The University of Akron Athletics
2018-19 Akron Women's Tennis Roster
Geier, Sophia
Sophia Geier
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Clavius Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Burgebrach, Germany
Bio
TEAM CAPTAIN
As a Redshirt Senior (2018-19): Team captain ... 2019 ITA Scholar-Athlete ... 2019 ITA Midwest Region’s Most Improved Senior Award ... 2019 MAC Player of the Year ... first-team All-MAC ... MAC All-Tournament Team ... MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-MAC ... Dean’s List student ... named team’s Most Valuable Player ... MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 26) ... Zips’ Summa Health Student-Athlete of the Week four times (Sept. 24, Feb. 4, April 10, April 17) ... finished collegiate career ranked No. 2 on Akron’s all-time list for singles wins (106) and combined wins (177) and No. 11 in doubles wins (71) ... (Fall) Went 8-3 in singles action ... only Zip to participate in the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships ... paired with three different partners in doubles action, going 7-3 overall ... (Spring) Went undefeated against all MAC opponents at the No. 1 spot (7-0 in regular season and 2-0 in MAC tourney play) ... finished 29-4 in singles action overall, including 21-1 in spring action, all at No. 1 ... named MAC Singles Player of the Week three times this spring (Feb. 6, Feb. 13, and Feb. 20) ... paired with Anna Uljanov at No. 2 doubles where the duo went 16-7 overall ... the pair earned MAC Doubles Team of the Week twice this spring (Feb. 6, April 24).
As a Senior (2017-18): Redshirted.
As a Junior (2016-17): Team captain ... 2017 ITA Scholar Athlete ... 2017 MAC Player of the Year ... first-team All-MAC selection ... Most Valuable Player (team award) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 ... MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-MAC selection ... Dean’s List student ... (Fall) Opened the schedule with seven consecutive singles wins ... participated in the ITA Regional Championships, beating Notre Dame’s Mary Closs in straight sets ... went 5-3 in doubles action with partner Ariadna Blinova ... (Spring) Nationally ranked at No. 121 on Jan. 4 ... played No. 1 singles ... finished 30-3 overall, including 23-2 in the spring ... went 7-1 in MAC action ... won 18 consecutive matches in the spring .... named the MAC Singles Player of the Week four times (Feb. 1, March 22, April 12, April 26) and the Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week twice (March 20, April 10) and Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Month twice (March, April) ... in doubles action, played primarily No. 2 with Ariadna Blinova ... finished 23-6 overall, including 21-3 in the spring ... duo was named the MAC Doubles Team of the Week on March 1 after registering a pair of wins against Duquesne and Cleveland State to remain unbeaten (7-0 record) ... Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Month (March 2017, April 2017) ... MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (April 12).
As a Sophomore (2015-16): Team captain ... 2016 ITA Scholar Athlete … Academic All-MAC selection … named the team’s Most Improved Player ... (Fall) Led the team with an 8-3 singles record … her eight wins were straight set victories … won five consecutive matches, including victories against Princess Gbadamosi (Cleveland State, 6-4, 6-4), Stella Peisakhova (Niagara, 7-5, 6-2), and Julianne Heino (Youngstown State, 6-1, 6-1) … participated and advanced to the singles main draw at the ITA Midwest Regionals … went 2-4 in doubles action, claiming triumphs over Binghamton’s Annie DiMuro and Sara Kohtz as well as Eastern Michigan’s Anna Veleva and Renu Sharma … (Spring) Played primarily at the No. 1 and 2 positions in both singles and doubles … finished the season with a 19-7 singles mark and a 7-1 conference record … won five straight matches, including victories versus Morgan State’s Danielle Thompson, St. Bonaventure’s Gabriella Bowe, and East Tennessee’s Regina Nychytailova … went 12-10 in doubles play and 5-1 in the MAC with partner Carli Knezevich.
As a Freshman (2014-15): 2015 ITA Scholar Athlete … named the team’s Most Improved Player ... (Fall) Finished the fall portion with a 4-5 singles record and a 3-7 doubles mark with partners Maria Bessmertnaya and Shannon Newnes … won her first match against Texas State’s Katy Collins, 6-3, 7-5, at the Akron Shootout ... at the Akron Invitational, against West Virginia, defeated Yvon Martinez, 4-6, 6-1, 10-7 … (Spring) Led Akron with a 16-6 record in singles and 11-9 mark in doubles … recorded a six-match winning streak in singles play … went on another five-match winning streak, defeating Temple’s Minami Okajima, Eastern Michigan’s Maria Paula Ribero, and Toledo’s Emily Mazzola … closed out the season with two singles victories over MAC opponents Buffalo and Northern Illinois.
High School: Recorded a victory over the No. 31 player in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) … boasted a career-high ITF ranking of No. 1,171 … played all of her ITF tournaments in Germany.
Personal: Born July 26, 1995, in Bamberg, Germany ... daughter of Werner and Sylvia Geier ... has a brother Philipp … speaks German, English and French ... earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management in 2018 … pursuing an M.B.A.
GEIER’S CAREER STATS
Combined Wins:
106 #2 on career chart
+ 71 #11 on career chart
= 177 #2 on career chart
As a Redshirt Senior (2018-19): Team captain ... 2019 ITA Scholar-Athlete ... 2019 ITA Midwest Region’s Most Improved Senior Award ... 2019 MAC Player of the Year ... first-team All-MAC ... MAC All-Tournament Team ... MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-MAC ... Dean’s List student ... named team’s Most Valuable Player ... MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 26) ... Zips’ Summa Health Student-Athlete of the Week four times (Sept. 24, Feb. 4, April 10, April 17) ... finished collegiate career ranked No. 2 on Akron’s all-time list for singles wins (106) and combined wins (177) and No. 11 in doubles wins (71) ... (Fall) Went 8-3 in singles action ... only Zip to participate in the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships ... paired with three different partners in doubles action, going 7-3 overall ... (Spring) Went undefeated against all MAC opponents at the No. 1 spot (7-0 in regular season and 2-0 in MAC tourney play) ... finished 29-4 in singles action overall, including 21-1 in spring action, all at No. 1 ... named MAC Singles Player of the Week three times this spring (Feb. 6, Feb. 13, and Feb. 20) ... paired with Anna Uljanov at No. 2 doubles where the duo went 16-7 overall ... the pair earned MAC Doubles Team of the Week twice this spring (Feb. 6, April 24).
