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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Los Gatos, CA
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- High School:
- Los Gatos
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
Bio
At CMS - Career Record after two seasons: 68-14 (31-3 singles, 37-11 doubles)
2019-20 (Sophomore)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... ITA Scholar-Athlete selection ... Had a perfect record in singles at 10-0, including 8-0 in duals ... Only dropped eight games over her final six singles matches, an aggregate score of 72-8 ... Ended the year with a 6-0, 6-0 win against No. 19 WashU ... Earned a hard-fought win against Hawaii Pacific, ranked No. 2 in Division II, with a 7-6, 6-1 win ... Took a three-setter against Cade Pierson of Westmont (10-4 in the third) at the CMS Fall Scamble.
2018-19 (First-Year)
All-American in Doubles ... Reached the national championship match of the NCAA Doubles Competition with Nicole Tan before falling to teammates Caroline Cox and Catherine Allen ... Finished the year with a 21-3 record in singles (17-2 in doubles), including a 14-match win streak to end the season, as well as a 26-6 record in doubles ... Had a final national ranking of No. 2 in doubles ... Earned a 6-0, 6-3 win over Wesleyan in the national championship match after leading 7-5, 5-1 in the semifinals against Middlebury in an unfinished match ... Picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win over UT Dallas and a 6-2, 6-2 win over Pomona-Pitzer in the NCAA Regionals ... Also had a 6-0, 6-3 win over Redlands and a 6-2, 6-1 win over Pomona-Pitzer in the SCIAC Championships ... Only dual singles losses were at the ITA Indoor Championships in March to Chicago (in a third-set tiebreaker) and Emory ... Reached the national championship match in doubles after being an alternate when the original field was announced, defeating the No. 1 doubles teams from Wesleyan and Middlebury in the quarterfinals and semifinals.
Prior to CMS
Attended Los Gatos High School, which she led to the CCS team championship as a junior and senior, and to the NorCal Championship as a senior, the first in school history ... Also won the CCS doubles championship, losing only seven games in eight sets over the four rounds ... Four-star recruit from TennisRecruiting.net, ranking No. 126 as a senior and as high as 94 as a junior.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in economics and psychology.
News Mentions

Nicole Tan Advances to Second Phase of NCAA Woman of the Year Voting
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The NCAA officially announced the conference-level nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award today, and CMS senior women's...
August 11, 2020

CMS Women's Tennis Places 13 on ITA Scholar-Athlete Team
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 1-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team had just as much success in the classroom as it did on the court...
July 29, 2020

Nicole Tan Captures First-Team Academic All-America Honors
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior women's tennis player Nicole Tan became just the sixth Claremont-Mudd-Scripps student-athlete in department history to...
June 16, 2020

Catherine Allen Earns ITA National Senior Player of the Year Award, Justine Leong Captures Rookie of the Year
CLAREMONT, Calif. – Senior Catherine Allen was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Women’s Tennis Senior Player...
May 27, 2020

Athenas Dominate Final ITA Rankings, Leong-Allen Rank 1-2 in Singles, Allen-Cox No. 1 in Doubles
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association put out its final Division III rankings for the 2019-20 season on Friday afternoon, and...
April 24, 2020

Video Tribute: The CMS Women's Tennis Class of 2020
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Women's Tennis senior class won a national championship in 2018 and had their sights set on ending...
March 30, 2020

The CMS-ence of Nicole Tan
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Nicole Tan had the enviable experience of winning a national championship in 2018, as the CMS women's tennis team...
March 23, 2020

CMS Women's Tennis Takes 9-0 Win over WashU
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-ranked CMS women's tennis team defended its home court with a 9-0 win over Washington University on Wednesday evening...
March 12, 2020

CMS Women's Tennis Remains Undefeated with Two Home Court Wins
CLAREMONT, Calif. - After dropping the doubles point to Division I Army, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team responded to sweep singles...
March 8, 2020

Top-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Earns Shutout Win over Cal Lutheran
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's team, one day after moving into the top spot in the latest national rankings, defended its...
March 6, 2020

Catherine Allen's Clincher Gives CMS Women's Tennis 5-4 Win over Emory for ITA Indoor Championship
Nicholasville, Ky. - Senior Catherine Allen won a thrilling three-setter at No. 2 singles (7-5, 3-6, 7-5) to provide the decisive point as the...
March 1, 2020

Second-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out No. 7 Carnegie Mellon in ITA Indoor Semifinals
Nicholasville, Ky. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team looked the part of national championship contenders, shutting out No. 7...
February 29, 2020

CMS Women's Tennis Advances to ITA Indoor Semis with 9-0 win over Centre
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. - The No. 2 ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team opened up play at the ITA Indoor Nationals with a strong...
February 28, 2020

CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Southwestern to Remain Unbeaten
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team swept through singles and doubles as it remained perfect in the early part of...
February 22, 2020

CMS Women's Tennis Takes 7-0 Shutout Win over UC San Diego
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Justine Leong and Catherine Allen won a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles and then captured wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles as the...
February 1, 2020

Justine Leong Captures SCIAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week Accolades
CLAREMONT, Calif. - First-year Justine Leong added to her growing list of awards in her rookie season of collegiate competition by earning the...
January 20, 2020

Sydney Lee's Three-Set Clincher Gives CMS Women's Tennis 4-3 Win over Hawaii Pacific
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Sophomore Sydney Lee prevailed in three sets (6-0, 4-6, 6-2) as the No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team defeated...
January 18, 2020

CMS Women's Tennis Opens Dual Schedule with 6-1 Win over Hawaii Pacific
HONOLULU, Hawaii - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team swept all three doubles lines for the first point, and then won five of the six...
January 17, 2020

CMS Women's Tennis Holds Down No. 2 Spot in Preseason Division III Poll
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team was picked second in Division III in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's...
January 16, 2020

Allen, Leong Capture Oracle ITA Cup National Doubles Championship
ROME, Ga. - Senior Catherine Allen and first-year Justine Leong clicked on all cylinders as they captured the Division III doubles championship...
October 19, 2019

Athena Sunday: CMS Women's Tennis Has Both Singles Finalists, All Four Doubles Semifinalists at ITA Regionals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team will be the only team in action in the A Flights on the final day of the ITA...
October 6, 2019

Allen, Leong Earn ITA West Regional Doubles Championship over Kern, Juan
CLAREMONT, Calif. - All four women's doubles teams still alive in the ITA West Region Championships on Sunday were from CMS, and the top-seeded...
October 6, 2019

Six Athenas Advance to ITA West Region Women's Tennis Quarterfinals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team has six of the eight players who advanced to the ITA West Region Quarterfinals...
October 5, 2019

CMS Tennis Teams to Host ITA Fall Regionals This Weekend
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's tennis and women's tennis teams will serve as hosts the ITA West Regionals this weekend in...
October 1, 2019

CMS Women's Tennis Compiles 20-4 Singles Record at Fall Scramble
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team combined for 20 singles wins while dropping only four on the second day of its...
September 21, 2019

CMS Women's Tennis Opens 2019-20 Season with Doubles Play at Fall Scramble
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The 2018-19 CMS women's tennis season ended with doubles, as Catherine Allen and Caroline Cox defeated Sarah Bahsoun and...
September 20, 2019