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UNC Greensboro

2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster

Sophia Adams

  • Position PLAYER
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool TERRA Environmental Institute
  • Hometown Miami, Fla.

Biography

Awards & Accolades
• All-SoCon Freshman Team (2017)
• SoCon Academic Honor Roll (2017)
• All-SoCon Honor Roll (2021)
• ITA All-Academic Team (2021)

2021 (Graduate Student)
Top singles player for UNCG, played in 13 of 14 matches this spring ... Went 2-11 in seven No. 1 and six No. 2 singles matches ... Went 4-7 at No. 1 doubles with partner Hanna Giddings ... Won two of her last three doubles matches, teaming with Giddings for No. 1 doubles victories at Chattanooga (4/12) and home against Mercer (4/14).

2019-20 (Senior)
Went 7-4 in singles play, playing all matches in the No. 2 seed ... also turned in a perfect 5-0 when playing alongside Hanna Giddings in doubles play ... opened the season with a three-set victory over UNCW's No. 2 Sarah Horn (1.25) ... grabbed back-to-back wins against Charlotte and ECU, defeating the 49ers' No. 2 Jenna Dean in three sets (2.1) and the Pirates' No. 2 Sibel Tanik 6-3, 6-1 ... combined with Giddings for a 6-2 win at Coastal Carolina (2.22) ... closed out the season with a perfect 8-0 record over singles and doubles play ... went 2-0 at Gardner-Webb (2.27), beating the Bulldogs' No. 2 Naupari and grabbing a doubles win at the No. 2 pairing ... did the same against Western Carolina (2.29), beating WCU's Jordan Strickland 6-1, 6-2 in singles play ... grabbed a three-set victory against Rollins (3.4) ... a perfect 2-0 against NC Central, taking down the Eagles' No. 2 in back-to-back 6-1 sets, and earned a 6-2 win in doubles play (3.10).


2018-19 (Junior)
Wrapped up the 2019 season with a 10-10 mark in singles action after winning six matches from the No. 3 slot and four as the No. 2 seed … was one of four players to win at least 10 singles matches on the season, tied alongside Erika Barquero and Nancy Bridges for second-most on the team … snagged eight doubles wins during the season, all as the No. 3 seed as she paired with Eugenia Camacho (six wins) and Tayah Cross (two wins) throughout the course of the season … posted back-to-back singles victories against Jennifer Brown (Coastal Carolina) and Maria Jose Zacarias (Appalachian State) … closed out February with a straight set victory (6-1, 6-4) against Angelica Martinez (N.C. A&T) … emerged with consecutive wins versus Raffa Mora (Northern Colorado) and Stella Cliffe (Colorado State) during a swing through Colorado … claimed her first SoCon victory of the season at Wofford (5-7, 6-4, 10-1) as she downed Cassidy Hicks from the No. 2 singles spot … put together a season-long four-match winning streak in late March … the first win of that stretch came over Lauren McCall (Western Carolina) by a 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 margin … emerged with a win in the home finale over Natalia De Ugarge (Samford) by scores of 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 … followed with a three-set win against Uma Nayar (Elon) by scores of 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 … closed out the winning streak with a two-set (6-4, 6-3) triumph over Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga (ETSU) … earned the first of two wins with Cross in doubles action against UNC Asheville as they downed Anastasia Horvat / Madeline Finley (6-2) … capped off February with a 6-2 win doubles win alongside Cross over Breanna Bryant / Kaya Ellis (N.C. A&T) … won the first of three straight doubles matches with Camacho versus Kay Kluska / Brittney Wilbur (Wofford) by a 6-1 decision on March 16 … the following afternoon earned a 6-3 win over Marie Mottet / Lucia Gutierrez (Mercer) … wrapped up the winning streak with a 7-5 triumph against Alyssa Hahn / Mira Gladstone (Davidson) on March 20 … claimed her first of two wins against the Catamounts on March 28 as she and Camacho downed the pair of Lauren McCall / Alexa Webb (7-6 {4-0}) … earned her final doubles win of the season against ETSU’s pairing of Yunuen Elizarraras / Andrea Pascual-Larrinaga by a 6-2 margin.

2017-18 (Sophomore) 
Competed in 11 matches during the fall season … opened the season with back-to-back wins over Melissa Esguerra of ETSU and Heidi Swope of Appalachian State in straight sets at the Elon Fall Invitational … defeated Demi Henshcel to open the Spartan Classic with a straight-set win … knocked off Campbell’s Lou Regan in straight sets at the Coastal Carolina Battle at the Beach (Nov. 3) … added a shutout win against UNCW’s Thai Thompson at the Battle at the Beach (Nov. 3) … started the season with Corinne Blythe at the Elon Fall invite, earning a default win over a team from ETSU before earning an 8-3 win over a team from UNCW … paired up with Emily Ory at the Spartan Classic, earning wins over teams from Appalachian State and Presbyterian … teamed up with Brianna Gomez for a match at the Battle at the Beach … added a match with freshman Tayah Cross for another match-up at the Battle at the Beach ... finished the season 12-8 in singles matches with three Southern Conference wins … went 7-13 in doubles matches and partnered with Emily Ory, Brianna Gomez, Corinne Blythe and Alice Taylor … started the season winning seven of the first eight matches, including a six-match winning streak (Feb. 14-Mar. 9) … earned five straight-set victories … earned SoCon wins over Western Carolina’s Savannah Taranto (Mar. 17), Mercer’s Celine Schepers (Mar. 30) and Samford’s Holly Horsfall (Mar. 31) … defeated Davidson’s Megan Scholvinck at No. 2 singles in straight sets (Apr. 11) … earned her first doubles victory of the season over a pair from UNCW (Feb. 14) and the third flight … won five of six matches from April 17-30, partnering with Blythe, Gomez and Taylor during that run … earned a win over a pair from Davidson when partnered with Blythe (Apr. 11) … claimed SoCon victories in doubles play over Western Carolina (Mar. 17), ETSU (Mar. 18) and Mercer (Mar. 30).

2016-17 (Freshman)
Freshman All-Southern Conference performer… Competed at No. 4-6 singles action… Earned a 5-4 record at the No. 4 flight… Went 5-2 in Southern Conference play… Won her first collegiate match against the Richmond Spiders in straight-sets (2/19)… Notched three-straight victories over Flagler College, USC Upstate and Wofford (3/15-3/25)… Earned SoCon victories over Chattanooga;s Rachele Gazzola, Lauren Reid of Wofford, Western Carolina's Madison Riley, Samford's Grace Jennings and ETSU's Yi Chi Ma… In doubles play, earned a 6-7 record and went 5-2 in SoCon play… Partnered with Corinne Blythe, played at No. 3 doubles… Earned doubles wins against Wofford, Mercer, Western, Samford and ETSU, winning four of the last five doubles contests… Earned her first doubles victory over Eduarda Ferreira and Morgan Dodd of USC Upstate (3/18).

Prior to UNCG
Only played two seasons of tennis at TERRA Environmental Institute under head coach Monica Mejia … played at the No. 1 position her junior and senior year … was the 2015 Florida High School Tennis State Doubles Champion … reached the 2015 Florida High School State finals at No. 1 singles … competed at Next Level Tennis Academy for five years under coach Caesar Stewart … 2014 Regional Champion in Mobile, Ala.

Personal
Daughter of John and Luzma Adams … majoring in Business Administration … born August 27, 1998.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'3"
  • 2019-20Senior

    PLAYER
    5'3"
  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    PLAYER
    5'3"