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2013-14 Women's Tennis

Arthi Padmanabhan

Arthi Padmanabhan

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Harker High School
  • Hometown:
    Saratoga, CA

Summary

Biography

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed her senior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis team.

2014: SCIAC All-Academic team...ITA Scholar-Athlete selection...Was 16-8 in singles and 20-8 in doubles on the year, including reaching the semifinals of the Ojai Valley Doubles Championship...Earned two postseason wins against La Verne (SCIAC and NCAA)...Picked up regular season singles wins against No. 6 Middlebury, No. 7 Bowdoin and No. 8 Carnegie Mellon to help the Sagehens to wins in all three...Picked up a doubles win against No. 4 Amherst.

2013: SCIAC All-Academic team...Ended the year on fire, with 10 straight singles wins and 10 straight doubles wins...Finished with a 17-4 record in singles and 17-5 in doubles (17-4 with Lea Lynn Yen)...Only lost one set in her final 10 matches in singles (a tiebreaker)...Had a 6-0, 6-0 win in the SCIAC Championship match against a previously undefeated opponent...Had a 6-0, 6-1 win over Redlands in the NCAA West Region semifinals and a 6-1, 7-6 win in the regional finals...Also began the year with six straight singles wins, including wins over No. 12 Washington University, No. 13 Trinity (Texas) and No. 19 Vassar...Her 17-5 doubles record included two losses in tiebreakers to No. 3 Williams and No. 10 Bowdoin...Had 8-3, 8-1 and 8-2 wins in the SCIAC Tournament and 8-1 and 8-5 wins in the NCAA Regionals.

2012: ITA Scholar All-American...
Played primarily at No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles...Earned a 17-3 doubles record when playing with Sammy Chao (19-4 overall), including 3-0 in the SCIAC Tournament...Earned a dramatic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) win against No. 12 Bowdoin to provide the winning point in a 5-4 Sagehen victory...Also had wins against nationally ranked opponents Redlands, Chapman, Vassar and UC Santa Cruz.

2011: First-team All-SCIAC selection...Compiled an 18-5 singles record...Earned 6-3, 6-1 win over CMS in NCAA Regionals...Was 3-0 in SCIAC Tournament...Had a 6-1 regular season SCIAC record, and avenged her only league loss to CMS with two wins in the SCIAC Tournament and the NCAA Regionals.

High School: Attended The Harker School in San Jose, California, where she was a member of the tennis and softball teams...As a senior, she was an all-county first-team selection while serving as a team captain...Led the Eagles to the CCS quarterfinals...A National Merit Finalist and AP Scholar in the classroom.

Personal: Attends Pomona College, where she majors in computer science with a minor in mathematics...Lists "Number Theory and Cryptography" as the most interesting course she has taken while at Pomona...Hobbies include cooking and hiking...Favorite athlete is Kim Clijsters...Favorite books include East of Eden by John Steinbeck and Wild by Cheryl Strayed...Plans to work for Microsoft Office for Mac in Seattle after graduation.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

  • 2011-12Sophomore

  • 2012-13Junior

  • 2013-14Senior