Women's Tennis

ElizabethStevens

  • height 5-7
  • class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Tigard, Oregon
  • Major Elementary Education
  • High school Tigard High School

Fifth-Year (2024-25): Went 6-5 in fall singles play … Saw 3-2 record in doubles with partner Ellie Eades.

Senior (2023-24): Saw wins in singles play against opponents from Eastern Kentucky, Cincinnati, Vanderbilt and Tennessee in the fall season with wins over opponents from Virginia Tech, Wichita State, EKU and Mississippi State in the spring … Went 8-22 (3-11 SEC) in singles play … Played majority of matches in the No. 1 spot finishing the season in the No. 2 position … Went 16-12 (4-6 SEC) in doubles play … Played doubles with Makayla Mills, Zoe Hammond and Ellie Myers throughout senior season … Played majority of doubles matches with Mills for a record of 13-11 (5-5 SEC) mostly in the No. 1 position … Wildcat pair saw highest ranking of N0. 36 at the conclusion of the fall season (Nov. 15) … Saw highest spring ranking at No. 41 in doubles (Feb. 11) … Later ranked No. 44 in doubles play (April 5) and No. 71 (April 25).

Junior (2022-23): Went 12-13 (3-9) in singles play … Played majority of matches in the No. 1 or No. 2 spot … Recorded SEC wins over Vanderbilt, LSU and Mississippi State … Went 24-11 in doubles throughout junior season … Saw most success in the No. 1 spot with partner Carlota Molina (18-7) … The pair was ranked No. 63 in the Week 10 doubles rankings … Ranked No. 44 (April 5) and highest ranking of No. 22 (April 18).

Sophomore (2021-22): Named to the 2022 SEC Women’s Tennis Community Service Team … Saw action in two matches during the spring before a season-ending injury … Played both matches on court one, going undefeated … Earned the clinching win for Kentucky over Notre Dame’s Page Freeman in an impressive 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 comeback effort … Also earned the clinch in UK’s victory against Southeast Missouri with her win versus Romana Tarajova … Teamed up with Carlota Molina for a win in her sole doubles appearance of the season … Was ranked as high as 51st in doubles with Molina on Feb. 9 … During the fall season, advanced to the doubles main draw finals at the ITA Regional Championships before falling to Indiana, 6-3, 6-2, with partner Carlota Molina … Also qualified for the singles main draw Round of 16 at the ITA Regional Championships … Notched a doubles win with Molina at the Miami Invitational.

Freshman (2020-21): Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Named the SEC Freshman of the Week on March 10 … Recorded a 3-10 singles record during the season, including a win over East Tennessee State during her Wildcat debut … Recorded a pair of SEC victories, including a 6-3, 6-4 win over Missouri’s Marta Oliveira and a 6-4, 6-0 decision against Lauren Alter of Arkansas … Amassed a 5-5 mark during doubles action in the regular season, including victories over Notre Dame, LSU, Arkansas, and Vanderbilt with partner Carla Girbau … Teamed up with Lesedi Jacobs to clinch a 6-1 doubles win over Lillian Gabrielsen and Tereza Janatova of Ole Miss in the regular-season finale … Faced Lillian Gabrielsen and Tereza Janatova again with Jacobs during the second round of the SEC Championships, once again winning, 6-4, as UK had an upset win over No. 19 Ole Miss … Defeated Miranda Ramirez and Guzal Yusupova of Syracuse, 6-4, with Jacobs as the Wildcats posted a win over Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA Championships … During the fall season, led UK with four wins at the Bulldog Invitational, including a pair of singles victories … Partnered with Akvile Parazinskaite to take down Alabama in the SEC Challenge in the fall … Also picked up one doubles win and two singles wins at the June Stewart Invitational in the fall slate.

Prior to UK
Won the Oregon district and state tournament titles as a freshman (2016-17) and sophomore (2017-18) … Became the first student-athlete in her high school’s history to win both district and state tournament titles, doing so in two consecutive years … During those same two seasons, Stevens was named OSAA Female Tennis Athlete of the Year … Defeated No. 13 Natsumi Kawaguchi, 6-4, 6-2, to reach the semifinals of the 2019 Delray Classic Prize Money Women’s Open.

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