2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
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Cabezas, Sofia
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Sofia Cabezas
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Valencia, Venezuela
- Prev School:
- Iowa State
Bio
RECORD AND HONORS
Career Singles Record: 72-43Career Doubles Record: 90-37
2024 ITA Ohio Valley Senior Player of the Year
2024 ITA Ohio Valley Most Improved Player
2024 ITA Singles and Doubles All-American
2023-24 Division I ITA Scholar Athlete
2024 First-Year SEC Honor Roll
2024 First Team All-SEC
SEC Player of the Week - 2/7/2024
2023 All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles
2023 Big 12 No. 5 Singles Position Champion
2023 Big 12 No. 3 Doubles Position Champion
2023 CSC Academic All-District
Fall 2022 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2021-22 Division I ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
2022 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Fall 2021 & Spring 2022 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 Division I ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
Spring 2021 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023-24 - SENIOR
Singles Record: 21-11Doubles Record: 28-12
SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)
- Was a part of the fifth duo in Lady Vol history to advance to the NCAA Doubles Semifinals with partner, Elza Tomase.
- Won a three-set monster contest against No. 32 Tian Fangram to propel the Lady Vols into the NCAA Semifinals. The senior lost the battle in the first set but bounced back to beat the reigning 2023 NCAA Singles Champion, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-3. (5/18)
- Knocked off No. 18 Anastasiya Komar (No. 1 Oklahoma State) in a barnburner, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(6) to clinch the third round match of the NCAA Tournament. (5/11)
- Took down Murray State's Slezakova/Honore in doubles, 6-2, alongside Elza Tomase, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. (5/4)
- Defeated No. 6 Carolyn Ansari from Auburn in the SEC Quarterfinals, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. (4/19)
- Secured a doubles victory over Mohr/Lee (Vanderbilt) with partner Elza Tomase, 7-5. (4/14)
- Earned two doubles wins against No. 34 Ole Miss and Mississippi State. (4/5) (4/7)
- Tallied a singles win against No. 46 Loudmilla Bencheikh (Alabama), 6-1, 6-2. (3/31)
- Claimed a doubles victory against No. 35 Grant/Nirundorn (UGA), 7-5. (3/24)
- Posted two doubles wins against airings from No. 41 LSU and No. 14 Texas A&M. (3/15) (3/17)
- Earned her 80th career doubles victory with partner Elza Tomase at No. 18 Florida against Rowinska/Lopez, 6-3. (3/10)
- Secured a straight-set top-10 singles win against No. 8 Ayana Akli in a 6-2, 6-4 affair. (3/8)
- Collected two singles victories against No. 37 Ellie Schoppe (FSU), 6-1, 4-6, 7-5, and Sophia Biolay (UCF), 6-2, 6-4. (2/16)(2/18)
- Named SEC Player of the Week after having a stellar match against No. 7 NC State.
- Downed No. 3 Amelia Rajecki (NC State) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 for her 65th career singles win. (2/3)
- Beat No. 9 Zyryanova/Abrams (NC State) in a 7-5 doubles win. (2/3)
- Totaled a 6-3, 6-3 win against No. 42 Cassie Wooten from Wake Forest. (1./21)
- Notched her third consecutive doubles win with partner, Elza Tomase 6-1 against Tikhonko/Kramarova from Bellarmine. (1/21)
- Picked up a pair of singles wins during the season opener against Furman's Sara Synder, 6-1 6-1 and Chattanooga's Rozalie Dohnalova, 6-2, 6-1. (1/14)
- Notched two doubles victories with partner Elza Tomase over Synder/Thomas 6-4 from Furman and Gibbens/Peeler 6-4 from Chattanooga. (1/14)
- Collected ten singles wins and 13 doubles victories during her first season as a Lady Vol.
- Concluded the fall season ranked No. 92 in singles and No. 19 in doubles with partner Esther Adeshina.
- Claimed a doubles championship with partner Esther Adeshina at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic.
- Played doubles at the ITA-All American Championships with Esther Adeshina.
