Laura Moreno

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-6
High School:
IES Ingeniero de la Cierva
Hometown:
Murcia, Spain

2017-18 • Senior (at Massachusetts)

Spring
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Tabbed the No. 4 doubles pairing with Laura Moreno in the Northeast by ITA
• Primarily playing at No. 4 singles and alongside Ana Yrazusta at No. 1 doubles
• First singles victory of the spring came during the shutout of Bryant (1/28), when she posted a 2-6, 6-4, 10-6 comeback victory over Stefanie Arroyo
• Also put forth a No. 1 doubles win over Bryant's Linnea Sjoberg and Ashanti Campfield 7-6 (7-5)
• Posted additional doubles victories at Brown 7-6 (7-5) on Feb. 2 and against St. John's, 7-5, on Feb. 5
• Downed Army's Hannah Boubel 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 5 spot on Feb. 17
• Helped Massachusetts down Elon on March 14 with wins at No. 1 doubles alongside Ana Yrazusta and No. 4 singles
• Contributed to the team's 4-3 victory at Yale with a 6-3 win alongside Ana Yrazusta at No. 1 doubles
• Won twice on Senior Day during the team's 6-1 triumph over Rhode Island, including at No. 1 doubles with Ruth Crawford and No. 4 singles
• Took home a 6-1 win with Ruth Crawford at No. 1 doubles during the team's Atlantic 10 Championship First Round victory over No. 11 seed Saint Joseph's
• Clinched the doubles point with Ruth Crawford at No. 1 doubles when Massachusetts upset No. 3 seed Davidson in the Atlantic 10 Quarterfinal Round

Fall
• Won three singles matches while playing in the No. 4 spot and teamed with Ana Yrazusta for 11 victories in doubles playing No. 1 or No. 2
• First singles win of the season came over Stony Brook's Amanda Foo 6-4, 6-1 on Sept. 23
• Took a 6-3, 6-4 match from Harvard's Jenna Friedel on Oct. 8
• Tallied a 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Sonal Shrivastava of Yale on Nov. 5
• Earned wins in each of her first three doubles matches on the season over Brown, Rutgers and Stony Brook in the 2017 Brown Invitational - all at the No. 2 slot
• Bested Harvard's No. 1 doubles pairing of Annika Ringblom and Irene Lu, 6-2, on Oct. 8, which began a five-match streak of victories
• Helped Massachusetts take down Connecticut for a 4-3 dual match victory with a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles on Oct. 11
• Reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Northeast Regionals in the doubles bracket with three wins alongside Yrazusta
• Bested LIU Brooklyn's Anna Grigoryan and Malin Leysen, 8-5, in the first round of the ITA Northeast Regionals on Oct. 19
• Followed the win over LIU Brooklyn with an 8-4 upset of No. 5-8 seed Gabriela Knutson and Anna Shkudun from Syracuse later in the day's action
• Outlasted Drexel's Ghita Benhadi and Kendra Bunch - the No. 9 seeded pairing - for an 8-7 (6) victory in the ITA Northeast Regional Round of 16 on Oct. 21
• Won her final three doubles matches alongside Yrazusta while playing in the No. 1 slot
• Bested Minnesota's Mehvish Safdar and Caitlyn Merzbacher, 6-3, on Nov. 3
• Closed the fall with two doubles wins on the same day, a 6-0 shutout of Yale's Samantha Martinelli and Sunday Swett and 6-3 over Dartmouth's Kristina Mathis and Racquel Lyn on Nov. 5

2016-17 • Junior (at Massachusetts)

Spring
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• ITA Scholar-Athlete Award
• Won her No. 6 singles match against Army West Point on Feb. 19
• Had a pair of Atlantic 10 victories at No. 5, including a 6-2, 6-4 win at Rhode Island (4/22) and 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 triumph over Fordham (4/23)
• Helped Massachusetts secure the Atlantic 10 Championship with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win over VCU's Noumea Witmus
• Represented the Minutewomen at No. 5 singles during the NCAA Championship First Round at No. 1 nationally ranked Florida
• Teamed with Brittany Collens for five doubles wins, including against opposition from Fairleigh Dickinson, Boston College, Yale, Samford and Davidson

Fall
• Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Played at No. 5, No. 6 and No. 8 during singles competition and No. 3 and No. 4 during doubles play while teamed with Ashley Avery, Martina Bocchi or Brittany Collens
• Split doubles play into pairings with Ashley Avery, Martina Bocchi and Brittany Collens, and contributed to a pair of wins over Brown and Cornell

2015-16 • Sophomore (at Massachusetts)

Spring
• Won her singles match against Boston College (2/2)
• Partnered with Arielle Griffin for a doubles win over LIU Brooklyn (2/6)
• Took a straight-sets win over St. Bonaventure (2/13)
• Teamed with Griffin for a 6-4 doubles win over Albany (3/5)
• Added a 7-6 doubles victory against College of Charleston (3/15) alongside Griffin
• Tallied wins in singles and doubles action against Quinnipiac (4/8)
• Posted a 6-2 win in doubles and 6-3, 6-2 triump in singles against Bryant (4/9)

Fall
• First win of the fall came against Rutgers (9/25) with a score of 6-4, 7-5
• Worked with Griffin for an 8-5 doubles win against Connecticut (10/1)
• Won her singles and doubles matches against Providence (10/15)
• Posted a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5-0) win against Denver (11/6)

2014-15 • Freshman (at Goldey-Beacom College)

• Went 12-8 in singles matches and 14-6 during doubles play as a freshman at NCAA Division II Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, Del.
• Played No. 1 and No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles for Goldey-Beacom
• Helped Goldey-Beacom to its best season in program history, which featured an 18-5 team record and NCAA Regional Second Round appearance, while the squad was ranked No. 4 in the East Region and No. 31 nationally
• Won Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) All-Conference Second Team

Personal

• Majoring in hospitality and tourism management