Rebecca Berger
Rebecca Berger
  • Year:
    Sr. - Capt.
  • Hometown:
    San Francisco, CA
  • High School:
    International
  • Major:
    Economics-Finance
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

At CMS: Career Record through three seasons: 74-14 (49-8 singles, 25-6 doubles)

2019-20 Season (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... ITA Scholar-Athlete selection ... Compiled an 11-3 record in singles and 6-1 in doubles ... Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA West Regionals in singles before falling to teammate Justine Leong ... Concluded the season with a 6-1, 6-3 win over No. 19 WashU ... Picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win against No. 7 Carnegie Mellon.

2018-19 Season (Sophomore)
All-American in Singles ... ITA West Region Player to Watch ... First-Team All-SCIAC ...  SCIAC Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11) ... 
Finished the year with an 18-2 record in singles, including a perfect 15-0 in dual matches ... Also had a 13-4 record in doubles ... Had a final national ranking of No. 17 in singles ... Only singles loss during the regular season was in the fall to Division II Concordia Irvine in the A Flight of the Athenas' season-opening Fall Scramble, after defeating Pomona-Pitzer No. 1 Caroline Casper in the semifinals ... Earned All-America honors in singles with a first-round NCAA Singles Championship win over Leah Bush of Williams in three sets ... Earned a 6-4, 6-3 win over Wesleyan in the NCAA Championship match, improving to 3-0 at nationals in singles (including clinchers over Williams and Emory in the 2018 semis and finals) ... Earned SCIAC Athlete of the Week after the clinching win in a 4-3 victory over UC San Diego in a third-set tiebreaker ... Picked up a three-set win over Emory in the ITA Indoor Championships on March 2. 

2017-18 Season (First-Year)
First-Team All-SCIAC ... 
Compiled a 20-3 record in singles in her rookie season ... Also was 6-1 in doubles ... Ended the year on an eight-match win streak, including the clinching wins in both the national semifinals and finals to help the Athenas to their first national title ... Won a 6-2, 6-4 decision at No. 5 singles against second-ranked Williams in the NCAA semifinals ... Won a 6-2, 6-3 decision at No. 5 singles against top-ranked Emory in the national championship to break a 4-4 tie and give CMS the title ... Only two losses both came in three sets, including to Division II Azusa Pacific in the season opener. 

Personal

Majoring in economics-finance. 

News Mentions

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11 Athenas Earn ITA Scholar-Athlete Distinction

CLAREMONT, Calif. - A total of 11 members of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Women's Tennis team earned Scholar-Athlete honors from the Intercollegiate...

July 15, 2021

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Video Tribute: The CMS Women's Tennis Class of 2021

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The member of the CMS Women's Tennis Class of 2021 began their careers as first-years by winning a national title on their own...

April 11, 2021

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Championship Memories Saturday: 2018 CMS Women's Tennis Wins National Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - After reaching the program's first-ever national championship match with a semifinal win over Williams, the 2018 CMS Women's...

December 5, 2020