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2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Alexandra Almborg
- Class:
- Senior
- Prev School:
- Bastad Academy
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Staffanstorp, Sweden
2021-22 (Jr.)
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll for fourth straight year
• Won 11 singles matches during the year, seven in the spring and four in the fall
• Captured three matches in the No. 2 slot and two each in the No. 3 and No. 4 positions in the lineup during spring campaign
• Posted three ASUN singles triumphs
• Won three straight singles matches to open the fall campaign
• Claimed seven doubles matches on the season, six in the fall and one in the spring
• Won the seven doubles matches with five different partners – two with Maretha Burger, two with Eloise Saraty, one with Tiffany Nguyen, one with Maria Juliana Parra Romero and one with Marina Davtyan
• Posted 6-3 mark in doubles in tournament play, had two different three-match winning streaks
Spring 2021 (So.)
• Honored on ASUN All-Conference first team
• Finished year as No. 17-ranked singles player in the final Oracle/ITA Division I Regional Rankings
• Received VaSID All-State doubles second team recognition with partner Eloise Saraty
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Won 11 singles matches during the spring season, all in the No. 1 slot in the lineup
• Claimed six of her final eight singles contests, including a 7-6 (5), 7-5 triumph over FGCU’s Maja Ornberg in the ASUN Championship semifinal round
• Won 14 doubles matches in the spring (14-9 record) with Saraty
• Posted a 3-2 mark in ASUN regular season doubles matches with Saraty
• Teamed up with Saraty to defeat FGCU's No. 1 pairing Emma Bardet and Maja Ornberg 6-3 in the ASUN Championship semifinal round
*Note: Liberty did not compete in a fall 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20 (So.)
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Won 12 singles matches on the year (six spring, six fall)
• Posted 6-3 record in the No. 2 slot in the lineup
• Collected six straight singles victories spanning Oct. 26-Feb. 1
• Picked up four straight No. 2 singles triumphs to start spring season, including victories over opponents from Miami (Ohio), Middle Tennessee, Georgetown and Navy
• Claimed eight doubles matches on the season, five in the fall and three in the spring
• Earned doubles victories with five different partners: Nasha Ghajar (3), Caisey Lee Emery (2), Micaela Ode Mitre (1), Grace Hashiguchi (1) and Kelly Lewis
• Clinched doubles point alongside Emery over No. 39 Furman with a 6-4 victory on court two over the Paladins’ MaryAnn Rompf and Georgie Walker, Feb. 22 at home
*Note: Remainder of the season was cancelled on March 13, 2020 due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
2018-19 (Fr.)
• Honored on ASUN All-Freshman team
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Claimed 11 singles match on the year, with seven of those coming in the spring
• Posted a 4-1 mark in the No. 4 singles position and won three straight matches in that spot in the lineup, March 14-24
• Won 10 doubles matches on the season, with seven of those coming in the fall and three in spring
• Held a perfect 3-0 mark in spring doubles bouts, going 2-0 with Kalani Soli as her partner and 1-0 with Lara Soares
• Finished the spring on a four-match doubles winning streak
Prep
• Graduate of Bastad Academy
• Achieved as high as a 10.12 UTR rating (2017)
• Won many Swedish national tournaments and has been one of the top-ranked junior players in Sweden since age 13
• Reached as high as No. 2 in the Swedish national rankings while winning three gold medals at the Swedish Team National Championships.
• Made the quarterfinals at the ITF Nottingham tournament and the ITF Copenhagen tournament
Personal
• Daughter of Roland and Jeanette Almborg
• Majoring in pre-law
• Birthday is June 19
