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2017-18 Akron Women's Tennis Roster
Knezevich, Carli
Carli Knezevich
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lake Travis HS | Abilene Christian
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
Bio
Honors: 2018 Academic All-MAC selection ... 2017 ITA Scholar Athlete … 2017 Most Improved Player (team award) ... 2017 and 2016 Academic All-MAC selection … 2017 Dean’s List student.
As a Senior (2017-18): (Fall) Completed the fall with a 1-6 singles record and a 2-7 doubles mark … participated in the ITA Midwest Regional Championship … (Spring) finished 12-18 in singles action overall … went 11-12 in the spring, including 2-6 in MAC play … went 5-1 at No. 2 singles … named MAC Singles Player of the Week on Jan. 24 after opening spring season at 2-0 … went 11-8 in doubles action in the spring, including 4-1 in MAC play at No. 3 … went 3-0 at No. 3 doubles with freshman Madison Wolfe … named MAC Doubles Team of the Week with partner Waverly Wituski on March 28 after opening MAC play at a perfect 2-0.
As a Junior (2016-17): (Fall) Played primarily No. 5/6 singles ... went 6-4 in singles action ... in doubles, went 7-5 ... played No. 1-2 with Karolina Maksimova ... (Spring) finished 20-8 overall ... went 14-2 in the spring, including a perfect 5-0 in MAC play ... played No. 1 doubles with Karolina Maksimova ... went 26-10 overall, including 19-5 in the spring ... named the MAC Doubles Team of the Week twice (March 22, March 30).
As a Sophomore (2015-16): (Fall) Completed the fall portion with a 3-4 singles record, including wins against St. Bonaventure’s Mariam Skhirtladze (8-0) and Fordham’s Hannah Drayton (8-3) … (Spring) went 11-11 in singles action playing at the No. 3-6 spots, including a 4-3 mark in MAC play … won four matches in a row twice during the season containing victories versus Dana Shannon of Milwaukee, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, and Valparaiso’s Cary Milanes, 6-1, 7-6 (2) … finished the spring with a 13-9 doubles record, while going 5-1 in MAC doubles in the No. 2 position after partnering with teammate Sophia Geier ... transferred to Akron in 2015 after freshman year at Abilene Christian.
At Abilene Christian: (Fall) Went 6-7 in singles and 7-5 in doubles with partners Whitney Williams and Ansley Boarman ... placed third in Flight 2 at the ACU Wal Mart Open ... won two of three matches at the Grand Canyon Invitational ... won all three doubles matches with Williams in round robin play at the Oklahoma Classic ... (Spring) went 2-2 in singles and 10-3 in doubles ... posted a 9-3 doubles record with freshman Lucile Pothier, which included a 4-0 mark in Southland play and 6-1 record at No. 3 ... recorded a four-match winning streak alongside Pothier and a three-match streak during the IU Winter Invite.
High School: Graduated in 2014 from Lake Travis HS ... two-time 5A Texas State Championships doubles qualifier ... Top-18 USTA ranking (Texas) ... No. 1 singles and doubles competitor, team captain and MVP ... reached the state semifinals in doubles for the second straight year in 2014 ... first qualified for states in doubles as a sophomore and won the Division 5A district championship as a junior, which helped earn her a No. 12 Gulf States regional singles ranking by the USTA and four-star status on TennisRecruiting.com ... team won three straight district championships from 2012 to 2014, plus one regional title (2012) and an area runner-up title (2014) ... played at the Austin Tennis Academy, which won the 14U and 18U state championships.
Personal: Born August 8, 1995, in Cleveland, Ohio ... daughter of Joseph and Tammy Knezevich ... grew up in Cleveland … fifth member of her extended family to compete in collegiate athletics, joining her father, who played tennis at Kent State, along with two uncles and a pair of cousins ... marketing major.
KNEZEVICH'S CAREER STATS
As a Senior (2017-18): (Fall) Completed the fall with a 1-6 singles record and a 2-7 doubles mark … participated in the ITA Midwest Regional Championship … (Spring) finished 12-18 in singles action overall … went 11-12 in the spring, including 2-6 in MAC play … went 5-1 at No. 2 singles … named MAC Singles Player of the Week on Jan. 24 after opening spring season at 2-0 … went 11-8 in doubles action in the spring, including 4-1 in MAC play at No. 3 … went 3-0 at No. 3 doubles with freshman Madison Wolfe … named MAC Doubles Team of the Week with partner Waverly Wituski on March 28 after opening MAC play at a perfect 2-0.