As a Senior (2017-18): Redshirted.
As a Junior (2016-17): Team captain ... 2017 ITA Scholar Athlete ... 2017 MAC Player of the Year ... first-team All-MAC selection ... Most Valuable Player (team award) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 ... MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-MAC selection ... Dean’s List student ... (Fall) Opened the schedule with seven consecutive singles wins ... participated in the ITA Regional Championships, beating Notre Dame’s Mary Closs in straight sets ... went 5-3 in doubles action with partner Ariadna Blinova ... (Spring) Nationally ranked at No. 121 on Jan. 4 ... played No. 1 singles ... finished 30-3 overall, including 23-2 in the spring ... went 7-1 in MAC action ... won 18 consecutive matches in the spring .... named the MAC Singles Player of the Week four times (Feb. 1, March 22, April 12, April 26) and the Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week twice (March 20, April 10) and Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Month twice (March, April) ... in doubles action, played primarily No. 2 with Ariadna Blinova ... finished 23-6 overall, including 21-3 in the spring ... duo was named the MAC Doubles Team of the Week on March 1 after registering a pair of wins against Duquesne and Cleveland State to remain unbeaten (7-0 record) ... Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Month (March 2017, April 2017) ... MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (April 12).
As a Sophomore (2015-16): Team captain ... 2016 ITA Scholar Athlete … Academic All-MAC selection … named the team’s Most Improved Player ... (Fall) Led the team with an 8-3 singles record … her eight wins were straight set victories … won five consecutive matches, including victories against Princess Gbadamosi (Cleveland State, 6-4, 6-4), Stella Peisakhova (Niagara, 7-5, 6-2), and Julianne Heino (Youngstown State, 6-1, 6-1) … participated and advanced to the singles main draw at the ITA Midwest Regionals … went 2-4 in doubles action, claiming triumphs over Binghamton’s Annie DiMuro and Sara Kohtz as well as Eastern Michigan’s Anna Veleva and Renu Sharma … (Spring) Played primarily at the No. 1 and 2 positions in both singles and doubles … finished the season with a 19-7 singles mark and a 7-1 conference record … won five straight matches, including victories versus Morgan State’s Danielle Thompson, St. Bonaventure’s Gabriella Bowe, and East Tennessee’s Regina Nychytailova … went 12-10 in doubles play and 5-1 in the MAC with partner Carli Knezevich.
As a Freshman (2014-15): 2015 ITA Scholar Athlete … named the team’s Most Improved Player ... (Fall) Finished the fall portion with a 4-5 singles record and a 3-7 doubles mark with partners Maria Bessmertnaya and Shannon Newnes … won her first match against Texas State’s Katy Collins, 6-3, 7-5, at the Akron Shootout ... at the Akron Invitational, against West Virginia, defeated Yvon Martinez, 4-6, 6-1, 10-7 … (Spring) Led Akron with a 16-6 record in singles and 11-9 mark in doubles … recorded a six-match winning streak in singles play … went on another five-match winning streak, defeating Temple’s Minami Okajima, Eastern Michigan’s Maria Paula Ribero, and Toledo’s Emily Mazzola … closed out the season with two singles victories over MAC opponents Buffalo and Northern Illinois.
High School: Recorded a victory over the No. 31 player in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) … boasted a career-high ITF ranking of No. 1,171 … played all of her ITF tournaments in Germany.
Personal: Born July 26, 1995, in Bamberg, Germany ... daughter of Werner and Sylvia Geier ... has a brother Philipp … speaks German, English and French ... earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management in 2018 … pursuing an M.B.A.
GEIER’S CAREER STATS
| SINGLES | |||||||||||
| Season | Overall | Dual | Tourn. | MAC | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |
| 2014-15 | 20-11 | 16-6 | 4-5 | 5-3 | 1-0 | - | - | 3-1 | 10-5 | 2-0 | |
| 2015-16 | 27-10 | 19-7 | 8-3 | 7-1 | 6-5 | 13-2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2016-17 | 30-3 | 23-2 | 7-1 | 7-1 | 22-1 | 7-1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2018-19 | 29-4 | 21-1 | 8-3 | 7-0 | 21-1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 106-28 | 79-16 | 27-12 | 26-5 | 50-7 | 20-2 | - | 3-1 | 10-5 | 2-0 | |
| DOUBLES | |||||||||||
| Season | Overall | Dual | Tourn. | MAC | #1 | #2 | #3 | ||||
| 2014-15 | 14-17 | 12-7 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 2-1 | ||||
| 2015-16 | 14-14 | 12-10 | 2-4 | 5-1 | 6-6 | 6-3 | 0-1 | ||||
| 2016-17 | 23-6 | 21-3 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 5-2 | 14-4 | 4-0 | ||||
| 2018-19 | 20-10 | 13-7 | 7-3 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 12-7 | - | ||||
| Total | 71-47 | 58-27 | 17-18 | 15-11 | 20-14 | 33-17 | 6-2 |
Combined Wins:
106 #2 on career chart
+ 71 #11 on career chart
= 177 #2 on career chart
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