Alisha Chulani
Alisha Chulani
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Los Altos, CA
  • High School:
    St. Francis
  • College:
    Harvey Mudd

Bio

At CMS
Career Record after 2 seasons:
87-26 (34-6 singles, 53-20 doubles)

2022-23 (Sophomore)
All-America in singles and doubles ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... NCAA Singles Quarterfinalist
... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Had a 21-5 record in singles and a 25-14 record in doubles, playing mostly at No. 1 in both ... Had two unfinished matches against No. 1 ranked Sylwia Mikos of Chicago and led in the third set in both, including 4-2 in the third in the national championship match ... Defeated nationally ranked Amy Cui of Amherst (No. 18) in the NCAA Quarterfinals 6-1, 6-2, and Stephanie Shulman of Emory (No. 7) in the NCAA Semifinals 6-2, 6-2 ... Had a key three-set comeback win over Georgia Ryan of Pomona-Pitzer in the NCAA Regional Finals (3-6, 6-2, 6-2), which CMS won 5-4 ... Had a 10-8 third set tiebreaker win over Katherine Orgielewicz of Williams ... Reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Singles Championship with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) win in the Round of 16 over Kristal Dule of NC Wesleyan, when she trailed 6-3 in the third-set tiebreaker and fought off three straight match points.  

2021-22 (First-Year)
All-America honors in doubles ... 
Had a 13-1 record in singles and 28-6 record in doubles ... Played No. 1 doubles with Nikolina Batoshvili for an Athenas squad that captured the second national title in program history with a 5-1 win over Chicago on May 25 ... Went 3-0 in doubles at nationals to help CMS secure the title ... Captured a 7-6, 6-2 win over MIT in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Women's Doubles Championship ... Earned an 8-7 win (7-4 in the tiebreaker), helping CMS to a 6-3 win over Williams ... Earned a 6-0, 6-0 singles win for CMS at No. 4 singles in a 9-0 win over Cal Lutheran.

Prior to CMS
Attened St. Francis High School in Los Altos, where she was a member of the tennis team ... Earned first-team All-WCAL league as a senior ... A four-star recruit by tennisrecruiting.net ... Ranked as high as No. 50 in the nation her senior year by TennisRPI.

Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd. 

Alisha Chulani posed shot

News Mentions

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Eight Athenas Earn Scholar-Athlete Honors from Intercollegiate Tennis Association

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Eight members of the NCAA Division III national champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis program earned Intercollegiate...

July 17, 2023

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National Champion CMS Women's Tennis Team to Visit White House on Monday

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team will attend the White House on Monday to take part in College Athlete Day,...

June 8, 2023

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Six CMS Women's Tennis Players Capture ITA All-America Honors

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Alisha Chulani earned All-America Honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in both singles and doubles for the...

June 8, 2023

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Championship Season for CMS Women's Tennis Concludes as Chulani Falls in Singles Quarterfinals

ORLANDO, Fla. - After contributing to the team national championship this week and advancing to the singles quarterfinals with a grueling...

May 20, 2023

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Chulani Fights Off Three Match Points to Move on to NCAA Singles Quarterfinals

ORLANDO, Fla. – Alisha Chulani fought off three match points to win a third-set tiebreaker 8-6 to advance to the NCAA Division III Women&rsq...

May 19, 2023

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Back-to-Back! CMS Women's Tennis Repeats as National Champions

ORLANDO, Fla. - Nikolina Batoshvili earned the clinching point by winning the third set 6-0 as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team...

May 17, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Advances to Fourth Straight National Championship Match with 5-1 Win over Emory

ORLANDO, Fla. - Alisha Chulani and Nikolina Batoshvili won a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles to give CMS a 2-1 lead, and Chulani, Audrey Yoon and...

May 16, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Comes Back in Singles for 5-4 Win over Amherst in NCAA Quarterfinals

ORLANDO, Fla. - Audrey Yoon won the decisive third set 6-0 for the fifth and deciding point as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team came...

May 14, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Comes Back to Defeat Pomona-Pitzer 5-4 in NCAA Regional Finals

RICHARDSON, Texas - Lindsay Eisenman and Ella Brissett had a pivotal comeback win at No. 3 doubles and then took the final two singles points in...

May 7, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Defeats UT Dallas 5-1 to Advance to NCAA Regional Finals

RICHARDSON, Texas - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team lead 2-1 after doubles and got quick singles wins from Audrey Yoon, Sena Selby...

May 6, 2023

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Four Athenas Selected for NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Singles/Doubles Championships

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Alisha Chulani, Katherine Wurster and Audrey Yoon earned invitations to the NCAA Division III Singles Championships, while...

May 4, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Earns Quick Shutout of Chapman to Advance to SCIAC Finals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned a quick 5-0 win over Chapman in the SCIAC Semifinals on...

April 29, 2023

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Katherine Wurster Wins SCIAC Newcomer of the Year, Six Athenas Take All-SCIAC Accolades

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Katherine Wurster of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year and six Athenas...

April 28, 2023

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Ella Brissett Earns SCIAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week Honors

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Ella Brissett of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team was named the SCIAC Athlete of the Week for events through...

