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2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster

Nick Coy
Alison Smalling
Jake Howard
Jake Howard
Cornnell Chu

Itxaso Blanco

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Bilbao, Spain
  • High School Ies Manuel Graga Iribarne
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

• 2024 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2024 ITA All-American (doubles)
• 2024 First Team All-Sunshine State Conference (singles)
• 2024 Second Team All-Sunshine State Conference (doubles)
• 2024 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2023 Second Team All-Sunshine State Conference (Singles)

• 2021-22 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
• 2021-22 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2022 First Team All-Sunshine State Conference (Singles)
• 2021-22 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2020-21 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2020-21 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2019-20 Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
 
2023-24 (Senior): ITA All-American in doubles…first team All-SSC in singles…named to the All-SSC second team in doubles…ITA Scholar-Athlete…Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree…ranked fourth nationally in doubles and No. 24 in singles…was 15-10 in singles, including a 13-8 dual match record at the top spot in the lineup…advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA South Regional tournament…posted a team-best 19-7 doubles record, going 11-4 in tandem with Laura Cuesta Bret and 8-3 with Carla Cabero del Hierro…Blanco and Cuesta Bret upended Nova Southeastern’s top-ranked duo of Natalie Espinal and Freya Davies 6-4 (April 4).

2022-23: Second Team All-SSC in singles...named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll...was 12-6 overall in singles, including a 6-3 record in league play and an 8-4 mark at No. 1 singles...was 9-10 in doubles...was 4-4 in partnership with Carla Cabero del Hierro and 4-6 in tandem with Maja Issler...advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA/NCAA II South Region Tournament...upset of No. 9 Marta Vicens Miquel (7-6 (7-4, 2-1, ret.) of No. 3 Saint Leo (feb. 7)...blanked Southern New Hampshire’s No. 22-ranked player Magdalena Hubickova (March 15)...closed out the season on a three-match winning streak, which include a 6-1, 6-3 defeat of No. 9 Salm Djoubri of fourth-ranked Lynn (March 31)...teamed up with Maja Issler for a 6-3 upset of 12th-ranked Taylor Barrett and Vasileia Griva of Grand Valley State.
 
2021-22: First-Team All-SSC in singles… D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award…ITA Scholar-Athlete…named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…turned in a team-best 17-6 record in singles, including a 15-3 mark in dual matches…played 17 matches at the top spot in the lineup…was 6-2 in Sunshine State Conference play…owned a 14-match winning streak from Feb. 9 to April 6…was ranked as high as seventh in the ITA/NCAA II national singles rankings…earned SSC Player of the Week honors after going undefeated in doubles and singles during the week ending March 20…was ranked 39th when she upended 12th-ranked Ashley Penshorn of St. Mary’s (Texas) 6-3, 6-3 (March 16)…was 12-15 in doubles, including a 5-1 mark in tournament play in tandem with Jessica Christa Wira Hadipoernomo.
 
2020-21: ITA Scholar-Athlete…Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…was 3-6 in singles and 1-8 in doubles at the top spot in the Eagle lineup.

2019-20 (Sophomore): Named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll…owned a 9-7 singles record, including a 6-3 mark in tournament play…was 3-4 in dual matches, all of which were played at the top spot in the Eagle lineup…clinched the Eagles’ 7-0 win over Northwood (Michigan) with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of Kate Berestovenko (March 7)…was 8-8 in doubles play.
 
2018-19 (Freshman): Posted an 11-15 singles record…was 6-11 in dual matches with all matches played at the No. 1 position…owned a four-match winning streak from February 24-March 10…toppled 17th-ranked Verena Schmid of No. 1 Barry in three sets, 6-1, 3-6, 10-7 (Feb. 24)…clinched the Eagles’ win over Davis & Elkins, topping Taylour Newman 6-1, 6-0 (March 9)…was 12-13 in doubles…was 4-1 in tandem with Alexis Marshall and 6-8 with Jillian Hobbs as her partner…Blanco and Hobbs were 4-7 playing at the top spot in the lineup…Blanco and Marshall advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA South Regional.

Prep: Graduated from Ies Manuel Fraga Iribarne High School in Madrid in 2018… competed for the Chamartin Tennis Club and led her team to the Madrid Senior Tennis Team Championship, as well as the semifinals of the Spain Senior Tennis Team Championship in 2017… a finalist in the 2018 Madrid Doubles Championship… ranked No. 1 in Madrid in March 2018.
 
Personal: Born in Bilbao, Spain…parents are Marcos Blanco Ramasco and Adelfa Fernandez de Leceta…majoring in Aerospace Engineering.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2020-21Junior

    6'0"
  • 2021-22Junior

    6'0"
  • 2022-23Senior

    6'0"
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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