite at Elon.
2017-18: Named to the A-10 All-Second Team and earned a spot on the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... twice was named A-10 Player of the Week, pushing career weekly total to seven ... did not disappoint in second year by going 15-4 in singles play to tie for the team-lead in wins ... earned 12 of those victories at No. 3 and went 3-0 when playing the No. 2 position ... added four doubles wins ... rattled off an 11-match singles winning streak ... ended the year winning four of final six singles matches ... picked up 10 of the 15 wins at home ... finished 4-1 in doubles play, winning first three matches of the season ... all four wins came at No. 3 doubles ... played in three Fall events ... won the D1 singles bracket at the Wake Forest Invitational ... won twice behind 6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 7-5 decisions against Wofford and CCU at the Charlotte 49er Invite ... had a perfect 3-0 weekend at the Kitty Harrison Invite. Opened with a great win against Penn State, taking a 10-8 super tie-breaker victory to determine the match after splitting the first two sets, 6-4 and 5-7, and then won a 7-5, 6-2 match against cross-county rival Charlotte, before capping the weekend off with another super tie-breaker win, 10-6 this time, against William & Mary (4-6, 6-1, 10-6).
2016-17: Enjoyed outstanding debut season by earning a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Second Team ... Five times was picked the league's rookie of the week, the most since the Wildcats have joined the A-10 ... named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the Fall and Spring semesters ... registered a team-best 16-4 singles mark at No. 4 and 5, getting 14 of those wins at No. 4, while adding a 16-4 record with partner Ava Todd at No. 3 doubles ... rattled off an eight-match singles winning streak from Feb. 5-March 12 ... went 6-2 against A-10 foes in singles and 4-4 in doubles ... first collegiate match went to three sets, tallying a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 win against Wofford ... ended the season on a two-match win streak against Richmond and St. Bonaventure ... went 9-1 in home matches ... opened the year on an 11-match doubles win streak with Todd to tie the longest streak dating back to 1996 ... seven of those wins came at home ... went 4-1 in last five matches, including scoring 6-0 and 6-3 wins vs. St. Bonaventure and Saint Louis at the A-10 Championship ... seven times either blanked or gave up just one game in a set ... had an impressive debut in first career collegiate Fall event at the Wake Forest Invitational, winning the D Singles bracket with two wins against Navy opponents and then downing a Richmond opponent in the final ... went 2-1 on the weekend in doubles, finishing third ... earned a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win against Wofford at No. 3 singles, then gave up only two games in a 6-2, 6-0 decision vs. Charlotte at No. 4 at the Charlotte 49ers Invite ... also earned another two wins in doubles ... played in the USTA/ITA Regional Championship, winning a singles match in the qualifier before falling ... had the best showing in singles action at the Kitty Harrison Invitational, netting three wins against ECU, Texas Tech and Elon.
Prep and personal: Four-year letterwinner at Sycamore, playing No. 1 singles ... finished runner-up Ohio Division I singles in 2015, third place in 2014 and runner-up in doubles in 2013 ... three-time All-State First Team pick (2013-15) ... team captain in 2015 ... sported a 30-5 record during senior prep season, all at No. 1 singles, while finishing runner-up Ohio Division I Singles ... part of Sycamore team that finished runner-up at state championships ... tallied an overall career record of 117-28 overall, going 98-25 in singles and 19-3 in doubles ... the 117 overall wins along with the 98 in singles set a school record ... Sycamore Fall 2015 Female Scholar Athlete (one award per season) ... graduated Summa Cum Laude ... Greater Miami Conference All Academic Honors (all four years) ... father played at Purdue (1980-84), claiming a Big Ten Singles Championship in 1984, while reaching the NCAA as an individual qualifier in 1983 and 1984.
2019-20: Senior season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... honored with Davidson Athletic's Rebecca E. Stimson Award, the top senior female athlete award ... voted the team's Most Valuable Player ... closed out final shortened season with a 7-2 singles record, winning final seven matches in a row ... also went 2-0 in A-10 matches ... for career, had a .742 winning percentage in singles matches (52-18) and the 52 career wins were tied for fifth-most dating back to 2000 ... in addition, the senior added another 34 victories in doubles play, while winning a combined 26 league matches in both singles and doubles during career ... named A-10 Player of the Week, Feb. 25, the third career player of the week honor and eighth weekly award won overall ... all seven singles wins came at No. 1 ... twice won three-set matches against Kennesaw State and Charleston Southern during senior campaign ... the two league wins came Richmond (6-1, 6-2) and Saint Joseph's (6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (11-9)), which ended up being final match of career ... the seven-match win streak was the second-longest in career ... had a 1-4 record in doubles play ... competed in four of the Wildcats' Fall events.
