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Lia Espinal
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Previous School:
- Cathedral International School
Bio
2021-22: Established herself as one of the best young talents in the Ohio Valley Conference as a true freshman…Led UT Martin with 12 singles victories while also accounting for a team-best 5-2 mark in OVC play…Dialed up a team-high five singles wins at the No. 4 posiiton while also adding a pair of victories at No. 3 and one triumph at No. 5…Posted a season-long four-match winning streak from Oct. 20 through Feb. 5, spanning the last two fall tournaments and first two spring matches…Was part of seven doubles victories, three of which came against OVC opposition…Played exclusively out of the No. 3 doubles position in the spring…All seven doubles wins came alongside Jillian Niedzialowski while she also teamed up with Ariadna Ondo and Mizuki Sakurai…Was named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters...Was named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
BEFORE UTM: Graduated from Cathedral International School...Was a member of the Dominican Republic's team in the Billie Jean King Cup, which is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition...Playing out of the No. 1 slot on her youth teams since she was 10 years old, she represented the Dominican Republic in prestigious tournaments like the U12, JITIC, WJTC and Fed Cup Juniors...Boasted top-three finishes in each of the aforementioned events, including a doubles victory and a semifinalist singles performance in the 2017 JITIC tournament...Was the runner-up in doubles of the Copa Mangu ITF tournament in 2019 and a two-time semifinalist in doubles at the same Copa Mangu event in 2017 and 2020...Placed in the doubles semifinals in back-to-back years (2019-20) in the Copa Mangulina tournament and was a semifinalist in doubles at the 2018 Copa El Salvador event...Was a three-time singles quarterfinalist at the Copa Mangu tournament (2017, 2019, 2020) and also generated quarterfinalist efforts at the 2018 and 2019 Copa Merengue event in doubles as well as the 2020 Copa Los Tres Ojos doubles tournament.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 20, 2002...Daugter of Elvis Espinal and Amelia Betances...Has six siblings, Elvis Espinal, Andres Holguin, Elvis Espinal, Leslie Holguin, Daisy Espinal, and Diana Espinal...Majoring in economics.
BEFORE UTM: Graduated from Cathedral International School...Was a member of the Dominican Republic's team in the Billie Jean King Cup, which is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition...Playing out of the No. 1 slot on her youth teams since she was 10 years old, she represented the Dominican Republic in prestigious tournaments like the U12, JITIC, WJTC and Fed Cup Juniors...Boasted top-three finishes in each of the aforementioned events, including a doubles victory and a semifinalist singles performance in the 2017 JITIC tournament...Was the runner-up in doubles of the Copa Mangu ITF tournament in 2019 and a two-time semifinalist in doubles at the same Copa Mangu event in 2017 and 2020...Placed in the doubles semifinals in back-to-back years (2019-20) in the Copa Mangulina tournament and was a semifinalist in doubles at the 2018 Copa El Salvador event...Was a three-time singles quarterfinalist at the Copa Mangu tournament (2017, 2019, 2020) and also generated quarterfinalist efforts at the 2018 and 2019 Copa Merengue event in doubles as well as the 2020 Copa Los Tres Ojos doubles tournament.
PERSONAL: Born on Sept. 20, 2002...Daugter of Elvis Espinal and Amelia Betances...Has six siblings, Elvis Espinal, Andres Holguin, Elvis Espinal, Leslie Holguin, Daisy Espinal, and Diana Espinal...Majoring in economics.
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