Women's Roster

Here is the roster in alphabetical order by last name:

Dominique Ahrens

Hometown: Amsterdam
Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Year of Graduation: 2018
Racket Type: Prince O3
Favorite Player: Gael Monfils
Small Description/Fun Fact: I am the clumsiest person you will ever meet.

Camilla Akerman

Hometown: Greenwich, CT
Major: Physical Therapy
Year of Graduation: 2021
Racket Type: Babolat
Favorite Player: Madison Keys
Small Description/Fun Fact: I grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut but my family recently moved back to Stockholm, Sweden where they originally come from. I have been playing tennis my whole life, including 3 years on my high school varsity team. I played doubles for 2 years and singles my senior year. My team made it to the state finals my senior year.
Fun Fact: I love clownfish

Ali Aldieri

Hometown:
Major: Pharmacy
Year of Graduation: 2019
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Short Description: I'm from Connecticut, and I've been playing tennis for most of my life. In high school, I played varsity doubles for 4 years and was co-captain my senior year with my identical twin sister. We were undefeated in our league for all four years.
Fun Fact: Not very fun, but after my co-op abroad in Dublin, Ireland, I toured Europe and wound up tearing my ACL and meniscus skiing in the Swiss Alps.

Rachel Ballantine

Hometown: Hinsdale, IL
Major: Physical Therapy
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Babolat
Favorite Player: Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Small Description: I am from Chicago and have played tennis since I was 3 years old. I have played in USTA tournaments since the 10 and under division. I played varsity tennis in high school and was captain senior year. Doubles is my fave. I love tennis!!!
Fun Fact: I played varsity badminton during senior year of high school.

Alexandra Berisheva

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Major: Chemical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2019
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Small Description: I am from Southborough, MA but originally Russian! I have been playing tennis on and off since I was 4 years old. I played competitively in middle school and then on Varsity throughout high school.
Fun Fact: Undying love for Harry Potter!!

Tatiana Bujnoch

Hometown: Boerne, TX
Major: Pharmacy
Year of Graduation: 2018/2019
Racket Type: Head Youtek Radical
Favorite Player: Roger Federer Small Description: I am from Boerne, TX. I have been on the team since my first year at Northeastern. I have been playing tennis since I was six years old.
Fun Fact: I spent Fall 2016 on co-op in Jamaica.

Tiffany Chan

Hometown: Alhambra, CA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2021
Racket Type: Yonex EZONE DR 100
Favorite Player: OG G.O.A.T. Fed will always be #1 in my heart, but since everyone loves him I'd like to give a shout-out to homeboy from Southeast Asia, Kei Kei (Nishikori)
Small Description: I'm from the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California where it's called "boba" not "bubble tea", and the misfortune of playing 4 five-star freshmen in the first round of consecutive USTA tournaments has deterred me from pursuing a competitive tennis career. Otherwise, I've been on my high school's varsity tennis team for all four years, was co-captain in my sophomore year and captain for junior and senior year, and I go back to help out girls' practices during the summer. I'm pretty happy where I am in the NU Tennis team and I'm so grateful to be here.
Fun Fact: I've gotten 3 golden bagels in my lifetime and I fell into the ocean while I was kayaking for my 18th birthday.

Lindsey Chin

Hometown: Lexington, MA
Major: History and Comp Sci
Year of Graduation: 2022
Racket Type: Babolat Aeropro Drive
Favorite Player: Dominic Thiem
Fun Fact/Small Description: When I was twelve years old I decided I hated gymnastics, so my mom threw me into tennis camp because I didn't have anything to do over the summer and it was so much better!

Grace Deneen

Hometown: Windsor, CT
Major: Nursing
Racket Type: Babolat
Favorite Player: Serena Williams
Small Description: I'm from Windsor, CT and I played varsity tennis throughout high school. I was a captain my senior year and we were the first team in our school's history to win a State Championship !! I love doubles and have played on the Northeastern team since my freshman year.
Fun Fact: I jumped off the world's highest bungee bridge while I was on co-op in South Africa!

Christine Gildea

Hometown: Somers, NY
Major: Chemical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2021
Racket Type: Head
Favorite Player: Serena Williams!!
Small Description: I am from Westchester, New York and have been playing tennis since I was 7 years old. I played on my Varsity team throughout high school and was captain senior year.
Fun Fact: first American circus was in my hometown.

