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2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster

Savannah Wood

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Woodstock High School
  • Hometown Woodstock, Ga.

Biography

2015 Second-Team All-Southern Conference Singles
2015 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
 
Junior (2016-17): Posted a singles record of 8-9 . . . played at No. 1 (4-6) and No. 2 (4-3) singles . . . went 3-3 in singles in Southern Conference play . . . finished with a record of 8-7 in doubles play, playing with both Arianna Beltrame and Ellie Gerlach . . . picked up Southern Conference singles wins over Kennesaw State, Jacksonville State, USC Upstate and UT Martin . . . earned Southern Conference wins over UNCG, Western Carolina and Chattanooga, while also picking up a win over Chattanooga in the Southern Conference Tournament.

Sophomore (2015-16): Led the team in wins with a 13-10 overall singles record . . . played at No. 3 (2-2), No. 4 (4-4) and No. 5 (7-4) singles courts . . . went 4-3 in singles in Southern Conference play . . . had a combined record of 12-10 in doubles play, with three different partners . . . earned Southern Conference singles wins over Mercer, UNCG, Western Carolina and Wofford, as well as a victory over Furman in the Southern Conference Tournament . . . picked up non-conference wins over Jackson State, Kennesaw State, Middle Tennessee, UAB, Miami (Ohio), UT Martin, Stetson and Lipscomb.

Freshman (2014-15): Earned Second-Team All-Southern Conference honors in singles play as she finished the season with an unblemished 6-0 conference record . . . named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team after boasting a brilliant 13-2 singles record in dual-match play on court No. 6 . . . finished the season with a 14-5 overall record, including a 10-match winning streak to close out the SoCon Tournament . . . competed with both Iva Parapunova and AnnMarie Lyon in doubles play and finished the season with a combined 8-9 record on court No. 3 . . . notched the championship title of her singles bracket at the 2014 Roberta Alison Fall Classic being hosted by the University of Alabama . . . faced Ball State’s Olivia Large in the championship match and breezed to a 6-2, 6-3 triumph . . . closed out the tournament with a perfect 3-0 record in singles play . . . posted a 2-0 record in the No. 6 singles flight to win the championship title at the Samford Fall Round Robin . . . defeated College of Charleston’s Grace Baker, 6-4, 6-1, in the championship final of the 2014 College of Charleston Invitational . . . closed out the competition with a 3-0 record in the B2 singles flight . . . earned her first varsity letter.
 
High School: Named a 4-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net and was ranked as high as No. 42 in the nation as a senior at Woodstock High School . . . as a freshman, she jumped as high as No. 50 in the rankings . . . started playing tennis when she was 11 years old . . . as a senior, she moved to the No. 1 singles position at WHS and cruised to a 15-2 overall record . . . named the 2013 Cherokee Tribune Girls Tennis Player of the Year.
 
Personal: Born Jan. 15, 1995 . . . her father, Jeff, operates a tennis academy at Deer Run . . . majoring in nursing and boasts a brilliant 3.93 grade-point average.



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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior