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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

2021-22 USCI Women's Tennis

Kirsten Wijnsema

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • High School Zernike College
  • Hometown Groningen, Netherlands

Biography

Career Honors

3x Dean’s List Honors

Career Record

Singles Doubles
2021 0-9

2-7

2021-22 (Match-by-Match):

  • Fell 6-3 in the second set at the second flight at Division I Saint Joseph's (4/24)
  • Won twice in home-finale win over Bloomsburg, including in a three-set comeback at No. 2 singles (4/21)
  • Won in straight sets at No. 2 singles vs. No. 26 St. Thomas Aquinas, losing just five game (4/11)
  • Paired with Charlotte Kordonowy for an 8-6 tiebreaker triumph at No. 1 doubles vs. regionally-ranked Le Moyne, the duo's first-ever victory together (4/9)
  • Won 6-4 with Myra Anwar at No. 2 doubles to help USciences secure point in CACC Semifinals versus Jefferson (10/23)
  • Improved to 2-1 in CACC play with Myra Anwar with a 7-5 victory at No. 2 doubles at Jefferson (10/19)
  • Won her first collegiate dual singles match in CACC-opening sweep at Dominican, dropping just three games at the first flight (9/25)
  • Making her first apperance at the ITA East Regional Championships, had to overcome a second set defeat before rolling 10-3 in her third-set super-tiebreaker against a challenger from New Haven in the Round of 64. Nearly picked up a win in the doubles draw with partner Myra Anwar as well, falling in a tiebreaker to a pair from Queens (9/17)

2021 (Match-by-Match): Wijnsema was USciences’ first-flight singles player the entirety of her freshman season, and was also part of the No. 1 doubles team  with Myra Anwar that won two matches.

  • Marked a near-perfect start to her career with a 6-1 first flight win with Myra Anwar in their first ever match together, in the season-opening triumph at Chestnut Hill (3/17)
  • Teamming with Anwar, pushed the first doubles pairing from Concordia, the top ranked team in the East Region, to the limit. Facing two All-CACC performers, including the No. 12 ranked singles player in the ITA rankings, the underclassmen fell by the narrowest of margins, 6-8, in a tiebreaker (4/9)
  • Got USciences off to the perfect start in CACC Semifinal at Chestnut Hill, sweeping No. 1 doubles with Anwar (4/23)

Personal:

  • Daughter of Ronald and Renske

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'7"

  • 2021-22Redshirt Freshman

    5'7"