Vera Ploner

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Class:
Fifth Year
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Sand in Taufers, Italy
High School:
Wirtschaftsfachoberschule Bruneck

CAREER AT TULSA: A four-year letterwinner … named an ITA All-American for reaching the doubles quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2018-19 … owns a career 61-35 singles record with an 83-34 doubles mark … ranks eighth in career doubles wins at TU.

2019-20: Went 12-11 overall in singles competition, including 8-4 in her dual matches ... primarily competed at No. 3 doubles, earning a 6-4 mark ... Her biggest win of the season came in an upset of No. 21 Oleksandra Korasvili of Oklahoma at the Saint Francis Health System ITA Women's All-American Championships ... surged alongside Vera Ploner in doubles with three wins over top 50 ranked doubles duos … played their way to the consolation semifinals round at the All-American Championships … the All-American tandem posted a 19-7 overall record and were 10-2 in the top doubles spot … finished her senior season ranked eighth in career doubles wins with 83.

2018-19: Became Tulsa’s second and third All-American in program history with teammate Martina Okalova … Ploner and Okalova reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship, the furthest a TU tandem has gone in school history … became the fourth duo in school history to win the ITA Central Region doubles title … rounded out the season with a 18-7 record in singles, primarily playing at the No. 3 position … tallied a 29-7 doubles record with Okalova, along with a 1-0 mark with teammate Shura Poppe.

2017-18: Recorded an overall 19-11 singles mark, 14-7 in dual matches with a majority played at the No. 5 position … collected a 18-9 doubles record, 13-6 in duals, with Martina Okalova at the No. 2 position.

2016-17: Tallied a 12-6 singles record, 3-2 as the team’s No. 6 player in dual matches … posted a 14-9 doubles record, her primary partner was Martina Okalova, as the team’s No. 3 doubles in dual matches with a 5-6 record.

PERSONAL: Her favorite movie is Titanic … La Ni is her favorite tennis player … Coldplay is her favorite musical group … her dream car is a Range Rover … most memorable place she has visited is the Bahamas … hobbies include hanging out with friends and listening to music … majoring in computer information systems (CIS).