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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Table of Contents 2 2021 Schedule/Quick Facts 3 2020-21 Roster 4 Head Coach Sara O’Leary 5 Assistant Coach Gina Suarez-Malaguti 6 Support Staff 7-11 Cavalier Player Bios 12 2019-20 Results & Statistics 13 All-Time Results/Series 14-18 Year-by-Year Results 19 NCAA History 20 Honors and Awards 21 Record Book @UVAWomensTennis 1 2020-21 Virginia Women’s Tennis SCHEDULE/QUICK FACTS Date Opponent Location Time (ET) Jan. 16-17 UNC Invitational Chapel Hill, N.C. All Day QUICK FACTS Jan. 23-24 at ITA Kickoff Weekend Columbis, Ohio THE UNIVERSITY Jan. 23 vs. Tennessee 1 p.m. Location: Charlottesville, Va. 22904-4853 Jan. 24 vs. Ohio State/Syracuse TBA Founded: 1819 by Thomas Jefferson Jan. 28 VCU Charlottesville, Va. 3 p.m. Enrollment: 23,464 (16,087 undergraduate) Jan. 30 SOUTH CAROLINA Charlottesville, Va. 4 p.m. President: Jim Ryan Athletics Director: Carla Williams Feb. 19 DUKE* Charlottesville, Va. 3 p.m. Faculty Athletics Representative: Carolyn M. Feb. 21 NORTH CAROLINA* Charlottesville, Va. 12 p.m. Callahan Feb. 26 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. TBA Nicknames: Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos Feb. 28 at Syracuse* Syracuse, N.Y. 11 a.m. Mascot: Cavalier Mar. 6 LOUISVILLE* Charlottesville, Va. 12 p.m. Colors: Orange and Blue Song: “Good Old Song” Mar. 7 NOTRE DAME* Charlottesville, Va. 12 p.m. Facilities: Snyder Tennis Center, Boar’s Head Mar. 13 VIRGINIA TECH* Charlottesville, Va. 1 p.m. Sports Club Mar. 20 CLEMSON* Charlottesville, Va. 12 p.m. Affiliations: NCAA Division I, Atlantic Coast Mar. 21 GEORGIA TECH* Charlottesville, Va. 12 p.m. Conference Apr. 2 at Florida State* Tallahassee, Fla. TBA WOMEN’S TENNIS INFORMATION Apr. 4 at Miami* Coral Gables, Fla. TBA 2020 Record: 10-5^ Apr. 9 at Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 4 p.m. ACC Regular-Season Finish: 3-3^ Apr. 11 at NC State* Raleigh, N.C. 1 p.m. Postseason: None due to COVID Apr. 21-25 ACC Tournament Rome, Ga. TBA Starters Returning: 5 May 7-9 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Vivian Glozman, Jr., Bellevue, Wash. Rosie Johanson, Jr., Abbotsford, B.C.* May 15-16 NCAA Super Regionals TBA TBA Sofia Munera, So., Pereira, Colombia May 20-23 NCAA Championships Orlando, Fla. TBA Amber O’Dell, So., New Milford, N.J. Natasha Subhash, So., Fairfax, Va. Home matches in bold * Two-year starter before redshirting in 2019 All times Eastern Starters Lost: 1 Chloe Gullickson, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Dates and times subject to change Newcomers: 4 * - ACC Match Carson Branstine, R-Fr., Irvine, Calif. Jourdan Krueger, Fr., Dallas, Texas Emma Navarro, Fr., Charleston, S.C. Hibah Shaikh, Fr., Teaneck, N.J. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/3 Head Coach: Sara O’Leary (UNC, ‘07), 4th year Record at Virginia: 44-23, 4th Year Career Record: 89-44, 6 Years Assistant Coach: Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC, ‘13), 4th year Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tyson Thomas (Neb.-Kearney, ‘05), 2nd year Academic Counselor: Adam Brooks Athletic Trainer: Caroline Fitch Media Relations: Bill Bunting Office Phone: (434) 982-5530 Cell Phone: (434) 962-7644 Fax: (434) 982-5525 Email: [email protected] 2 VirginiaSports.com 2020-21 Virginia Women’s Tennis 2020-21 ROSTER Name Class Height Hometown/High School/Previous College Carson Branstine R-Fr. 5-11 Irvine, Calif./--/USC Vivian Glozman Sr. 5-11 Bellevue, Wash./Newport HS/ California Rosie Johanson R-Sr. 5-4 Abbotsford, British Columbia/Abbotsford Virtual School Jourdan Krueger Fr. 5-6 Dallas, Texas/Highland Park HS Sofia Munera Jr. 5-6 Pereira, Colombia Emma Navarro Fr. 5-7 Charleston, S.C. Amber O’Dell Jr. 5-7 New Milford, N.J./West Rock Tennis Academy Hibah Shaikh Fr. 5-7 Teaneck, N.J. Natasha Subhash So. 5-7 Fairfax, Va. Head Coach: Sara O’Leary (North Carolina ‘07/4th season) Assistant Coach: Gina Suarez-Malaguti (North Carolina ’13/4th season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tyson Thomas (Nebraska-Kearney ’05/2nd season) Athletic Trainer: Caroline Fitch Student Manager: William McDevitt - 2nd Season @UVAWomensTennis 3 2020-21 Virginia Women’s Tennis HEAD COACH SARA O’LEARY Andres Pedroso said at the time of her hiring. “Sara exemplifies all the coaching and leadership qualities we need to implement an unparalleled level of collaboration between our men’s and women’s tennis programs. Sara has shown to be a proven winner at the SARA highest levels of collegiate tennis as both a player and as a coach but her greatest gift is O’LEARY her ability to connect, relate and build life-long relationships with her student-athletes. I am really