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2018-19 Women's Tennis Roster

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Taylor Rees

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
  • Highschool Lincoln HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Awards:
- 2x ITA All-Academic Team Award (2016, 2017)
- 2x Academic All-Big Sky (2017, 2018)
Career Records - Singles:
- Ranks 10th all time in overall win percentage (.439)
- Ranks 5th all time in Big Sky wins (13)
- Ranks 10th all time in win percentage at No. 5 (.364)
- All-time leader in wins at No. 6 (14)
- All-time leader in win percentage at No. 6 (.583)
Career Records - Doubles (Individual):
- Ranks T-7th all time in Big Sky wins (12)
- Ranks 5th all time in wins at No. 2 (13)
- Ranks 6th all time in win percentage at No. 2 (.419)
Career Records - Doubles (Team):
- Ranks T-8th all time in overall wins (10 w/ Vorster)
- Ranks 3rd all time in overall win percentage (.667 w/ Vorster)
- Ranks 2nd all time in Big Sky doubles wins (7 w/ Vorster)
- Ranks 2nd all time in wins at No. 2 doubles (9 w/ Vorster)
- All-time leader in win percentage at No. 2 (.643 w/ Vorster)
Season Records - Singles (Individual):
- Set the record for win percentage at No. 6 (.636 in 2017)
Season Records - Doubles (Individual):
- Tied the record for overall win percentage (.667 in 2016; since broken)
- Set the record for Big Sky wins (7 in 2016; shared with Dané Vorster in the same season)
- Set the record for win percentage at No. 2 (.643 in 2016; shared with Dané Vorster in the same season)
Season Records - Doubles (Team):
- Set the record for Big Sky wins (7 in 2016 w/ Vorster)
- Set the record for win percentage at No. 2 (.643 in 2016 w/ Vorster)
 
2018-19 SEASON (Senior):
Went 3-6 in singles and 3-6 in doubles, winning one conference match in both … Opened season with 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win at No. 5 against Sara Iverson of Montana State (2/16) … Picked up back-to-back singles wins against Lewis & Clark and Dixie State (4/6-4/13) … Won three of final four doubles matches in the season … Picked up first Big Sky win against Stefan/Weiss of Southern Utah in a 6-3 result (4/14, w/ Meszaros) … Went 2-6 in singles and 4-5 in doubles during the fall season ... defeated Taylor Valenzuela from Cal State Fullerton 6-1, 6-2 at the Beach Fall Tennis Tournament ... defeated Gerda Upeniece from Portland State 6-2, 6-3 at the PNW Grass Court Championship ... Reached the doubles championship match at the Beach Fall Tennis Tournament ... defeated Ludovica Infantino/Mathilde Lirzin from Grand Canyon 6-2 ... defeated Carlota Casasampere/Sadaf Sadeghvaziri from Long Beach State 6-3 in the semifinal ... Won the championship of the PNW Grass Court Championship, defeated Gerda Upeniece and Alli Valk 6-0 in the championship ... She went 3-6 in singles competition, winning a pair of matches at No. 6 ... She won back-to-back matches against Lewis & Clark and Dixie State ... Also went 3-6 in doubles play, winning at least one match on every line.
 
2017-18 SEASON (Junior):
Won her first-career match at No. 1 doubles in the Vikings’ match against Sacramento State (4/22), beating the Hornets’ Carolina Chernyetsky and Jenna Dorian 6-2 with Siena Peri...Beat Northern Colorado’s Madeline Doherty and Sarina Chhabra 6-4 at No. 2 doubles with Ashley Knecht in the Vikings’ 4-3 loss to the Bears (3/18)...Made her season debut in the Vikings’ 4-3 loss to Idaho State (2/24)...Swept her singles and doubles matches against the Bengals, beating Angela Walker 6-4, 6-4 at No. 5 singles...Beat Walker and Megan Poe 6-3 at No. 2 doubles with Alli Valk...Did not compete for the Vikings during the fall season.

