2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS
CUSA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
SPRING 2024: Appeared in all 24 matches ... Went 6-12 in dual singles, going 2-0 at No. 2, 4-11 at No. 3, and 0-1 at No. 4 ... First win of the season was the clinching point against Omaha (1/14) at the Hurricane Invite ... Went 1-2 against CUSA competition during the regular season, providing the clinching point with a 6-2, 6-1 win at Sam Houston (3/30) ... Won in straight sets over UAB (4/6) and Grambling State (4/6) in the home finale ... Teamed up with three different partners to go 8-12 in dual doubles ... Went 0-3 at No. 1 and 8-9 at No. 2 ... Went a perfect 3-0 with teammate Ana Rodrigues at the Hurricane Invite ... Had a pair of two-match winning streaks with Tiffani Nash, including back-to-back road victories over Sam Houston (3/30) and ULM (4/3).
FALL 2023: Recorded a 3-6 singles record, playing in three tournaments ... First win of the fall came at the Diving Eagle Invitational, defeating Bruna Casasampere of UT Arlington 6-3, 7-6 ... Had back-to-back victories in the qualifying bracket of the ITA Southern Regionals, outlasting Leena Metwally of Troy and Suhana Sofia of Southern Miss ... Went 3-5 in doubles, partnering with Ana Rodrigues ... Advanced to finals of Flight A consolation bracket of Diving Eagle Invitational after victories over McNeese State and UL-Lafayette ... Knocked off Ibifuro Clement and Elena Noguero of Louisville, 8-5, at the John Cade Invitational.
SPRING 2023: Saw action in 18 of the 26 spring matches ... Recorded a 4-2 dual singles record, going 1-0 on court five and 3-2 on court six ... First dual win as a Lady Techster came in a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Omaha (1/15) ... Registered straight-set wins versus LSU-Alexandria (3/25) and twice against Grambling State (4/13) ... Tallied a 7-6 dual doubles record, playing with four different teammates ... Closed the spring with wins in four of the last five completed matches, including victories against Toledo (3/4) and Stetson (3/6) with Alexia Romero.
FALL 2022: Tallied a 7-6 singles mark, playing in five fall events ... Collected two wins at the UCA Fall Invitational, defeating opponents from Northwestern State and Oral Roberts ... Notched two victories in the back draw of the ITA Southern Regionals, outdueling Maddie Bemisderfer of Mississippi State 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 and Cora Barber of Tulane 6-3, 6-4 ... Registered a three-set win on court six at the John Cade Invitational against Joy Callwood (Louisville) ... Lone singles match at the LA Tech Invitational was a straight-set win against Nicholls State ... Went 5-7 in doubles, closing out the fall with five straight victories with teammates Alexia Romero ... Went undefeated on court three at the John Cade Invitational with wins over Memphis, Mississippi State, and Louisville ... Won both matches at the LA Tech Invitational on court two versus Nicholls State and McNeese State.
PRIOR TO LA TECH: Spent two seasons at the University of Missouri ... Helped guide Tigers to a top-40 national ranking while playing as high as No. 2 in singles and No. 1 in doubles ... Helped the program to a 15-win season (second most victories in the last 40 years) in 2021, climbing as high as No. 36 in the country ... Went 10-14 in dual singles as a freshman, going 4-4 at No. 2, 2-4 at No. 3, 1-3 at No. 4, 2-3 at No. 5 and 1-0 at No. 6 ... Went 6-13 in dual doubles with one of those victories coming against 20th-ranked South Carolina ... Was ranked as high as No. 1 in the U18 Chile rankings ... Member of the Chilean national team for numerous international tournaments ... Had a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 240.
PERSONAL: Full name is Valentina Vazquez Pongruber ... Daughter of Jorge Vazquez and Heidi Pongruber ... Sister to Francisca, Matias and Rafaela ... Born March 17, 2001.
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