looking forward to working together with Sara to make sure our student-athletes have a world-class experience at the University of Virginia.” Like Pedroso, O’Leary has also been directly involved with USTA Player Development, as Fourth Season a coach for the USTA Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2015. During these three months, she coached and mentored some of the nation’s top collegiate players including Jamie Loeb and Brooke Austin, who finished the 2015 season nationally-ranked No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Prior to taking over the Davidson program, O’Leary was an assistant coach at North Sara O’Leary is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Virginia women’s tennis Carolina, her alma mater, from August of 2008 to June of 2014. During her six years as program. assistant coach, O’Leary helped the Tar Heels reach the NCAA Tournament each year, in- O’Leary continued to lead the Virginia program back to prominence as the Cavaliers cluding the 2014 season when UNC reached its first national championship match before reached a season-high ranking of ninth in the Oracle/ITA Rankings in the 2019-20 cam- falling to UCLA 4-3. paign. In a shortened season, Virginia posted a 10-5 record that included a 3-3 mark in In addition to capturing the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title and the ACC as the Cavaliers faced 11 teams ranked in the top 25 and six wins over those op- finishing third in the ITA national rankings, the Tar Heels posted a 29-6 record, which was ponents. Included in that group was a win at No. 3 NC State which was only the program’s one win shy of the program record set in 2010. O’Leary also coached four players in 2014 fifth win over a top-five opponent in program history. that received All-American honors, including Loeb, the No. 1 player in the country. During the 2019-20 campaign, O’Leary coached freshman Natasha Subhash to a top- The Tar Heels won the 2013 ITA Indoor Team Championship and finished the season 10 singles rankings and the ITA Atlantic Championship in singles. Subhash also advanced ranked No. 4 nationally, while Loeb won the 2013 ITA All American tournament and the to the semifinals at the Oracle/ITA Masters tournament and the second round at the ITA All- 2013 ITA National Indoor tournament. That year, O’Leary helped North Carolina recruit one American Championship. Four players were nationally-ranked in singles when the season of the nation’s top classes. was halted and six different players had appeared in the singles rankings throughout the O’Leary earned ITA Carolina Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors during the year. Three doubles teams also appeared in the rankings at season’s end, with the pairing 2009-10 campaign, when the Tar Heels advanced to the national semifinals for the first of Sofia Munera and Amber O’Dell taking a runner-up finish at the ITA Atlantic Regional. time in school history. UNC finished with a school-record 30 wins and an ACC-record 11-0 Last season, her second at the helm of the program, O’Leary led the Cavaliers back to mark in league play. the second round of the NCAA Tournament with an 18-9 record, while coaching Meghan In 2011, O’Leary was named ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year after North Caro- Kelley to All-ACC First Team honors. She also coached Kelley to an berth in the NCAA singles lina won its first ACC title in nine years and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Champi- championship and Kelley and freshman Sofia Munera to a berth in the NCAA doubles onships. championship. Five players were named ITA Scholar Athletes for the season, while Kelley O’Leary, who played at North Carolina under her maiden name of Anundsen, earned and Munera were named to the ACC Women’s Tennis All-Academic Team. All-America honors in 2006 and 2007, and helped lead the Tar Heels to a pair of Sweet 16 In her first season at the helm of the program (2017-18), O’Leary guided the Cavaliers and an Elite Eight appearances. During her senior season, she combined with Jenna Long to to an impressive turnaround as she took Virginia back to the NCAA Tournament for the win the 2007 NCAA doubles title - the first national championship in UNC program history. 18th time in program history. Virginia advanced to the second round of the tournament and They were named the ITA National Doubles Team of the Year. O’Leary reached the semifinals posted a 16-9 record with the same roster that missed the post-season the year before her of the NCAA doubles championship as a junior in 2006. arrival. She also coached Rosie Johanson and Meghan Kelley to All-ACC honors. Johanson O’Leary graduated from UNC with a degree in management and society in 2007.