2014-2015 Women's Tennis Roster

Thom Swarr

Kaitlyn Pellegrino

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Williamsport, Pa.
  • Height 5-7
  • High School Loyalsock
  • Major English Secondary Education

Biography

Match-by-Match Results
2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12

2013-14 (Junior): Upperclassman status came with an increased role as Pellegrino bumped up to No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles for the 2013-14 season...Finished above .500 in singles with a 13-11 record and was fourth on the team in wins...Had a 7-14 record in doubles, but moved into 10th on school's career doubles wins list with a three-year total of 51 (51-23)...Voted to the All-Commonwealth Conference Second Team for the first time in her career...Came back through the Blue 2 Singles consolation draw at the USTA-ITA Southeast Regional Championships Sept. 21-22, to win it, 8-3 over Virginia Wesleyan's Mia Proctor...Finished runner up to Wilkes' Kendra Croker in the third singles draw at the MAC Individual Championships Oct. 5-6...First set winner in each of her Commonwealth Conference Championships singles matches, but both matches went unfinished...Recognized academically on the MAC's Spring Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year.

2012-13 (Sophomore): Tied her own school record, shared with Christine Evangelista , for doubles wins in a season by leading the team with 22 (22-4)...Broke into the singles lineup and went 14-5 with an 11-1 record at No. 6...Ended the year on a nine-match singles winning streak...Won two matches with Adriana Scotto at the USTA-ITA Southeast Regional Championships Sept. 22-24, before getting back together with Evangelista to win 20-of-23 matches over the remainder of the season...A year after winning No. 5 singles at the MAC Individual Championships, Pellegrino got a doubles title at No. 3 with Evangelista...Duo defeated Lauren Fulmer and Lauren Shanberg from Lebanon Valley 9-7 in the final...Went undefeated in 12 Commonwealth Conference regular season matches between singles and doubles...Finished the season with a two-year doubles record of 42-8 alongside Evangelista (44-9 overall)...Victorious in all three of her Commonwealth Conference Championships matches as the Blue Jays won their fourth consecutive league championship...Helped team reach the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament for the second year in a row with an 8-0 No. 3 doubles win over Hunter (N.Y.) in the first round...Her 14 singles wins ranked fourth on the team and were a six-win improvement over 2011-12...Bounced back from a singles loss against Salisbury April 3 to win her final nine matches of the season...Was the first singles player to finish her match, beating LVC's Lori Noble 6-0, 6-1, in the Commonwealth Conference championship match May 4...Named to the MAC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2011-12 (Freshman): Carried her high school doubles success right to the college game...Paired with fellow freshman Christine Evangelista to set program's single-season record for doubles victories with 22 (22-5)...The Pellegrino/Evangelista tandem was exclusive for both players over the course of the season...Had a 16-3 record at No. 3 doubles and a 2-0 mark at No. 2...Runner-up in the Blue 1 Doubles draw at the USTA-ITA Southeast Regional Championships Sept. 24-26...Won first two matches with Evangelista in the second doubles draw at the MAC Individual Championships Oct. 15-16...18-1 in doubles during a 19-match stretch from March 4-May 5, which included a string of 12 straight matches without a loss from March 21-May 5...Swept Alvernia's Kellie O'Donnell and Maygan Henzie 8-0 in the Commonwealth Conference Semifinals May 1...Won an 8-2 decision over Lebanon Valley's Tam Lobb and Meghan Muccilli in the conference championship match May 5...Played in both NCAA Tournament matches for the Blue Jays, including team's second round match against Williams, the top-ranked team in the nation...Compiled an 8-2 record in limited singles matches...Won two matches, including the first of her career (8-3 over Haverford's Abigail Healy), and advanced to the semifinals of her bracket at the Southeast Regional Championships to open career...Captured No. 5 singles championship at the MAC Individual Championships after beating Wilkes' Anna Mitchell 6-4, 4-6, 10-6.

High School: Lettered with the girls' tennis team all four years at Loyalsock Township High School in Williamsport, Pa...Won back-to-back District IV doubles championships in 2009 and 2010...Teamed with Cassie Beck to claim the district crown as a junior in 2009 and returned to the tournament to repeat with Emily Niditch the following fall...Pellegrino and Niditch won their first round match in the 2010 PIAA Class AA Championships, advancing to the quarterfinals...Twice a third team all-state selection...All-Heartland Athletic Conference First Team Singles honoree as a senior and a Second Team Singles pick as a junior...Was also named All-HAC First Team Doubles as a freshman and sophomore...Team won District IV championships in each of her final three seasons and reached the PIAA Class AA team quarterfinals in 2008 and 2010...Mentored by coach Rick Zimmerman...Off the court, Pellegrino was a four-year member of Key Club and served as President at Loyalsock for one year...She was also involved in Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Christian Club, Spanish Club and Girl Scouts...Four-year honor roll student.

Personal: Daughter of John and Kelly Pellegrino...Has a younger brother, Nicholas...English Secondary Education major...Working towards a minor in creative writing.
 
CAREER STATISTICS
 
SINGLES 
 Record 
  1  
  2  
  3  
  4  
  5  
  6  
 Tour 
2011-12
8-2
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 2-1 
 6-1 
2012-13
14-5
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 1-1 
 11-1 
 2-3 
2013-14
13-11
 --- 
 --- 
 8-9 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 5-2 
2014-15
10-12
 --- 
 8-9 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 --- 
 2-3 
Totals
45-30
 --- 
 8-9 
 8-9 
 --- 
 1-1 
 13-2 
 15-9 

 DOUBLES 
 Record 
  1  
  2  
  3  
 Tour 
2011-12
22-5
 --- 
 2-0 
 16-3 
 4-2 
2012-13
22-4
 --- 
 1-0 
 15-3 
 6-1 
2013-14
7-14
 6-11 
 --- 
 --- 
 1-3 
2014-15
9-12
 7-9 
 --- 
 --- 
 2-3 
Totals
60-35
 13-20 
 3-0 
 31-6 
 13-9

Statistics

Season:
2014-2015

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2011-2012Freshman

    5'7"

  • 2012-2013Sophomore

    5'7"

  • 2013-2014Junior

    5'7"

  • 2014-2015Senior

    5'7"