Hannah Liljekvist

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Djursholm, Sweden
High School:
Saint Mary's
Prev School:
CA

**2014 ALL-BIG EAST WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM**

2013-14: Selected to All-BIG EAST Women's Tennis Team, joining teammate Chloe Sher as the first pair of Pirates to earn the award in the same year...Finished third on the team with 19 total singles victories in her first season at The Hall...Tied for third on the squad with 11 dual match wins and 13 victories in the spring...Posted a 10-8 record in second singles while prevailing in her lone appearance at #1...Advanced to A flight quarterfinals at the Quinnipiac Invitational, her first tournament as a Pirate...Followed with four-straight wins to reach the championship match of the first singles bracket at the West Point Invitational...Received a qualifying singles bid to the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championship but withdrew in the midst of the first set of her match against Nadia Smergut (Stony Brook) after sustaining an injury that would force her out of doubles action as well...Downed Sarah Kohtz of Binghamton to earn a spot in the final eight of the A flight at the Cornell Invitational to open the spring...Picked up her first dual match win for SHU at #1 against Saint Peter's, crusing past Adina Ungurean-Halagian, 6-0, 6-2...Followed up with a second singles victory over Natalia Melibeu of NJIT...Bested Mireille Hermans (SUNY-Albany) to start a three-match winning streak that included victories over BIG EAST foe Alana Prinos of Providence and East Carolina captain Melis Tanik...Rattled of three more wins in-a-row towards the end of March, a stretch that included triumphs over Emma Alderman of Connecticut and Georgetown's Kelly Comolli...Topped Monmouth's Ashley Sandler, 6-1, 6-0 to wrap up the regular season...Scored Seton Hall's lone point in a quarterfinal matchup with third-seeded Xavier at the BIG EAST Championship; defeating Alex Brinker, 6-3, 6-1 at #2...Downed Konstantina Adami of Butler in second singles to contribute to a consolation round team victory...Finished second among all Pirates with 11 doubles wins in dual match play and fourth on the team with 19 doubles victories overall...Scored 11 wins when partnered with Madison Shoemaker including a run to the Quinnipiac Invitational A flight championship in their debut...Split time between the second and third positions in head-to-head matches, contributing to a team-high four doubles wins against league opposition...Won four of five matches she played alongside Anna Guryanova at #3 and later served as one-half of The Hall's primary third pair towards the end of the regular season, teaming with classmate Alex Landert to win three of five matches...The tandem's ledger was highlighted by a 2-0 mark against BIG EAST opponents in the regular season as they combined to beat Georgetown's pair of Panarese/Perz and down Stephanie Elgegren and Vlaskamp during a trip to St. John's

At Saint Mary's (CA): Spring 2013: Saw limited action in first spring season with the Gaels ... Won her lone WCC match, defeating Gonzaga's Melanie Yates 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 at No. 6 singles ... Also competed in both singles and doubles at the season opener Cal Winter Invitational ...Named to the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll for academic excellence.

Fall 2012: Reached the Blue ITA consolation singles final at her first collegiate tournament, the Cal Nike Invitational ... Teamed with Catherine Isip to reach the quarterfinals in doubles at the Saint Mary's Invitational ... Paired with Isip again to reach the round of 16 at the ITA Northwest Regional, beating the No. 49-ranked team from Washington in the round of 32 ... Teamed with Danielle Flores to reach the semifinals at the Bulldog Classic in Fresno

High School/Personal: Native of Sweden where she attended Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium...Was ranked among the top-14 players in her age group nationally and among the top-40 players in Sweden regardless of age...Also trained at the Good to Great Academy, benefiting from the tutelage of top Swedish professionals such as former world #2 Magnus Norman...Is the first in her family to attend college in the United States...Born August 1, 1993

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