2018-19: Earned third straight A-10 All-Second Team honors ... named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... recorded third consecutive double-digit win season in singles by going 14-8 with a 4-4 conference record ... ten of those wins came at the No. 2 position, while adding another three victories at No. 3 ... the junior had a great start to the season, winning first four-straight matches and six of seven overall ... picked up 13 more wins in doubles, teaming up with Samantha Armas at the No. 2 position for 12 of those victories ... the duo started the year with four straight wins and then topped that by rattling off a season-best five-match win streak from Feb. 9 to March 4 ... reached the final match in the JP Gold singles bracket at the Jimmy Powell Fall Invite at Elon.
2017-18: Named to the A-10 All-Second Team and earned a spot on the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... twice was named A-10 Player of the Week, pushing career weekly total to seven ... did not disappoint in second year by going 15-4 in singles play to tie for the team-lead in wins ... earned 12 of those victories at No. 3 and went 3-0 when playing the No. 2 position ... added four doubles wins ... rattled off an 11-match singles winning streak ... ended the year winning four of final six singles matches ... picked up 10 of the 15 wins at home ... finished 4-1 in doubles play, winning first three matches of the season ... all four wins came at No. 3 doubles ... played in three Fall events ... won the D1 singles bracket at the Wake Forest Invitational ... won twice behind 6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 7-5 decisions against Wofford and CCU at the Charlotte 49er Invite ... had a perfect 3-0 weekend at the Kitty Harrison Invite. Opened with a great win against Penn State, taking a 10-8 super tie-breaker victory to determine the match after splitting the first two sets, 6-4 and 5-7, and then won a 7-5, 6-2 match against cross-county rival Charlotte, before capping the weekend off with another super tie-breaker win, 10-6 this time, against William & Mary (4-6, 6-1, 10-6).
2016-17: Enjoyed outstanding debut season by earning a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Second Team ... Five times was picked the league's rookie of the week, the most since the Wildcats have joined the A-10 ... named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the Fall and Spring semesters ... registered a team-best 16-4 singles mark at No. 4 and 5, getting 14 of those wins at No. 4, while adding a 16-4 record with partner Ava Todd at No. 3 doubles ... rattled off an eight-match singles winning streak from Feb. 5-March 12 ... went 6-2 against A-10 foes in singles and 4-4 in doubles ... first collegiate match went to three sets, tallying a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 win against Wofford ... ended the season on a two-match win streak against Richmond and St. Bonaventure ... went 9-1 in home matches ... opened the year on an 11-match doubles win streak with Todd to tie the longest streak dating back to 1996 ... seven of those wins came at home ... went 4-1 in last five matches, including scoring 6-0 and 6-3 wins vs. St. Bonaventure and Saint Louis at the A-10 Championship ... seven times either blanked or gave up just one game in a set ... had an impressive debut in first career collegiate Fall event at the Wake Forest Invitational, winning the D Singles bracket with two wins against Navy opponents and then downing a Richmond opponent in the final ... went 2-1 on the weekend in doubles, finishing third ... earned a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 win against Wofford at No. 3 singles, then gave up only two games in a 6-2, 6-0 decision vs. Charlotte at No. 4 at the Charlotte 49ers Invite ... also earned another two wins in doubles ... played in the USTA/ITA Regional Championship, winning a singles match in the qualifier before falling ... had the best showing in singles action at the Kitty Harrison Invitational, netting three wins against ECU, Texas Tech and Elon.
Prep and personal: Four-year letterwinner at Sycamore, playing No. 1 singles ... finished runner-up Ohio Division I singles in 2015, third place in 2014 and runner-up in doubles in 2013 ... three-time All-State First Team pick (2013-15) ... team captain in 2015 ... sported a 30-5 record during senior prep season, all at No. 1 singles, while finishing runner-up Ohio Division I Singles ... part of Sycamore team that finished runner-up at state championships ... tallied an overall career record of 117-28 overall, going 98-25 in singles and 19-3 in doubles ... the 117 overall wins along with the 98 in singles set a school record ... Sycamore Fall 2015 Female Scholar Athlete (one award per season) ... graduated Summa Cum Laude ... Greater Miami Conference All Academic Honors (all four years) ... father played at Purdue (1980-84), claiming a Big Ten Singles Championship in 1984, while reaching the NCAA as an individual qualifier in 1983 and 1984.
| Year | Singles | A-10 | Doubles | A-10 |
| 2017 | 16-4 | 6-2 | 16-4 | 4-4 |
| 2018 | 15-4 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 |
| 2019 | 14-8 | 4-4 | 13-10 | 4-4 |
| 2020 | 7-2 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 0-1 |
| Totals | 52-18 | 16-7 | 34-19 | 10-10 |
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