2016-17 SEASON (Sophomore):
Broke the career record for wins at No. 6 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Yuri Takagi in the Vikings' season-finale win over Bellevue College on April 16...Clinched the Vikings' first-ever win over Sacramento State with a 6-2, 6-4 win over the Hornets' Louisa Brunetti on April 15...Swept her singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' wins over Sacramento State (4-3) and Bellevue College (7-0)...Beat Northern Colorado's Remi Immler 6-4, 6-4 at line six in the Vikings' 4-3 loss to the Bears (4/9)...Clinched the Vikings' 5-2 win over Southern Utah (4/1) with a 6-4, 7-6 (3) win over Laura Martin Lozano at line six...Swept her singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' 4-3 win over Montana (3/26)...Won her first doubles match with partner Georgia Dobell with a 6-3 win at line two over the Grizzlies' Lidia Dukic and Milica Panic...Beat the University of Portland's Emily Soares - a player who beat No. 1 player Siena Peri earlier in the year - in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, in the Vikings' 5-2 loss to the Pilots on March 17...Only dropped three games while beating Weber State's Emily Tanner 6-1, 6-2 at line six in the Vikings' 4-3 loss to the Wildcats (3/4)...Swept her singles and doubles matches in the Vikings' match against UC Irvine (2/20)...Beat UC Irvine's Jacqueline Tsodikova 6-2, 7-5 at line five...Played her first match at line one in doubles while partnering up with Tracy Dong in the Vikings' match against North Dakota (2/11)...Provided the Vikings' lone point in a 6-1 loss to Portland (1/21), beating UP's Kara Okazaki 6-4, 6-1...Went 4-4 in singles and 3-5 in doubles during the fall season...Went 3-1 against Big Sky opponents in singles during the fall, with all three wins coming in match tiebreakers or three sets...Went 2-1 with Sally Partington in doubles, including a 7-6 (4) win over Eastern Washington's Janaya Smith and Faye Worrall at the Bulldog Invite (11/4-6).

2015-16 SEASON (Freshman):
Broke the single-season records for individual and team Big Sky doubles wins (7 each), both either shared or set with partner Dané Vorster...Also broke the records for individual and team win percentage at No. 2 doubles (.643 each), again either shared or set with Vorster...Tied the single-season record for overall doubles win percentage (.667) by an individual...Won her record-breaking seventh Big Sky doubles win with a 6-1 win over Montana's Lidia Dukic and Cam Kincaid in the Vikings' 6-1 win over the Grizzlies (4/16)...Also beat Montana's Stanzi Stuijt 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7) in the win over the Grizzlies, tying her with a team-high seventh Big Sky singles win of the season...Beat Eastern Washington's Carolina Lopez in three sets at line six, winning 6-4, 2-6, 6-3...Came back from a 5-2 deficit to beat Weber State's Dominique Beauvais and Morgan Dickason at line two in doubles, winning the final five games with partner Dané Vorster to win 7-5...Went 4-0 between singles and doubles in the Vikings' wins over North Dakota (3/5) and Idaho State (3/6)...Won five straight doubles matches with Vorster from Feb. 26 to March 12, as well as eight of nine from Feb. 5 to March 12...Beat Northern Colorado's Courtney Schulte and Hilary Walters-West 6-2 at line two on Feb. 27...Won her third Big Sky match of the season with a 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7) comeback win over Northern Colorado's Remi Immler at line six...Won her third match in the past four with a 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5) win over Montana State's Shelby Cerkovnik on Feb. 20...Won her third straight doubles match with partner Dané Vorster with a 6-4 win over Northern Arizona's Hailey Rochin and Marta Lewandowska on Feb. 14...Went 4-0 over the Vikings' weekend sweep of South Dakota State (4-3 on Feb. 5) and Southern Utah (7-0 on Feb. 6)...Won the final eight games in her 7-5, 6-0 win over South Dakota State's Beatriz Souza at line five...Went 3-4 in singles and 3-4 in doubles during the fall...Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Gonzaga Invitational, beating Montana's Catherine Orfanos 6-1, 6-2 in the round of 16...Won her first round doubles match at the Gonzaga Invite, beating Idaho State's Taylor Cole and Laura Gutierrez 8-5 with partner Sabina-Elena Preda...Advanced to the finals of the consolation draw of singles flight C at the Beach Tennis Tournament.

LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL:
Won the 6A doubles title with her sister, Emily Rees, as a senior in 2015…Made the state doubles final, again with her sister, as a junior in 2014…Member of the state championship-winning team in 2012 and 2013...Ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of Oregon by tennisrecruiting.net…Ranked as high as 194th nationally by tennisrecruiting.net…Finalist at Oregon Sports Awards for prep player of the year…Four-year letterwinner at Lincoln.
 
JUNIOR CAREER:
Member of the 12s, 14s, and 16s PNW Zonals teams, as well as the 18s Fed cup team…Placed third in doubles at 18s nationals in Tucson, Ariz.
 
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Daughter of Joyce and Sean Rees…Has two sisters, Emily and Julia Rees…Lists family, tennis and hanging out with old and new friends as hobbies and interests…Hopes to one day work at Nike Tennis…Plans on majoring in business.

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  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior

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