- Was outstanding in the Ohio Valley Regional Championships, earning a spot in the doubles championship with Esther Adeshina.
- Went undefeated in singles at the H-E-B Invitational and the UT Home Invitational.
2022-23 - JUNIOR - IOWA STATE
Singles Record: 24-12Doubles Record: 27-8
- Earned All-Big 12 Second-Team honors in doubles.
- No. 3 Doubles Position Champion alongside Miska Kadleckova.
- Earned No. 5 Singles Position Champion after going 5-1 against league foes.
- Collected 27 single-season doubles victories are the third most in school history.
- Was 21-6 playing alongside Kadleckova.
- Topped 100 career victories, becoming the 20th player in school history to reach the mark.
- Finished season with 113 career wins to rank No. 14 in school history.
- Ranks No. 9 in school history with 62 career doubles wins.
- Clinched four Cyclone wins, including ISU's win against No. 20 UCLA in the Super Regional, downing Sasha Vagramov, 6-2, 7-5.
- Notched two ranked singles wins, beating No. 68 Clarissa Hand of Northwestern, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), and No. 61 Maria Rizzolo of Mississippi State, 6-2, 6-2.
- Finished 2-0 in four NCAA Tournament singles matches, beating NC State's Sophie Abrams, 6-1, 7-6 (2), in addition to her clinching win against UCLA.
- Had a 6-1, 6-4 win against Texas' Nicole Rivkin as the Cyclones beat the Longhorns for the first time in school history.
2021-22 - SOPHOMORE - IOWA STATE
Singles Record: 14-16Doubles Record: 25-10
- Finished the season ranked No. 85 nationally in doubles alongside partner Miska Kadleckova.
- The duo became the first doubles pair in school history to reach the ITA National Fall Championships after winning the ITA Central Region doubles tournament in Iowa City.
- Defeated teammates Christin Hsieh and Thasaporn Naklo, 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (4) in the championship match to advance.
- Finished 1-1 and reached the round of 16 at the ITA National Fall Championships, upending the Alabama pair of Loudmilla Bencheikh and Anne Marie Hiser, 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (4).
- She paired with Kadleckova to finish the season 21-10 while playing primarily at No. 2 doubles.
- The duo defeated one top-40 opponent, beating South Carolina's Sarah Hamner and Misa Malkin, the nation's No. 25 team, in the NCAA Tournament.
- Overall in doubles action she finished 25-10, tying for the third-most single-season doubles wins in school history.
- In singles action, finished 14-16 overall while playing in the No. 6 slot for most of the season.
2020-21 - FRESHMAN - IOWA STATE
Singles: 13-4Doubles: 10-7
- Arrived on campus for second semester and played a significant role in helping Iowa State reach its first-ever NCAA Tournament.
- Went 13-4 in singles action while playing No. 5 (4-1) and No. 6 (9-3).
- Posted a 4-3 record in Big 12 Conference play, tying for the eighth-most league wins in a single season in school history.
- Started career undefeated in first 10 singles matches (8-0).
- Was 10-7 in doubles action.
- Paired up with Miska Kadleckova to earn wins against Texas Tech duo at Big 12 Championships and South Carolina pair at NCAA Tournament.
- Beat Texas Tech's Camryn Stepp, 6-3, 6-2, to help ISU defeat the Lady Raiders in the regular season for the first-time ever.
- In Big 12 Tournament play, defeated Texas Tech's Olivia Peet, 6-2, 6-4, for first Big 12 Championship victory in school history.
- Notched 6-3, 6-0 victory over TCU's Margaret Polk helped propel the Cyclones to first-ever win against TCU.
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
- Attended La Salle and was previously the top-rated player nationally in 18s
- Was the No. 94-ranked juniors player in the world
- Represented Venezuela in the South America 16s and the Fed Cup in 2019
- Two-time Valencia Junior Open Singles Champion
- Twice a J4 finalist and was a semifinalist for J3 three different times
PERSONAL
- Majored in management at Iowa State
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