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Nika Zupancic
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Otocec, Slovenia
» 2019 NCAA Doubles Championships (First Round)
Zupancic Features
» Dear Washington (GoHuskies.com; June 7, 2022)
Zupancic Features
» Dear Washington (GoHuskies.com; June 7, 2022)
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SEASON-BY-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS |
2021-22 (Senior)
- Major contributor in the top half of the lineup as the Huskies returned to the NCAA tournament
- Was 12-7 in dual singles matches and 18-9 overall for the year, going 1-2 at No. 2 singles and 11-5 at No. 3 singles
- Earned an individual ITA singles ranking of No. 98 on Feb. 9
- Had several of the biggest wins of the season, including the clinching win over UCLA’s 49th-ranked Sasha Vagramov, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, to secure UW’s first ever road win at UCLA and a trip to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
- Had singles wins in all of UW’s 4-0 start to Pac-12 play, including in the 4-3 road wins at the desert schools, defeating Sedona Gallagher of ASU, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, and Midori Castillo-Meza of Arizona, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Straight set road wins over Lindsay Hung of Utah and Maria Campos of Colorado in two more UW wins
- After being hampered late in the season due to injury, fought hard for a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 win in her final home match on Senior Day against Chiho Mushika of San Francisco
- In the fall, went 3-0 at the Husky Invitational and made the quarterfinals of the Jack Kramer Invite
- In doubles, was 9-11 overall and 7-9 in dual matches, going 1-2 at No. 1 with Vanessa Wong, 4-4 at No. 2 with Sarah-Maude Fortin, 1-1 at No. 2 with Kelly Leung, 1-1 at No. 2 with Yolanda Lin, and 0-1 at No. 2 with Ashley Chang
- Had huge doubles wins with Fortin in the ITA Kickoff Weekend 4-3 wins over Denver and UCLA, defeating Denver’s Melville/Riedmiller, 6-4, and UCLA’s Catanzarite/Forbes, 7-5
- With Leung, helped clinch doubles in a 4-3 win at Arizona with a 6-4 win over Prelle/Wilkins
- Ranked win with Wong at No. 1, defeating No. 54 Goncharova/Dush of Utah, 6-3
- Earned ITA All-Academic distinction and a spot on the Pac-12 All-Academic Spring Honor Roll
2020-21 (Junior)
- Returned to the squad at the start of spring quarter after missing the fall and winter due to the Covid pandemic
- Went 5-2 in singles, all at the No. 4 spot, and was also 5-2 in doubles matches, going 2-2 at No. 2 doubles with Sedona Gallagher and 3-0 at No. 3 doubles with Tara Chilton
- In her first match of the year on Apr. 2 at Colorado, clinched doubles point with Chilton, and added a No. 4 singles win in 5-2 win over Colorado
- Clinched the win over No. 44 Oregon with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win against Uxia Martinez Moral
- A 6-2, 7-5 win over Washington State’s Savanna Ly-Nguyen as UW won, 4-1
- Helped UW defeat Arizona in the Pac-12 tournament first round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Abby Amos
- A Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll recipient
2019-20 (Sophomore - Shortened due to Covid-19)
- A 7-5 singles record in dual matches including a 2-0 mark at No. 4, and a three-match winning streak at No. 5
- 6-2 in doubles play in spring dual matches
- 2-0 at No. 2 with Katarina Kopcalic and 4-2 at No. 3 with Zoey Weil
2018-19 (Freshman)
- Final ITA Doubles Ranking of 35
- Reached NCAA Doubles Championship Tournament with Stacey Fung
- Walk-on was awarded scholarship midway through freshman season
- Finished season with 22-8 singles record including 13-3 mark in dual matches
- Finished 7-0 in Pac-12 dual matches at #6 singles
- Opened collegiate career with 6-1 record in singles play
- Clinched the fourth point and a victory against #14 NC State with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Rebol in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships
- Went 26-11 in dual matches, tying for the second-most single-season doubles victories in program history
- 20-10 doubles record with Fung including a 12-7 mark at #1 doubles
- Teamed with Fung to knock off the No. 1 ranked doubles team of John-Baptiste/Hattingh of Arizona State 7-6 (6) at the Pac-12 Tournament
- Reached the doubles semifinal of the ITA Northwest Regional Championship with Fung
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