Miruna Vasilescu

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Photo by: John Ashley

Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
High School:
Friedrichs
Hometown:
Ulm, Germany

As a Junior (2019-20): Dean’s List student ... (Fall) Went 6-4 in singles action ... participated in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships in the main draw ... went 5-6 in doubles action, playing with partner Rita Pedroso ... (Spring) Went 4-4 in singles action, playing the No. 1 and No. 2 positions ... named MAC Singles Player of the Week on March 11 (last honor of the year) ... went 2-0 on the week at No. 2 singles ... beat Cleveland State’s Lara Prosenjak in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3 ... battled Marshall’s Daniela Dankanych for a 7-6 (2), 7-5 victory ... went 4-4 at No. 1 doubles ... went 2-2 with Jemi Aguilar and 2-2 with Pedroso ... named MAC Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 19 ... had two victories at the No. 1 spot with Pedroso ... in Akron’s first victory of the spring season, a 7-0 sweep of Seton Hall on Feb. 14, the duo defeated Minja Gligic and Hiba El Khalifi, 6-2.

As a Sophomore (2018-19): 2019 First-team All-MAC ... Dean’s List student ... shared team’s Most Improved Player Award ... named MAC Singles Player of the Week twice (Feb. 27, March 27) ... (Fall) Picked up three wins in singles action ... paired with senior Sophia Geier and junior Rita Pedroso for a 7-3 record in doubles action ... (Spring) Went 22-10 overall, including 19-5 in the spring ... played mostly at No. 2, going 13-5, with a perfect 4-0 mark at No. 1 ... combined with Pedroso as the Zips’ No. 1 doubles team ... finished the season at 24-8 overall, including 19-6 in spring action ... named the MAC Doubles Team of the Week twice (Jan. 30, Feb. 20).

As a Freshman (2017-18): 2018 MAC Newcomer of the Year and second-team All-MAC … named team’s Most Valuable Player ... (Fall) Did not play … (Spring) Opened collegiate career with a perfect 8-0 record … worked her way up the line-up … started at No. 6 and finished at No. 1 … finished at 17-5 overall, including 5-3 in MAC play … went 8-2 at No. 2 singles … named the MAC Singles Player of the Week twice (Jan. 31, March 28) and the Summa Health Student-Athlete of the Week (March 8) … played No. 1/2 doubles … went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles with Luisa Echeverry and 2-0 at No. 2 doubles with Carli Knezevich ... finished freshman campaign ranked No. 14 in Oracle/ITA Division I Midwest singles play.

High School: A two-time national German Nike Junior Team (NJT) finalist … won first place at the 2016 Krumbacher Hallen-Cup … played club for TC Friedrichshafen where she only lost two matches at the No. 1 position … played first and fourth positions … had a 149-50 overall record.

Personal: Born November 10, 1998 … parents are Cristian Vasilescu and Daniela Vasilescu … has an older sister Arina … originally from Romania … family moved to Germany seven years ago … human resource management major.

VASILESCU'S CAREER STATS

*SINGLES*
*Season*	*Overall*	*Dual*	*Tourn.*	*MAC*	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
2017-18	17-5	17-5	-	5-3	4-3	8-2	3-0	1-0	-	1-0
2018-19	22-10	19-5	3-5	6-1	4-0	13-5	2-0	-	-	-
2019-20*	10-8	4-4	6-4	-	1-2	3-2	-	-	-	-

Total	49-23	40-14	9-9	11-4	9-5	24-9	5-0	1-0	-	1-0

*DOUBLES*
*Season*	*Overall*	*Dual*	*Tourn.*	*MAC*		#1		#2		#3
2017-18	12-8	12-8	-	3-2		3-2		8-6		1-0
2018-19	26-9	19-6	7-3	5-2		18-6		1-0		-
2019-20*	9-10	4-4	5-6	-		4-4		-		-

Total	47-27	35-18	12-9	8-4		25-12		9-6		1-0