Martina Bocchi

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Photo by: Jon Crispin

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-5
High School:
Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Hometown:
Rome, Italy

2019-20 • Senior

Spring
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Won four times in singles play, all earned on the No. 2 court
• Finished 7-4 in doubles action while playing at No. 1 court with Anna Napadiy
• Fought back for a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) victory over St. Bonaventure’s Andrea Roque at No. 2 singles (1/25)
• Tallied a 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Regina Furer of Binghamton at No. 2 singles on Jan. 26
• Won 6-3, 6-4 over Bryant University’s Yasemin Boru at No. 2 singles on Feb. 1
• Picked up an Atlantic 10 doubles victory with Napadiy over St. Bonaventure’s Andrea Roque and Penelope Abreu, 7-5, on the No. 1 court (1/26)
• Secured a 6-2 win against the St. John’s pairing of Jessica Livianu and Milka Genkova, doing so alongside Napadiy (2/16)
• Claimed a 7-5 doubles victory with Napadiy over Dartmouth’s Abigail Chiu and Chidimma Okpara (2/21)
• Downed Brown’s Courtney Kowalsky at No. 2 singles in a three-set battle 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 on March 1
• Teamed with Anna Napadiy for a 6-0 shutout of Brown at No. 1 doubles (3/1)
• Season cut short by NCAA's nation-wide cancellation of athletics in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Fall
• Went 5-4 overall in singles action and 6-4 while playing doubles, primarily alongside Janja Kovacevic
• Posted a 6-3, 6-2 win over Brown’s Courtney Kowalsky during the Brown Invitational
• Won a three-match battle with Stony Brook’s Elizabeth Pam 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 at the Brown Invitational
• Downed Dartmouth College’s Jingyi Peng 6-3, 6-3 at the Brown Invitational
• Advanced through the ITA Northeast Regional Championship doubles field to the Round of 16 alongside Janja Kovacevic
• Downed pairs from Buffalo (8-2; Round of 64) and Niagara (8-7 [6]; Round of 32) to reach the Sweet Sixteen
• Also took a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 victory from Drexel’s Sarka Richterova in singles competition during the ITA Northeast Regional Championship Main Draw

2018-19 • Junior

Spring
• Saw singles action in the No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 spots
• Went 14-7 overall
• Completed UMass’ comeback from 3-1 down against St. John’s by defeating Gabriela Tenorio 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-4 by fighting back from the brink of losing the match
• Claimed her first win playing at No. 2 by a score of 6-1, 6-2 vs. Marist’s Madison Price
• Held a five-match win streak at the back-end of the season
• Led the team throughout the Spring in the top spot at doubles alongside Janja Kovacevic
• Ended the year with a record of 11-5 alongside Kovacevic, which included an eight-match win streak
• Achieved two 6-0 shutouts in the season, one each against Binghamton and Quinnipiac

Fall
• Made appearances at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, as well as playing doubles matches primarily at No. 1
• Began her season undefeated in singles play at the Brown Invitational, defeating Rutgers’ Katherine Muzik 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, Brown’s Ryan Peus 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3 and Stony Brook’s Ana Carrion Rodriguez 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Extended her winning streak to four matches at the Bulldog Invitational
• Ended the season 8-5 in singles play
• Advanced to the ITA Northeast Regional Championships Round of 64 after battling through qualifying
• Defeated players from Cornell, Rutgers and Saint Francis en route to the second round
• Also reached the second round of doubles, playing alongside Anna Napadiy, before falling 8-7 to the eventual champions from Syracuse

2017-18 • Sophomore

Spring
• Primarily appeared at No. 6 singles and No. 2 doubles alongside Janja Kovacevic
• Won eight singles matches throughout the season
• Collected her first singles win of the spring with a 7-5, 6-4 triumph over Bryant's Ariana Oropeza
• Claimed two consecutive three-set victories against LIU Brooklyn’s Clemence Krug and Dartmouth’s Allison Chuang
• Had a 7-4 record in doubles while playing with Janja Kovacevic, making the duo the winningest UMass pair that year

Fall
• Filled the No. 6 singles spot in all but three matches while she was No. 4 doubles in all but three matches
• First win of the season came alongside Jovana Bogicevic in doubles against Brown, which jump-started a five-match doubles win streak
• The five-match win streak also included triumphs over another pair of Bears, two duos from Rutgers and one from Boston College
• Claimed five singles wins over the course of the season
• First singles victory of the year was a 6-1, 6-2 win over Elizabeth Pam of Stony Brook
• Helped Massachusetts to its dual match win over Connecticut with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of Zaina Zaki

2016-17 • Freshman

Spring
• ITA Scholar-Athlete
• Spent the spring playing No. 4, No. 5 and No.6 singles, with one appearance at No. 3 doubles
• Posted her first dual match victory against Fairleigh Dickinson at No. 4 singles 6-2 6-2
• Also achieved a doubles victory against Fairleigh Dickinson alongside Laura Moreno by a 6-1 margin
• Was a part of the team who emerged victorious from the Atlantic 10 Championships for only the second time in program history

Fall
• Competed in five singles and four doubles matches
• Spent the season playing No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8 singles
• Claimed her first collegiate win 6-2 6-4 against Farris Cunningham of Rutgers
• Earned doubles wins alongside Brittany Collens and Laura Moreno
• Defeated players from Rutgers, Harvard, Cornell and Brown
• Ended her debut season at UMass with a winning record in singles and doubles

Before Massachusetts

• A four-star recruit by the Tennis Recruiting Network
• Ranked ninth in Southern California Girl's singles and doubles for the Age of 16 group
• Ranked No. 99 nationally in the girls 16-year-old rankings
• Overall record of 58-29, with a 24-4 mark against four-star players and a 12-1 record against three-star players
• Reached the All-American CIF Finals in 2012, 2013 and 2014
• Advanced to the fourth round of the National Clay Courts tournament in singles and doubles
• Competed in numerous regional and national competitions in California, Utah and Italy
• Was the top player for Beverly Hills High School
• A two-time Ocean League Champion at Beverly Hills High School (2013, '14)
• Helped lead the team to the California State Finals in 2014

Personal

• Majoring in political science
• Daughter of Carlo and Federica
• Sister to Cosimo
• Has one dog, Brownie