2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Maretha Burger
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Prev School:
- Hoërskool Stellenbosch
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Ashton, South Africa
2021-22 (Fr.)
• Honored as ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Collected 14 doubles wins on the year, nine in the fall and five in the spring
• Won first career doubles match on Sept. 11 at LU Invite, teaming up with Alexandra Almborg for a 6-3 decision over ECU’s Alisa Diercksen/Martina Muzzolon
• Claimed first career spring doubles victory with Tiffany Nguyen in the No. 1 slot versus Toledo on Jan. 15, defeating Cassie Alcala/Sloane Teske
• Picked up three No. 1 doubles victories with Nguyen
• Posted 9-7 fall doubles mark and 5-5 spring doubles record
• Won nine total singles matches on the season, eight in the fall and one in the spring
• Earned first career singles win against ECU’s Diercksen (7-6 (6), 6-0), Sept. 11 on day one of the LU Invite
• Won three singles during the fall
• Collected first spring singles win of career, 6-0, 6-3 over Longwood’s Nina Hederich in the No. 5 slot in a 7-0 Liberty sweep (Feb. 12)
Prep
• Graduate of Hoërskool Stellenbosch
• Reached No. 1 rankings in U18 girls combined, U18 girls doubles and open mixed doubles in South Africa
• Reached as high as No. 3 in the South Africa women’s rankings and No. 312 in the ITF World Junior Tennis Tour Rankings
• Compiled a 103-16 junior tournament record over the final two years of her junior tennis career
Personal
• Daughter of Jacobus and Ester Burger
• Intends on majoring in exercise science – therapeutic science
• Birthday is Nov. 25
