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2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster

Tayah Cross

  • Position PLAYER
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Matthew Flinders Anglican College
  • Hometown Sunshine Coast, Australia

Biography

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

2021 (Senior)
Went 2-2 in No. 6 singles matches, including a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Appalachian State's Peri Tippins (3/31) ... Played doubles in all 14 of UNCG's matches this season ... Won back-to-back doubles matches with different partners, scoring a 6-2 win with Hanna Giddings at No. 1 doubles at N.C. Central (3/10) and a 6-2 win with Emily Ory at No. 2 doubles against Wofford.

2019-20 (Junior)
Competed in two singles matches against East Carolina (2.8) and Appalachian State (2.12), and earned three wins in doubles play ... combined with Brianna Gomez to defeat Gardner-Webb's No. 3 pairing of Ristic and Saguchi on a 10-4 tiebreaker (2.27) ... competed alongside Gomez for another third pairing victory, in a 6-4 final at Rollins College (3.4) ... combined with Emily Ory against NC Central to grab a 7-5 victory against the Eagles' No. 3 duo of Miller and Sakharova (3.10).


2018-19 (Sophomore)
Closed out the season with one singles win and a pair of doubles victories … grabbed her lone singles win of the season on Feb. 9 when the Spartans faced UNC Asheville, where she downed Madeline Finley by scores of 6-1, 6-3 … earlier that afternoon, while playing doubles alongside Sophia Adams, the pair downed Anastasia Horvat / Madeline Finley by a 6-2 margin … posted her second doubles win of the slate on Feb. 28, again with Adams as her partner, as they downed Breanna Bryant / Kaya Ellis (N.C. A&T) by a score of 6-2.

2017-18 (Freshman)
Competed in eight matches during the fall season, starting her career off with three-straight wins at the Elon Fall Invitational … earned wins over Appalachian State’s Sandra Anglesjo and Marisa Anthony at the Elon Fall Invite … earned a three-set win over Pauline Roustan of Campbell in the Spartan Classic (Oct. 14) … teamed up with fellow freshman Brianna Gomez for five doubles matches … earned two wins at the Spartan Classic, defeating teams from Presbyterian and Campbell … paired up with Sophia Adams for a match at the Battle at the Beach ... competed in three singles matches in her freshman season, falling in all three matches.

Prior to UNCG
Competed with the Kronk Tennis Academy from 2014-2017 under head coach Simon Merrin … winner of Wynnum, Gympie, Tweed Heads, Nambour and Harvey Bay Open Australian Doubles tournaments … won the U18 Redcliffe Open Australian Singles tournament… Cross had a banner year at 16, winning the Queensland Clay Court Championship singles, Elite Tennis International Singles and Mooloolaba Junior Championships singles … selected to play at the 2015 U19's All-Australia Nationals representing the state of Queensland … played No. 1 at MFAC for three seasons … represented Matthew Flinders Anglican College twice who placed second at the Queensland Knockout State Competitions and was selected to play at the Australian Schools' Tennis Championship … at MFAC, Cross was a three-time All-State Debate and Chess performer … a multi-sport athlete, Cross also competed in track and field, cross country, netball and basketball …  participated in Surf Life Saving, swimming and dancing … in track and field, was a member of the 4x100 team that set the region record.

Personal
Cross is the daughter of Michael and Shayne Cross ... majoring in language, literatures and cultures.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2019-20Junior

    PLAYER
    5'7"
  • 2020-21Senior

    PLAYER
    5'7"