Alicia Barnett - 2015-16 - Women's Tennis - Northwestern Athletics (original) (raw)
2015-16: All-Big Ten selection ... Posted a team-leading nine singles wins against Big Ten foes ... Competed primarily at No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles ... Teamed with Erin Larner to defeat the 42nd-ranked doubles team of Kassidy Jump and Sami Hampton of Arizona State, 6-4, in the team's season-opening dual win as part of ITA Kickoff Weekend ... Paired with Larner for a 6-4 win over 26th-ranked Beatrice Capra and Ellyse Hamlin of Duke ... Recorded a third-set tiebreaker win in the last match on the courts to give Northwestern a 4-3 win at Illinois (2/26) ... Posted a straight-sets win over Zalina Khairudinova of No. 42 Ole Miss in the Wildcats' NCAA tournament win (5/13) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2014-15: All-Big Ten honoree for the second consecutive season … Won 19 matches overall, including 12 in the dual season … Competed at No. 1 singles for most of the season and went 6-5 in Big Ten play at that spot … Earned Big Ten Athlete of the Week honors on April 21 after a combined 4-0 weekend against Iowa and Nebraska … Finished the season ranked 48th in doubles with Erin Larner … Duo won nine matches with a perfect 6-0 mark in conference at No. 1 … Barnett won 17 doubles matches overall … Knocked off two ranked opponents in singles … Shut out Princeton's Alanna Wolf (No. 48) 6-0, 6-0 during the fall campaign (11/7) … Helped Northwestern to a 4-3 decision over Purdue with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over No. 105 Daniela Vidal (2/15) … Took down a pair of highly ranked foes in doubles play with Larner … Upset Michigan's 12th-ranked tandem of Emina Bektas and Alex Najarian, 8-6 in Ann Arbor (3/28) … Handled the 58th-ranked duo of Parminder Kaur and Jana McCord of St. Mary's, 8-1, in the Wildcats' first round NCAA win (5/9) … Competed in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships (10/16).
2013-14: Named to All-Big Ten First Team ... Teamed with Veronica Corning to compete in the NCAA Doubles Championship ... The duo defeated the 34th-ranked duo of Caitlin McGraw and CeCe Witten of Kentucky 6-3, 6-4 in the first round (5/22) before falling to eventual national runners-up Lauren Henning and Maho Kowase of Georgia 7-5, 2-6, 3-6 in the round of 16 (5/23) ... Finished the Big Ten regular season with a perfect 10-0 record in singles play ... Defeated No. 124 Sarah Lee of Michigan in the Big Ten tournament championship match 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 (4/27) ... Barnett and Corning upset the 2nd-ranked doubles team in the country from Georgia Tech to lead NU to a 7-0 shutout (3/21) ...Partnered with Corning in the No. 1 doubles spot to knock off the 22nd-ranked duo of Cristina Stancu and Stefania Hristov from Texas AaM (2/7) ... Defeated Leighann Sahagun at No. 3 singles to help Northwestern beat No. 26 Arizona State in order to qualify for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships (1/26) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2012-13: Won final 13 doubles matches to finish with partner Veronica Corning at the No. 2 spot ... Also won last six singles matches to finish ... Clinched Northwestern's 5-2 win over No. 19 Notre Dame with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Julie Sabacinski at No. 6 ... Posted the `Cats first singles point in their 4-1 win over No. 19 Baylor, overwhelming Alex Leatu 6-3, 6-2 ... Clinched the doubles point in NU's 4-2 win over No. 10 Miami, rolling to an 8-3 finish with Corning ... Notched an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles with Corning in a win over Nebraska's 82nd-ranked duo of Stefanie Weinstein and Janine Weinreich in the Big Ten tournament semifinals ... Posted a 5-5 singles record in the fall and a 12-7 mark in dual match play (8-3 in Big Ten play) ... Defeated Monique Albuquerque of sixth-ranked Miami (Fla.) in three sets at No. 5 singles in the NCAA tournament round of 16.
High School: Captain of high school tennis team ... Also captained field hockey team and played soccer and threw discus at Stroud ... No. 390 in U18 ITF rankings ... No. 1 ranking in U14 Open County ... Earned No. 2 ranking in U18 National ... National Schools U19 Championship Finals (Aberdare Cup) from 2007-09 ... A member of Gloucester City Ladies League champions (soccer) from 2007-09 ... A member of county and regional champions in 2009 (discus).
Personal: Born Alicia Louisa Esme Evelyn Barnett ... Daughter of Nigel and Jennifer Barnett ... Mother played field hockey at Loughborough University ... Sister, Jessica, was a kick boxer at Cardiff University ... Brother, James, played soccer for Manchester University ... Chose Northwestern over Georgia Tech, Arizona State, Mississippi and Oklahoma University ... Major is political science.
Barnett's Stats
SINGLES
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match | Fall | Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 18-12 | 13-7 | 5-5 | 8-3 | -- | -- | 1-1 | 2-3 | 6-2 | 4-1 |
| 2013-14 | 22-12 | 14-8 | 8-4 | 10-0 | -- | 1-0 | 13-8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014-15 | 19-17 | 12-12 | 7-5 | 6-5 | 11-12 | 1-0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015-16 | 14-12 | 12-10 | 2-2 | 9-2 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 8-5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 73-53 | 51-37 | 22-16 | 33-10 | 11-13 | 6-4 | 22-14 | 2-3 | 6-2 | 4-1 |
DOUBLES
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match | Fall | Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 24-10 | 17-6 | 7-4 | 7-1 | -- | 15-6 | 2-0 |
| 2013-14 | 27-15 | 13-10 | 13-4 | 7-3 | 13-10 | -- | -- |
| 2014-15 | 17-14 | 11-9 | 6-5 | 7-1 | 10-8 | 1-1 | -- |
| 2015-16 | 15-10 | 13-9 | 2-1 | 7-2 | 3-4 | 10-5 | -- |
| Career | 83-49 | 54-34 | 28-14 | 28-7 | 26-22 | 26-12 | 2-0 |