Surabhi Godbole

Hometown: Shrewsbury, MA
Major: Chemical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Head
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Small Description: I LOVE DOGS and playing with my lil tennis fam at NEU. I started playing when I was a kid and continued to play competitively throughout high school. I'm from Shrewsbury, MA and truly believe that Massachusetts invented America!!!
Fun Fact: I sneeze in sets of 7

Fatemah Hassanali

Hometown: Tanzania
Major: Business with an Economics Minor
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Wilson Pro Staff RF97 Autograph Racquet
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Small Description: I am from Tanzania. Have been playing tennis since I was 4. I have won East African tournaments hosted in Kenya and Tanzania. Played varsity tennis in High school.
Fun Fact: I won a singing competition in High school!

Sadye Hendler

Hometown: Leawood, KS
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience & Business minor
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Prince
Favorite Player: Rafaaaaaa
Small Description: I'm from Leawood, KS. I've been playing tennis for 10 years. I played varsity all 4 years of high school and was captain my senior year and second at state woooooo WOOOOOOOOOOOO
Fun Fact: I hiked El Camino in Spain two summers ago woohoo!!! i love sewing blisters! I hiked 5 days to Machu Picchu last summer!! Also i am obsessed with my doggo.

Julia Hostetter

Hometown: Collierville, TN
Major: Environmental Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Wilson K Blade 98
Favorite Player: Grigor Dimitrov
Small Description: I'm from good ole Memphis, TN and started playing competitive tennis at the ripe age of 10 years old. I've had the honor of having some amazing doubles partners over the years (including my sister but that was awful), but my favorite is Rachel Ballantine at Northeastern. The tennis team is one big happy "barnyard explosion" family.
Fun Fact: I sprinted around a tennis stadium in between changeovers to snipe a pic with Pam from The Office.

Sarah Jaffe

Hometown: Chicago, IL
Major: Chemical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2019
Racket Type: Babolat
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Small Description: I'm from Chicago, and I started playing tennis freshman year of high school. Our varsity team won the division my junior and senior year.
Fun Fact: I went hang gliding in Rio and my instructor's name was Zero.

Elise Kim

Hometown: Leonia, NJ
Major: Cell and Molecular Biology
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Wilson Blade 98 (18X20)
Favorite Player: Federerererererer
Small Description: Born and raised in New Jersey and have been playing tennis since sophomore year of high school (15 years old?). Played varsity for 2 years in high school and was captain my senior year.
Fun Fact: I have 11 piercings and looking to get more :^)

Lili Kobayashi

Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Major: Business and Design
Year of Graduation: 2021
Racket Type: Dunlop
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Small Description: I was born in New York City and moved to New Jersey for about 12 years where I started playing tennis when I was 3 years old. Then I moved to California for the next 3 years, which was my prime time for tennis. I played USTA and travelled a lot for tournaments. After California, I moved to Tokyo, Japan, where I attended the American School in Japan where I continued to play tennis on the Varsity tennis team and won the Far East Asia Pacific tournament in both singles and doubles. Now I am currently attending Northeastern University and on the Club Tennis team which is very fun and full of amazing people!
Fun Fact: I was named after Walt Disney's Wife Lillian Disney!

Ann Kogosov

Hometown: Syosset, NY
Major: Biochemistry
Year of Graduation: 2021
Small Description: I'm from Long Island and I'm Russian! I've been playing tennis since I was about 4/5 but competitively since I was about 14. I played a lot of USTA tournaments through high school and now here I am!
Fun fact: I went on dialogue to Peru this past summer!

Maddie Levy

Hometown: Westfield, NJ
Major: Marketing
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Wilson Juice
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Small Description: I have played varsity tennis all throughout high school, and I was captain of the team for my junior and senior year. Additionally, I was ranked as a 3rd All-State, All-Flight doubles player for NJ.
Fun fact: I have two dogs -- a pug and a border collie/newfoundland mix.

Rhianon Mecca

Hometown: Thomaston, CT
Major: Business Administration- Accounting
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Wilson BLX Juice 108
Favorite Player: Novak Djokovic
Small Description: I'm from Thomaston, CT. I've been playing tennis since my freshman year of high school and was varsity for three years. I was a league all-star my junior and senior year and helped lead my team to the very first ever league title in Thomaston High history!
Fun fact: I adopted my very first pet in August 2017. A kitten named Stella!

Elise Miller

Hometown:
Major: Chemical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2019
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Favorite Player: Rafael Nadal
Small Description: ohio against the world.
Fun Fact: i don't believe in dinosaurs

Mary Morabit

Hometown: North Kingstown, RI
Major: Chemical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2019
Racket Type: Babolat
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Small Description: I'm from Rhode Island and I've been playing tennis for most of my life.
Fun Fact: I have three Rottweilers!