April 24, 2023

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Second-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Defeats No. 3 Pomona-Pitzer 5-4 for SCIAC Regular Season Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The second-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team faced a tough challenge from Pomona-Pitzer in singles, but gutted...

April 22, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Rolls Past Chapman For 15th Straight Win

ORANGE, Calif. - Alisha Chulani and Audrey Yoon each won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's...

April 15, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Wins 14th Straight, Takes Down UC Santa Cruz 8-1

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Alisha Chulani, Lindsay Eisenman and Audrey Yoon each won in singles and doubles as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis...

April 14, 2023

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Second-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Defeats No. 16 Caltech 8-1

PASADENA, Calif. – The second-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s tennis team continued its outdoor dominance this season, taking an...

April 11, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Stretches Winning Streak to 12 with Another Shutout Win

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team won its 12 match in a row, with seven of the last eight coming by shutout, as...

April 8, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Whittier for 11th Straight Win

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team dropped only five total games across six singles matches as it earned a 9-0 win...

April 7, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Defeats Grinnell, Stretches Winning Streak to Eight

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team won its eighth straight match, defeating Grinnell on Sunday afternoon at the...

March 26, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Williams, Occidental

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team took a 9-0 win over Williams, and then added a 9-0 win over Occidental in its...

March 25, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Division I Santa Clara

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned the doubles point and then won quick decisions in the bottom half of the...

March 17, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Defeats Sewanee, Bowdoin by 7-2 Scores

CLAREMONT, Calif. – The second-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s tennis team hosted a pair of nationally ranked opponents on...

March 16, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Picks Up Pair of Shutout Wins

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's team got a late start and played through a lengthy weather delay, but was able to pick up a...

March 12, 2023

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Sena Selby Earns SCIAC Athlete of the Week Accolades for CMS Women's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sena Selby of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Week honor for matches through...

March 6, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Falls to Chicago at ITA Indoor Nationals

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. - Sena Selby and Katherine Wurster came back to win an 8-7 match at No. 3 doubles to give the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's...

March 5, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Advances to ITA Indoor Finals with 7-2 win over MIT

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team moved on to the finals of the ITA Indoor Championships with a 7-2...

March 4, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Controls Singles for 5-2 Win over Point Loma

San Diego, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team dropped the doubles point to Point Loma, but took five of the six singles...

February 10, 2023

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Alisha Chulani Takes SCIAC Athlete of the Week Honors for CMS Women's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Alisha Chulani of the top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Week Award for...

February 6, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Takes Down Westcliff 8-1 in First Dual of 2022-23 Season

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Alisha Chulani, Sena Selby and Ella Brissett each won in both singles and doubles as the defending national champion Claremont...

February 4, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Ranked First in Preseason ITA Division III Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the preseason NCAA Division III poll from the...

January 17, 2023

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Wurster Pulls Out Three-Set Win in ITA Cup Consolations

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Katherine Wurster closed out her first appearance at the ITA Cup with a three-set win over Crystal Zhou of Carnegie Mellon to...

October 14, 2022

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Eisenman/Lee Advance to ITA Cup Doubles Quarterfinals

ROME, Ga. - Lindsay Eisenman and Gabby Lee, the tournament's No. 3 seed, earned a 6-4, 7-5 opening-round win over Jay Lu and Sarah Persemlidis of...

October 13, 2022

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Wurster, Lee/Eisenman Open ITA Cup as Third Seeds Thursday Morning

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Katherine Wurster will be the No. 3 seed in singles and Lindsay Eisenman and Gabby Lee will be the No. 3 seed in doubles...

October 12, 2022

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CMS Women's Tennis Wins ITA Regional Titles in Singles (Wurster), Doubles (Lee/Eisenman)

CLAREMONT, Calif. - First-year Katherine Wurster bounced back from a first-set defeat to win the ITA West Regional singles championship 3-6, 6-3,...

October 2, 2022

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CMS Women's Tennis Advances Seven Into ITA Singles Quarterfinals, Four Teams into Doubles Quarters

CLAREMONT, Calif. - A year ago, the CMS women's tennis team didn't have a player reach the singles finals at the ITA West Regionals, and that is...

October 1, 2022

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Five Athenas to Compete in ITA West Region Championship Matches

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Katherine Wurster will play for the ITA West Region singles championship on Sunday, while two CMS doubles teams will battle...

October 1, 2022

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Biszantz Family Tennis Center to Host ITA West Regionals This Weekend

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Biszantz Family Tennis Center at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps will serve as the host site for the three-day Intercollegiate...

September 29, 2022

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CMS Women's Tennis Dominates on Second Day of CMS-PP Invitational

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team went 4-0 in doubles against Westmont and a combined 15-1 in singles against...

September 17, 2022

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CMS Women's Tennis Starts New Season Strong at Host Invitational

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The CMS women's tennis team, the defending Division III national champions, got off to a strong start to its 2022-23 season by...

September 16, 2022

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CMS Assistant Coach Angela Kulikov Earns Wild Card Selection for US Open Doubles Championship

CLAREMONT, Calif. - For most of the country, the biggest news when the U.S. Open announced its wild card selections for the women's doubles...

August 29, 2022