2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Kavya Patel
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Roswell, Ga.
- High School:
- Lassiter HS
2024-25: Recorded the program’s best Line 1 singles performance since 2017… Posted a team-best 12-5 singles record from the No. 1 position and a dominant 10-5 doubles record from the No. 1 position… Went on an 8 match win-streak from the top singles position… Clinched wins against ECU (2/16) and Presbyterian (2/22)… Secured A-10 conference singles wins against Fordham, VCU, and GW… Picked up non-conference singles wins against Brown, UNC Asheville, Gardner-Webb, etc… Secured A-10 conference doubles wins against Fordham and GW, Reached the semifinals of both singles and doubles in the Fall Conference Masters tournament… Won two back to back player of the week honors (2/18, 2/26)… Garnered A-10 First Team All-Conference honors… Unanimously voted Most Valuable Player… ITA Scholar-Athlete”
2023-24: Tallied a solid 13-8 singles record and a dominant team-lead 16-7 doubles mark… Competed in the No. 2, 3, and 4 singles spots… Was 11-1 from the No. 4 singles position while claiming all 16 of her doubles wins at the No. 1 position... Was 6-1 in Atlantic 10 singles competition as well as 5-3 in conference doubles matches, highlighted by a 6-3 triumph with Daniela Porges at the A-10 Tournament second round over Fordham (4/26)... Went on a 10-game winning streak in singles play and identical 10-game winning streak in doubles with Daniela Porges... ITA Scholar-Athlete... Named to CSC Academic All-District Team... Garnered A-10 Second Team All-Conference honors.
2022-23: CSC Academic All-District... Tied for team lead in singles wins finishing with an 11-9 record… Competed in the No. 2, 3, and 4 spots…”Finished second on the team in singles wins after finishing with a 9-9 record... Ended the season with a 4-2 mark in the A-10... Ended the year on a four-match win streak including a pair of wins at the A-10 Tournament... Secured a straight-set win over Dayton in the opening round of the A-10 Tournament (4/27)... Won a three-set thriller over UMass in the A-10 Quarterfinals (4/28)... Picked up regular season conference wins over VCU (4/14) and George Washington (4/8) in three sets... Earned non-conference wins over UNC Ashville (2/4), WVSU (2/5), Presbyterian (2/18), and UNCG (2/25)... Was tied for the team lead in doubles wins with 12… Ended the season with a 12-7 doubles record with seven of those coming in the No. 1 pairing.
2021-2022: Unanimously voted Most Valuable player...Posted a dominant 12-2 record at the No. 4 spot for the 'Cats... Went on a 12-match winning streak, only dropping her first and last match of the season... Clinched the match against Elon (3/6) with a 6-2, 6-4 win over her opponent... Posted three-set victories against UNC Greensboro (2/7), App State (2/12) and Gardner-Webb (3/6)... Played at the No. 1 Doubles spot with Josie Schaffer... Posted a 7-5 doubles record, went 2-0 in conference and won two of them in tiebreaker fashion... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.
PREP YEARS: A four-year letterwinner at Lassiter High School... Earned Team MVP all four years... 2018 Southern Closed doubles champion... Two-time 2019 National Level 2 doubles third place... 2019 Southern Winter Closed singles finalist... 2019 Southern Closed doubles finalist... 2019 National Clay-court doubles quarterfinalist... 2020 Southern Winter Closed singles semifinalist and doubles champion... 2020 Southern Closed singles fifth place, ranked a high as No. 69 in the class of 2021... Carried a 4.4 weighted GPA... Was a Commended National Merit Scholar.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Ankush Patel and Bindu Alexander.
2023-24: Tallied a solid 13-8 singles record and a dominant team-lead 16-7 doubles mark… Competed in the No. 2, 3, and 4 singles spots… Was 11-1 from the No. 4 singles position while claiming all 16 of her doubles wins at the No. 1 position... Was 6-1 in Atlantic 10 singles competition as well as 5-3 in conference doubles matches, highlighted by a 6-3 triumph with Daniela Porges at the A-10 Tournament second round over Fordham (4/26)... Went on a 10-game winning streak in singles play and identical 10-game winning streak in doubles with Daniela Porges... ITA Scholar-Athlete... Named to CSC Academic All-District Team... Garnered A-10 Second Team All-Conference honors.
2022-23: CSC Academic All-District... Tied for team lead in singles wins finishing with an 11-9 record… Competed in the No. 2, 3, and 4 spots…”Finished second on the team in singles wins after finishing with a 9-9 record... Ended the season with a 4-2 mark in the A-10... Ended the year on a four-match win streak including a pair of wins at the A-10 Tournament... Secured a straight-set win over Dayton in the opening round of the A-10 Tournament (4/27)... Won a three-set thriller over UMass in the A-10 Quarterfinals (4/28)... Picked up regular season conference wins over VCU (4/14) and George Washington (4/8) in three sets... Earned non-conference wins over UNC Ashville (2/4), WVSU (2/5), Presbyterian (2/18), and UNCG (2/25)... Was tied for the team lead in doubles wins with 12… Ended the season with a 12-7 doubles record with seven of those coming in the No. 1 pairing.
2021-2022: Unanimously voted Most Valuable player...Posted a dominant 12-2 record at the No. 4 spot for the 'Cats... Went on a 12-match winning streak, only dropping her first and last match of the season... Clinched the match against Elon (3/6) with a 6-2, 6-4 win over her opponent... Posted three-set victories against UNC Greensboro (2/7), App State (2/12) and Gardner-Webb (3/6)... Played at the No. 1 Doubles spot with Josie Schaffer... Posted a 7-5 doubles record, went 2-0 in conference and won two of them in tiebreaker fashion... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.
PREP YEARS: A four-year letterwinner at Lassiter High School... Earned Team MVP all four years... 2018 Southern Closed doubles champion... Two-time 2019 National Level 2 doubles third place... 2019 Southern Winter Closed singles finalist... 2019 Southern Closed doubles finalist... 2019 National Clay-court doubles quarterfinalist... 2020 Southern Winter Closed singles semifinalist and doubles champion... 2020 Southern Closed singles fifth place, ranked a high as No. 69 in the class of 2021... Carried a 4.4 weighted GPA... Was a Commended National Merit Scholar.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Ankush Patel and Bindu Alexander.
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