University of Miami Athletics

Lina Lileikite

Height

5-9

Class

Sophomore

Hometown

Liepaja, Latvia

High School

A. Pushkin Secondary No. 2

Lina Lileikite - Women's Tennis - University of Miami Athletics

As a Senior (2014-15): All-ACC Academic Team … ITA Scholar-Athlete
Posted an overall record of 25-12 in singles and 24-11 in doubles … Played in the NCAA Doubles Championship with Stephanie Wagner … Only four-time honoree on the 2015 All-ACC Women’s Tennis Academic Team … Ranked in singles the entire spring, peaking at No. 78 and finishing at No. 112 … Ranked in two different double pairs in the spring, including peaking at No. 6 and finishing at No. 21 with Wagner … Tied for the team lead in ACC singles wins with 11 … Posted a spring singles record of 16-8, including 11-3 in the ACC … Won 6-3, 6-1 over Gabriella Castaneda of No. 30 Florida State during ITA National Indoor Kick-Off Weekend … Topped Andrea Retolazza of No. 53 Wake Forest, 6-1, 6-0 … Knocked off No. 82 Beatrice Gumulya of No. 14 Clemson, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 … Defeated No. 67 Syracuse’s Rhiann Newborn, 6-4, 6-2 … Earned a 6-2, 6-2 win over Kendal Woodard of No. 51 Georgia Tech … Beat Caroline Daxhelet of No. 47 Virginia Tech, 6-1, 6-2 … Defeated No. 109 Rachel Kahan of No. 24 Duke, 6-2, 6-3 … Won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 over Allison Miller of No. 31 Notre Dame … Beat Emily Fanning of No. 70 Florida State, 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 1-0 (10-2) … In the ACC Championship quarterfinals, won 6-2, 6-2 against No. 73 Florida State’s Daniela Schippers … Beat No. 102 Whitney Kay of second-ranked North Carolina in the NCAA Team Championship round of 16 in her final singles match … Playing with two different partners, posted a 12-7 spring doubles record, including a 7-1 mark in the ACC … With Stephanie Wagner, downed Frances Altick/Astra Sharma of eventual national champion Vanderbilt, 6-2, at the Miami Spring Invite … Paired with Wagner for a 6-4 win over Daneika Borthwick/Emily Fanning of No. 30 Florida State during ITA National Indoor Kick-Off Weekend … Won 8-3, with Wagner, against Lexi Borr/Jessica Wacnik of No. 45 Boston College … Teamed with Wendy Zhang for an 8-5 win over eighth-ranked Virginia’s Julia Elbaba/Maci Epstein … Beat Beatrice Capra and Rachel Kahan of No. 24 Duke, 8-3, with Zhang … Playing with Zhang, won 8-4 against No. 34 Kate Vialle/Ashley Dai of second-ranked North Carolina … Ranked No. 71 in singles in the fall and went 9-4 … Won a pair of matches at the USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational … Won the A Singles Consolation Draw at USTA/ITA Southeast Regionals … Defeated No. 36 Pleun Burgmans of Auburn 7-5, 6-4, at the Miami Fall Invitational … Paired with Wagner in fall doubles, posting a record of 12-4 … Defeated Emina Bektas/Alex Najarian of Michigan, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships … Won three matches at USTA/ITA Southeast Regionals to reach the semifinals, including beating No. 10 Lauren Herring/Silvia Garcia of Georiga 8-7 (7-3) in the quarterfinals … Made the consolation final of the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championship, and beat No. 13 Kourtney Keegan/Belinda Woolcock of Florida, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10), No. 12 Nadia Ravita/Aldila Sutjiadi of Kentucky, 6-1, 6-3, No. 31 Lynn Chi/Zsofi Susanyi of California 6-1, 7-6 (10-8) … Went 3-0 at the Miami Fall Invitational to take the Orange Doubles title, including winning 8-5 against sixth-ranked Emily Flickinger and Pleun Bergmans of Auburn in the semifinals.

As a Junior (2013-2014): Third Team All-ACC … All-ACC Academic Team
Posted overall marks of 23-8 in singles and 14-5 in doubles … Finished the spring season with a 17-7 record in singles play and 15-6 in dual matches … In ACC play, recorded a 10-2 mark and won her final four matches … Played matches mostly at No. 3 and No. 4 singles … Went 10-4 at No. 3 and 4-2 at No. 4 … Played doubles with Stephanie Wagner and they compiled an 11-4 record, with a 6-1 ACC mark at No. 3 doubles … Also went 1-0 with both Monique Albuquerque and Victoria Zukowski … Compiled fall records of 6-1 in singles and 1-1 in doubles, playing both doubles matches with Deborah Suarez.