Kiera Murphy

Hometown: Eastchester, NY
Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2019
Racket Type: Babolat Storm
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Small Description: I'm from Westchester, New York and played varsity tennis for 6 years before coming to Northeastern. I've now been playing on Northeastern's team for the past 3 years.
Fun Fact: I once failed a drug test because I was too hydrated.

Erica Nesses

Hometown: San Diego, CA
Major: Management Information Systems and Finance
Year of Graduation: 2017
Racket Type: Babolat Pure Drive LITE
Favorite Player: Serena Williams
Small Description: I grew up in Southern California where I competed in USTA every weekend and played on the girls varsity team in high school. Joining the team is the best decision I have made since coming to Northeastern. I am also the best van driver this team has ever seen.

Justine Pelisson

Hometown: Paris, France
Major: Behavioral Neuroscience / Business minor
Year of Graduation: (hopefully) May 2019
Racket Type: Babolat Pure Strike
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Small Description: I was born and lived in Paris for 15 years, moved to Brussels for high shool, went to Boston for uni. Passionate about existential philosophy and the motives / nature of humankind. Food and sport addict (varsity soccer/volleyball/tennis in high school - baguette, chocolate, wine & cheese). Highly interested in neuroscience and neurodegenerative diseases.
Fun Fact: 20 years ago, my mom organized a surprise party for my dad's 40th birthday. After a lot of champagne, her waters suddenly broke and both of them had to leave the party; baby me was kinda pissed to not be part of the party! So that's how I came to the world, full of champagne and bubbles, from a tipsy mother and a not quite sobered up yet midwife (it was late...). Probably explains better my natural bubbly and hyper mood?

Sienna Phan

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Major: Business Administration
Year of Graduation: 2018
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Tennis Accomplishments: Played 4 years on varsity at Beckman High School, MVP and team captain senior year, 2013 Orange County Player to Watch.
Fun Fact: I have a bunny named Louis who potty-trained himself.

Carolyn Roberts

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Rebecca Salzman

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Victoria Sanford

Hometown: Weston, FL
Major: Biochemistry and Political Science
Year of Graduation: 2021
Racket Type: Wilson
Favorite Player: Roger Federer
Fun Fact: I speak Spanish.

Jackie Stahlhammer

Major: Physical Therapy
Year of Graduation: 2020
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Small Description: I am originally from Connecticut. I began playing tennis at the age of 4 because my older brother started taking tennis lessons, and I wanted to do whatever he did.
Fun Fact: I broke my thumb in the warm up of a tennis match and went on to win the match. That is the only broken bone I have ever had.

Mara Stegaru

Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Major: Structural Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2018
Small Description: Mara is a fourth year Civil Engineering major from Princeton, NJ. She has been playing tennis since she was but a youth, and has been on the Northeastern Tennis Team since her freshman year. Within the first five minutes of speaking with her, you will discover that she is, in fact, Romanian. When she's not playing tennis, she loves to dance, sing, draw, and garden. Also cheese is life.
Fun Fact: Last summer, she had 16 different plants growing on her Mission Hill apartment's deck.

Grace Tanguilig

Hometown: Sandwich, MA
Major: Health Science
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: Wilson
Favorite Player: Serena Williams
Small Description: I'm from Cape Cod, Massachusetts and I've been playing tennis for fun with my siblings since we were little. I then played on the varsity team in high school and was captain senior year.
Fun Fact: I have a black and white dog named Rainbow!

Cece Vander Laan

Hometown: Katy, Texas
Major: Political Science
Year of Graduation: 2017
Small Description: From Katy, TX. Played high school tennis for 4 years - 2 years varsity. Playing tennis since 2007.
Fun Fact: Played Trombone in HS Marching Band. My favorite movie is The Princess Bride. I can recite every line (and do the sound effects). Also, I have the same birthday as Nadal.

Caroline Wagner

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Major: PharmD
Year of Graduation: 2021
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Small Description: Born and raised in New Jersey, I've been playing tennis since I was 7. Aside from playing, I also love to teach tennis and I've been coaching for 3 years.
Fun Fact: I'm fun and that's a fact.

Haley Weinstein

Hometown: Boulder, CO
Major: Electrical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2020
Racket Type: JUICE
Favorite Player: Nadal?
Small Description: I'm from boulder Colorado and I've been playing tennis for awhile.
Fun Fact: I play saxophone

Challenges

To move up in the roster one must challenge a player that is one spot above her and beat her in a one set match during practice or outside of practice. To schedule a challenge match speak to a member of the executive board!