LidiaGonzalez
- height 5-11
- class Senior
- Hometown Madrid, Spain
- Major Biomedical Engineering
- High school Eurocolegio Casvi
Junior (2023-24): Junior season singles record of 13-11 going 6-8 in the spring … Saw SEC singles record of 0-7 … Partnered with Ellie Eades for beginning of spring going 3-6 (0-3 SEC)… Doubles record overall 13-14 with the final three matches partnered with Julia Zhu before ending her junior season early due to injury.
Sophomore (2022-23): Recorded a 9-8 record in singles competition with 5-4 in the SEC … Saw majority of play on court three where she went 6-5 … Recorded a 3-9 overall record in doubles competition with partners Florencia Urrutia, Maialen Morante and Makayla Mills … Saw a 3-4 record in SEC doubles competition … Went net 3-4 (3-4 SEC) with Urrutia in doubles competition … Saw a 0-1 record in play with Morante … Set 0-1 record with Mills … Named to SEC Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll.
Freshman (2021-22): Recorded a 7-9 record in singles competition during her rookie campaign while playing on the last three courts … Had UK’s lone singles win in the second round of the SC Tournament over South Carolina’s Misa Malkin in impressive 6-2, 6-0 fashion … Posted a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Missouri’s Valentina Vasquez … Tallied the decisive point in the Wildcats’ win over Miami Ohio after defeating Sarah Dev, also earning the clinch against Penn State’s Karly Friedland… Also notched singles wins over Austin Peay’s Martina Paladini-Jennings, Southeast Missouri State’s Vivian Lai and East Tennessee State’s Yunuen Elizarraras … Partnered with Carlota Molina for a 6-4 ledger in doubles in the third spot, earning the clinching point over Ohio State, Indiana and West Virginia … Also had doubles wins with Molina against Penn State, Miami Ohio, Western Kentucky … Teamed up with Carla Girbau for a clinching win over Southeast Missouri State’s Lera Valeeva/Ksenia Shikanova … Paired with Fiona Arrese for doubles victories over Missouri and Bellarmine … During the fall season, teamed up with Fiona Arrese to post a doubles win at the June Stewart Invitational where she also notched a win in singles action … Advanced to the doubles main draw Round of 16 at the ITA Regional Championships with Fiona Arrese … Had singles victories at both the Tennessee Invitational and the Miami Invitational.
Prior to UK: Has represented Spain three times in the Winter Cup, Summer Cup, and European championship … Was the runner-up in the Spanish Championship at the U15 and U16 levels.
Personal: Parents are Oscar González and Susana García … Has one sister, Claudia.