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2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster

Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach
Joel Auerbach

Sonja Larsen

Sonja Larsen

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Verden, Germany
  • Prev School:
    KGS Hemmingen

Summary

Biography

SENIOR (2017-18): Member of NCAA Division II National Championship team ... Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American in singles and doubles ... Named to ITA Collegiate All-Star Team in doubles ... Sunshine State Conference Female Athlete of the Year ... Broke school career singles victories record with win over No. 23 St. Thomas' Cynthia Diaz, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 3 position (March 22) ... SSC Player of the Week (Feb. 12, Feb. 26, March 5, April 2) ... Won ITA Division II singles championship in fall ... Won ITA South Region singles championship in fall ... No. 1-ranked singles player in nation in fall and most of spring ... Finished season ranked No. 1 in nation in doubles with Verena Schmid ... Became first player in school history to be ranked No. 1 in singles and doubles in same season ... Won first 16 singles matches of season to compile a 44-match consecutive win streak ... Finished season with six straight wins and nine-match unbeaten streak ... Went 7-1 versus ranked opponents ... Defeated No. 3-ranked Beatriz Lopez of Columbus State, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 (March 3) ... Beat No. 13 Monika Stanikova of Academy of Art, 6-3, 6-1 (March 29) ... Defeated 46th-ranked Marta Vicens Miquel, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 1 singles in NCAA South Region Championship ... Beat 11th-ranked Stanikova, 6-2, 6-0, in NCAA quarterfinals ... Defeated ninth-ranked Lopez, 6-4, 6-2, in NCAA semifinals ... Won 17 straight doubles matches with Schmid to begin spring season ... Had 7-2 doubles record versus ranked opponents ... Went 16-2 at No. 1 doubles and 8-0 at No. 2 position ... Paired with Schmid, beat then-No. 1 doubles team from Lynn of Eliska Petrackova and Klaudia Boczova, 8-1, in SSC Championship ... Defeated West Florida's Lais Bicca and Nicault, 8-3, in NCAA Championship ... Beat No. 31st-ranked Candice Paya and Natalia Kattah Paz of Columbus State, 8-3, in NCAA semifinals ... Beat No. 25-ranked Madeleine Gauthier and Maja Pindelska of Saint Leo, 8-2, in NCAA Region Championship ... Beat No. 24-ranked Gauthier and Pindelska, 8-2, in SSC semifinals ... Beat 12th-ranked Sasha Nionova and Selin Devrimci of Florida Southern, 8-6 (March 31) ... Beat 22nd-ranked Klara Thell-Lenntorp and Alma Thell-Lenntorp of Academy of Art, 8-4 (March 29) ... Finished fall ranked 42nd in the country in singles ... Along with Schmid, ranked No. 14 in nation in doubles in fall ... Dean's List in fall and spring ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring ... College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District ... ITA Scholar All-American.

JUNIOR (2016-17): Member of NCAA Division II National Championship team ... ITA All-American in doubles ... ITA South Region Player to Watch ... First-Team All-SSC in singles and doubles ... SSC Player of Week (Feb. 6) ... Set school season singles record, going 28-0 ... Became first player in Barry history to win more than 15 singles matches without losing ... Went 1-0 vs. nationally-ranked singles opponents ... Sat out singles match for first time in her career vs. Keiser on Senior Day (April 9) -- a streak of 78 consecutive matches in lineup ... Beat Armstrong State's 30th-ranked Tatjana Stoll, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 3 singles (March 10) ... Defeated Lynn's Martina Gledacheva, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, at No. 5 singles to clinch SSC regular season title (April 4) ... Beat Gledacheva, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, to clinch SSC Championship (April 22) ... Defeated BYU-Hawaii's Jeong-Min Jeon, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 6 singles in NCAA quarterfinals (May 11) ... Beat Armstrong's Tamri Chalaganidze, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 5 singles in NCAA semifinals (May 12) ... Beat Lynn's Tereza Hejlova, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 6 singles in NCAA Championship match (May 13) ... Went 26-3 in doubles, including 17-3 record at No. 1 position ... Went 20-3 with Ana Pain in doubles ... Finished season ranked No. 3 in country with Pain ... With Pain, went 5-2 vs. nationally-ranked doubles opponents ... With Pain, defeated Nova Southeastern's No. 26-ranked Liucelena Perez and Isabella Lowrey, 8-0, at No. 1 position (March 30) ... With Pain, beat Drury's No. 7-ranked Larissa Karl and Julia Schepp, 8-2, in NCAA Round of 16 (May 10) ... With Pain, beat Armstrong's No. 2-ranked Lena Lutzeier and Diana Stomlega, 8-2, in NCAA semifinals (May 12) ... With Pain, beat Lynn's No. 3-ranked Rosalie Willig and Stefanie Stemmer, 8-6, in NCAA Championship match (May 13) ... In fall, beat Lynn's Tereza Hejlova, 6-1, 6-3, to advance to ITA South Region Championships quarterfinals in singles ... With Dasha Salnikova, beat Lynn's Hejlova and Stemmer to advance to ITA South Region Championship match in doubles ... With Salnikova, finished as ITA South Region Championships doubles runner-up, falling to Lynn's Rosalie Willig and Diana Bogolii, 6-2, 6-4 ... President's List (4.0 GPA) in fall ... Dean's List in spring ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring ... ITA Scholar All-American.

