2018-19 Women's Tennis Roster
Biography
2019
First Team All-Louisiana
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2018
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017
ITA Southern Regionals Singles B Draw Champion
2016
Third Team All-Conference USA (Doubles)
2015
ITA Southern Regionals Singles B Draw Champion
SPRING 2019: Registered a team-best 14-6 dual singles mark, the 14 victories being a new career high ... Played the first three matches at No. 2, but moved up to the top position the remainder of the season ... Went 13-4 at No. 1 and 1-2 at No. 2 ... Ended the spring on a nine-match winning streak, including a 6-1, 6-2 win over Middle Tennessee in the first round of the C-USA Tournament ... Finished career with 47 dual singles wins, the sixth most in program history ... Also recorded a 10-6 dual doubles record, teaming up with two different teammates ... Went 8-5 at No. 1 and 2-1 at No. 2 ... Ended spring on a six-match winning streak with Ilana Tetruashvili ... Finished career with 36 dual doubles victories, the ninth most in program history.
FALL 2018: Tallied a 1-5 singles record playing in the top flights ... Lone win came against North Alabama in the George E. Fourmaux Fed Cup Invitational in Hammond ... Went 4-1 in doubles, teaming up with Claudia Oravcova ... Claimed the flight one title at the Ragin' Cajun Invitational, beating Northwestern State 6-3 in the finals.Â
SPRING 2018: Posted a team-best 13-4 dual singles record ... Played throughout the lineup, going 0-1 at No. 1, 2-1 at No. 2, 4-0 at No. 3, 4-2 at No. 4 and 3-0 at No. 5 ... Reeled off a 12-match winning streak, tying the program record ... Dropped only two total sets during the streak that lasted from Feb. 18 to April 7 ... Went 2-2 in conference matches, including a 7-6, 6-3 win at Florida Atlantic (3/3) and a 6-1, 6-0 victory over UTEP (4/7) ... Also registered a team-best 11-4 dual doubles record, teaming up with two different teammates ... Played mostly with Claudia Oravcova, putting together a 10-3 mark at No. 3.
FALL 2017: Recorded a team-best 11-1 singles record ... Won flight two championship at ULM Invitational, defeating McNeese State 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (8) in the finals ... Registered four straight victories, including a 6-3, 6-2 win over UAB, to become the ITA Southern Regionals B Draw champion ... Went 3-0 at Bearkat Invitational to win flight two championship ... Posted a 6-5 record in doubles, partnering with Andrea Perez-Lopez, Nadja Manjon and Karla De La Luz Montalvo ... Teamed up with Montalvo to defeat Alabama, 8-6, to advance to back draw semifinals at ITA Southern Regionals ... Won flight two championship with Montalvo at Bearkat Invitational with 3-0 mark.
SPRING 2017: Registered a 12-8 dual singles record ... Went 4-6 at No. 2, 7-1 at No. 3 and 1-1 at No. 4 ... Opened the spring season with a 6-1, 6-2 victory versus Oral Roberts (1/20) ... Won lone C-USA match at UAB (2/4) by a final score of 6-1, 6-4 ... Had a season-best five-match winning streak, starting with an 0-6, 6-1, 6-4 win at South Alabama (3/3) for the team's lone point ... Was a 6-0, 6-2 winner at Tyler Junior College, the No. 1 ranked junior college team in the country ... Picked up a straight-sets win in the first round of the C-USA Tournament versus Charlotte (4/20) ... Recorded a 5-12 dual doubles record, teaming up with four different teammates ... Played primarily at the No. 2 position.
FALL 2016: Posted a team-best 6-2 mark in singles ... Defeated ULM's Luana Stanciu 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 to claim flight four title at Warhawk Classic Tournament ... After dropping opening match, won three straight to be co-consolation champion of B singles at ITA Southern Regionals ... Compiled a 7-2 doubles record, teaming with Nadja Manjon and Haley Ballinger ... Consolation champion in flight two doubles at Warhawk Classic Tournament ... Dominated flight three doubles with wins of 6-1, 6-3 and 6-0 to claim championship at Ragin' Cajun Invitiational.
SPRING 2016: Registered an 8-8 mark in dual singles ... Went 1-1 at No. 2, 2-2 at No. 3 and 5-5 at No. 4 ... Had a four-match winning streak from Feb. 14 through March 5, including a 6-1, 6-3 victory at Southern Miss ... Overpowered Lara Vovk of No. 45 Georgia State 6-1, 6-0 to help clinch the program's first win ever over a nationally-ranked opponent ... Pulled out a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win versus Charlotte's Sierra Stone in the first round win at the C-USA Tournament ... Partnered with Alexandra Starkova in doubles to go 10-8, playing all 18 matches from the No. 1 position ... Opened the spring with seven victories in the first eight matches ... Highlight win came at SMU, cruising to a 6-1 victory over the 52nd-ranked doubles team of Vaszilisza Bulgakova and Hristina Dishkova.
FALL 2015: Finished first fall season with an 11-3 singles record ... Opened LA Tech career by winning four matches, including a 6-4, 6-4 victory over McNeese State's Anastasija Trubich in the finals, to claim the title of Flight No. 3 at the Warhawk Invitational ... Defeated Arkansas' Nicole Breaux in straight sets in back draw of Flight No. 4 of SMU Invitational ... Won five straight matches with straight-set victories over Ole Miss, Louisiana-Lafayette, Samford and Mississippi State to reach the finals of the singles B main draw at the ITA Southern Regionals, besting Southern Miss' Alex Kitchen, 7-6, 6-2 to claim second title of the fall ... Picked up back draw win versus Stetson's Maja Salibasic, 7-6, 6-3 in Flight No. 2 at USTA Clay Court Invitational ... Partnered with Taly Merker, Alexandra Starkova and Marta Sramkova to go 5-6 in doubles ... Won back draw with Merker at Warhawk Invitational ... Notched 8-4 victory with Sramkova in Round of 32 over FGCU's Breana Stampfli/Joselyn Treyes in Flight No. 1 of USTA CCI.
Prior to LA Tech: Reached a high ITF ranking of 410th ... Won the bronze medal at 2015 Taiwan national high school championships ... Semifinalist at 2014 GreenMax Cup International Junior championships ... Winner of 2013 Nan Ying Cup International Junior championships.
Personal: Full name is Yu-Chia Chen ... Nickname is Sonia ... Has two siblings, Yu Ton and Wei Yu ... Born May 16, 1997.
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