2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Marina Davtyan
- Class:
- Senior
- Prev School:
- Yerevan Secondary School, Tulsa
- Height:
- 5-2
- Hometown:
- Yerevan, Armenia
2022-23 (Sr.)
• Chosen to the VaSID All-State singles second team
• Selected to ASUN All-Conference second team
• Named to the ASUN Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year
• Honored as ITA Scholar Athlete for first time
• Finished the season with the seventh best career singles winning percentage at .714 with a 30-12 record
• Finished fourth on team with 17 total singles victories
• Clinched the match-winning point in the ASUN quarterfinals versus Austin Peay with a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-4 triumph over Denise Torrealba.
• Put together a a 14-6 (6-2 ASUN) spring singles record
• Owned a seven-match doubles win streak March 5-29
• Played matches between three singles positions going 3-3 from No. 2, 7-2 from No. 3 and 4-1 from No. 4
• Ended the year first in program history in doubles career winning percentage at. 745 with a 35-12 record
• Second on team with 22 total doubles wins
• Led team with 15 doubles victories (six losses) across the spring season including a perfect 8-0 ASUN run with partner Esther Lovato
• Played across two doubles positions, going 2-4 from No. 1 and 13-2 from No. 3
2021-22 (Jr.)
• Named to ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Won all three of her singles matches during season (3-0 record)
• Made her season debut in singles on Jan. 29, defeating Campbell’s Mariana Ossa 6-1, 6-1 on court six
• Had impressive 6-0, 6-2 win over VCU’s Nina Sorkin at No. 4 singles, Feb. 4
• Won both of her doubles matches on the year
• Made overall season debut on Jan. 15 versus Toledo, teaming up with Alexandra Almborg for a 7-6 (0) doubles win on court three over Patricia Panta and Laura Morera
• Played in her last match on Feb. 12 vs. James Madison before season was ended due to injury
Spring 2021 (So.)
• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• Claimed 10 singles matches (10-3 record) during spring before season ended due to injury in mid-March
• Won 10 singles contests in a row between Jan. 24-March 12
• Posted 11-2 doubles mark before season ended prematurely due to injury in mid-March
• Went 7-2 with Grace Hashiguchi (1-0 No. 2 doubles, 6-2 No. 3 doubles) as partner and 4-0 (all No. 3 doubles) with Esther Lovato
• Won first five matches of the season with Hashiguchi
*Note: Liberty did not compete in a fall 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previous School
• Competed for Tulsa for two years
• Posted identical 12-8 singles marks as a freshman (2018-19) and sophomore (2019-20) for the Golden Hurricane
• Defeated No. 55 Tatum Rice of Arkansas in straight sets during sophomore season at ITA All-American Championships
• Held unbeaten 5-0 record at No. 4 and No. 5 singles during her two years at Tulsa
• Posted a 5-4 spring singles mark (4-4 No. 6, 1-0 No. 5) as a sophomore
• Boasted a 12-10 doubles record as a freshman, playing most of those matches with partner Megan Hopton
• Earned a ranked doubles win with Hopton over No. 41-ranked Maria Toran Ribas and Malkia Ngounoue of No. 12 Kansas on Feb. 16, 2019
Prep
• Graduate of Yerevan Secondary School N 114
• Played in pro futures events during junior tennis career
• Won a match against No. 437 WTA pro Dominique Schafer
Personal
• Daughter of Karen Davtyan and Diana Hunanyan
• Earned bachelor’s degree in business administration, pursuing master’s degree in sport management - tourism
• Birthday is Dec. 5