As a Sophomore (2012-13): ACC Tournament MVP … All-ACC Academic Team … ITA Scholar-Athlete
Closed the season as the nation’s 112th-ranked singles player … A spring record of 13-12 in singles play … Clinched Miami’s 4-0 win over UNF in the first round of the NCAA tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Marina Cunningham … Defeated Mia Vriens of 30th-ranked Florida State in the finals of the ACC Tournament, 6-2, 6-2 … Defeated No. 36 Whitney Kay of 2nd-ranked UNC in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 … Defeated Rachel James-Baker of 35th-ranked NC State, 6-3, 7-6 … Defeated No. 59 Allison Falkin of 24th-ranked Illinois, 6-3, 6-2… Defeated No. 102 Courtney Colton of 26th-ranked Vanderbilt, 6-0, 6-2, in Round 1 of the Miami Spring Invite … Teamed with Stephanie Wagner in spring doubles, compiling a record of 13-7 … Defeated the duo of Joelle Kissell and Tatiana Illova of 35th-ranked NC State, 8-6 … Defeated the No. 19 duo of Breaunna Addison and Noel Scott of 22nd-ranked Texas, 8-2 … Defeated the duo of Beatrice Gumulya and Tristen Dewar of 23rd-ranked Clemson, 8-3 … Defeated the duo of Daneika Borthwick and Kerrie Cartwright of 25th-ranked FSU, 8-4 … Defeated the No. 16 duo of Robin Anderson and Skylar Morton of 2nd-ranked UCLA, 8-6 … Defeated the duo of Julia Jamieson and Allison Falkin of 24th-ranked Illinois, 8-0 … Defeated the duo of Aeriel Ellis and Lina Padegimaite of 11th-ranked Texas, 8-5, in Round 1 of the Miami Spring Invite … Defeated the duo of Lauren Mira and Marie Casares of 26th-ranked Vanderbilt, 8-3, in Round 2 of the Miami Spring Invite … Defeated the duo of Wen Sun and Nazari Urbina of 14th-ranked Texas A&M, 8-5, in Round 3 of the Miami Spring Invite. Compiled a fall singles record of 9-5 … Defeated Kate Parker of 43rd-ranked South Florida in the Round of 64 at the State of Florida Championships, 6-3, 6-1 … Defeated teammate Kelsey Laurente in the semifinals of the Miami Invite, 6-1, 2-6, 10-6 … Defeated Fanny Fracassi of 43rd-ranked South Florida, in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-3 … Defeated No. 57 Klara Vyskociloca of 58th-ranked Tulane in the Round of 32 at the Rivera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships (qualifying), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 … Defeated No. 27 Marianne Jodoin of 3rd-ranked Duke in the Duke Fab 4 Invite, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 … Defeated Ashley Dai of 8th-ranked North Carolina in the Round of 16 at the Duke Fab 4 Invite, 6-2, 6-4 … Teamed with Kelsey Laurente in fall doubles, compiling a 3-1 record … Defeated Mia Vriens and Amy Sargeant of 40th-ranked Florida State in the Round of 16 at the State of Florida Championships, 8-7 (1) … Teamed with Melissa Bolivar in fall doubles, compiling a 2-3 record … Defeated No. 45 Janine Weinreich and Stefanie Weinstein of 16th-ranked Nebraska in a consolation round of the Rivera/ITA Women’s All-American Champions (qualifying), 8-5 … Defeated Elizabeth Begley and Juliana Gajic of 10th-ranked Texas in the quarterfinals of the Duke Fab 4 Invite, 8-1… Also went 1-0 in the fall with Wagner, defeating Sarah Gealer and Vroni Van Berlo, 8-4, in the quarterfinals of the Miami Invite.

As a Freshman (2011-12): All-ACC Academic Team … Two-Time ACC Player of the Week (3/6/12, 3/13/12)
A spring record of 19-4 in singles play, rose to as high as No. 61 in the ITA Rankings (April 10) … Played at the No. 3 position in all 25 of her matches… Defeated No. 118 Hana Tomlijanovic of 14th-ranked Virginia, 6-0, 6-3 … Defeated No. 33 Zo De Bruycker of seventh-ranked North Carolina, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 … Defeated Christina Ngo of 24th-ranked Georgia Tech, 6-0, 6-4 … Defeated Nelly Ciolkowski of 23rd-ranked Clemson, 6-2, 6-1 … Defeated Erin Stephens of 16th-ranked Ole Miss, 7-5, 6-3 … Teamed with Gabriela Mejia in all but three spring doubles matches and the pair went 21-3. Rose to a season-high No. 74 in the ITA Rankings (March 13) … Played out of the No. 2 doubles position in all but seven matches … Defeated the duo of Rebeca Pereira and Simona Weymar of UNF in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 8-3 … Defeated the duo of Lynn Blau and Elizabeth Kilborn of No. 24 Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, 8-4 … Defeated the No. 46 duo of Hana Tomlijanovic and Erin Vierra of 14th-ranked Virginia, 8-2 … Defeated the duo of Diana Nakic and Sona Novakova of 12th-ranked Baylor, 8-4 … Defeated the duo of Romy Kolzer and Beatrice Gumulya of 23rd-ranked Clemson, 8-3 … Defeated the duo of Julia Jones and Caroline Rohde-Moe of 16th-ranked Ole Miss, 8-4 … Defeated the duo of Krista Damico and Elizabeth Begley of 13th-ranked Texas, 8-2 … Defeated the duo of Cecilia Estlander and Tayler Davis of eighth-ranked California, 8-5… Also went 2-1 in doubles with Brittany Dubins at the Eagle Invite.