SOPHOMORE (2015-16): Named Second-Team All-SSC in singles and doubles ... Finished season ranked No. 46 in country in singles ... Along with Pain, finished season ranked No. 11 in nation in doubles ... Won team-high 16 singles matches ... Was 4-2 versus nationally-ranked opponents ... SSC Player of the Week (April 25) ... Beat No. 15 Kristyna Hancarova, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, of Hawaii Pacific at No. 1 singles (March 7) ... Defeated Nova Southeastern's No. 28 Petra Jurova, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 3 singles (Apr. 21) ... Went 14-2 in doubles with Pain ... Won Flight 2 singles title at Big Easy Classic in New Orleans ... Won Wildcat Invitational Maroon doubles title with Judith Bohnenkamp in fall at Bethune-Cookman ... Advanced to doubles semifinals with Ana Pain at Big Easy Classic ... Athletic Director's List in fall ... Dean's List in spring ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring.

FRESHMAN (2014-15): ITA All-American in singles and doubles ... Finished year ranked No. 6 in the nation in singles ... ITA South Region Rookie of the Year ... SSC Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-SSC in singles and doubles ... Three-time SSC Player of Week (March 23, April 13, April 20) ...  Went 17-3 in singles ... Was 6-3 against nationally-ranked opponents ... Went 8-0 in SSC ... Beat No. 11 Carolina Prats-Milan of Armstrong Atlantic, 6-2, 7-5 (Feb. 22) ... Finished spring ranked No. 2 in nation in doubles with Pain ... Went 25-1 in pairs play ... Went 10-1 against ranked doubles opponents ... Beat No. 2 Min Liu and Nannan Zhang of BYU-Hawaii, 8-6, in NCAA semifinals ... In Fall, advanced to semifinals of United States Tennis Association/ITA South Region singles before falling to No. 1-ranked Val Confalonieri of Lynn, 6-4, 4-6, 11-9, in final ... Advanced to ITA South Region doubles semifinals with Ana Pain ... Dean's List in fall and spring ... ITA Scholar All-American ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL & AMATEUR: Earned top 100 International Tennis Federation juniors ranking ... Ranked 874 in Women's Tennis Association ... Won German singles championship at Junior Fed Cup ... Won two doubles titles for Germany at Junior Fed Cup.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Holger and Sybille Larsen ... Has older sister, Imke ... Double major in finance and management. 
 

 SINGLES 
 Record 
  1  
  2  
  3  
  4  
  5  
  6  
 Tour 
2015
17-3
 9-2 
 6-1 
 2-0 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
2016
16-2
 6-0 
 4-0 
 5-2 
 1-0 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
2017
28-0
 2-0 
 --- 
 7-0 
 9-0 
 7-0 
 3-0 
 --- 
2018
22-1
 9-1 
 6-0 
 6-0 
 1-0 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
Totals
83-6
 26-3 
 16-1 
 20-2 
 11-0 
 7-0 
 3-0 
 --- 
 DOUBLES 
 Record 
  1  
  2  
  3  
 Tour 
2015
25-1
 21-1 
 4-0 
 --- 
 --- 
2016
16-6
 8-5 
 8-1 
 --- 
 --- 
2017
26-3
 17-3 
 6-0 
 3-0 
 --- 
2018
25-2
 16-2 
 8-0 
 1-0 
 --- 
Totals
92-12
 62-11 
 26-1 
 4-0 
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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'10"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'10"