As a Junior (2016-17): (Fall) Played primarily No. 5/6 singles ... went 6-4 in singles action ... in doubles, went 7-5 ... played No. 1-2 with Karolina Maksimova ... (Spring) finished 20-8 overall ... went 14-2 in the spring, including a perfect 5-0 in MAC play ... played No. 1 doubles with Karolina Maksimova ... went 26-10 overall, including 19-5 in the spring ... named the MAC Doubles Team of the Week twice (March 22, March 30).
As a Sophomore (2015-16): (Fall) Completed the fall portion with a 3-4 singles record, including wins against St. Bonaventure’s Mariam Skhirtladze (8-0) and Fordham’s Hannah Drayton (8-3) … (Spring) went 11-11 in singles action playing at the No. 3-6 spots, including a 4-3 mark in MAC play … won four matches in a row twice during the season containing victories versus Dana Shannon of Milwaukee, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, and Valparaiso’s Cary Milanes, 6-1, 7-6 (2) … finished the spring with a 13-9 doubles record, while going 5-1 in MAC doubles in the No. 2 position after partnering with teammate Sophia Geier ... transferred to Akron in 2015 after freshman year at Abilene Christian.
At Abilene Christian: (Fall) Went 6-7 in singles and 7-5 in doubles with partners Whitney Williams and Ansley Boarman ... placed third in Flight 2 at the ACU Wal Mart Open ... won two of three matches at the Grand Canyon Invitational ... won all three doubles matches with Williams in round robin play at the Oklahoma Classic ... (Spring) went 2-2 in singles and 10-3 in doubles ... posted a 9-3 doubles record with freshman Lucile Pothier, which included a 4-0 mark in Southland play and 6-1 record at No. 3 ... recorded a four-match winning streak alongside Pothier and a three-match streak during the IU Winter Invite.
High School: Graduated in 2014 from Lake Travis HS ... two-time 5A Texas State Championships doubles qualifier ... Top-18 USTA ranking (Texas) ... No. 1 singles and doubles competitor, team captain and MVP ... reached the state semifinals in doubles for the second straight year in 2014 ... first qualified for states in doubles as a sophomore and won the Division 5A district championship as a junior, which helped earn her a No. 12 Gulf States regional singles ranking by the USTA and four-star status on TennisRecruiting.com ... team won three straight district championships from 2012 to 2014, plus one regional title (2012) and an area runner-up title (2014) ... played at the Austin Tennis Academy, which won the 14U and 18U state championships.
Personal: Born August 8, 1995, in Cleveland, Ohio ... daughter of Joseph and Tammy Knezevich ... grew up in Cleveland … fifth member of her extended family to compete in collegiate athletics, joining her father, who played tennis at Kent State, along with two uncles and a pair of cousins ... marketing major.
KNEZEVICH'S CAREER STATS
| SINGLES | |||||||||||
| Season | Overall | Dual | Tourn. | MAC | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |
| 2015-16 | 14-18 | 11-11 | 3-4 | 4-3 | - | - | 3-4 | 1-2 | 4-8 | 4-2 | |
| 2016-17 | 20-8 | 14-4 | 6-4 | 5-0 | - | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | 7-3 | 9-3 | |
| Total | 34-26 | 25-15 | 9-8 | 9-3 | - | - | 4-4 | 2-2 | 11-11 | 13-5 | |
| DOUBLES | |||||||||||
| Season | Overall | Dual | Tourn. | MAC | #1 | #2 | #3 | ||||
| 2015-16 | 14-15 | 14-10 | 0-5 | 5-1 | 2-5 | 8-6 | 4-1 | ||||
| 2016-17 | 26-10 | 19-5 | 7-5 | 4-3 | 17-7 | 5-2 | 1-0 | ||||
| Total | 40-25 | 23-15 | 7-10 | 9-4 | 19-12 | 13-8 | 5-1 | ||||
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