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Babic, Vladica
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Vladica Babic
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Podgorica, Montenegro
Bio
2017-18 (Senior): Finishes her career with 115 doubles wins and 95 singles wins … Her 115 doubles wins are the third-most in school history and her 95 singles wins are the second most by a Cowgirl in the Big 12 era … Was the seventh Cowgirl in the program’s history to record over 100 doubles wins and over 90 singles wins … Went 26-7 overall in singles plat with a 14-3 dual mark playing primarily in the No. 1 spot for the Cowgirls … Reached as high as No. 20 in the ITA singles rankings, her career high … Posted 11 ranked wins, including victories in the spring over No. 8 Ena Shibahara (UCLA), No. 17 Gabriela Talaba (Texas Tech) and No. 28 Lily Miyazaki (Oklahoma) … Clinched OSU wins over Arizona State, Baylor, Wichita State, Wyoming and UMKC … Went 5-1 in Big 12 play to earn All-Big 12 honors for the third time in her career … Was named ITA Central Region Senior Player of the Year … Teamed up with Sofia Blanco to go 31-9 overall in doubles on the way to the pair’s first All-America recognition of their career as well as first team All-Big 12 honors … The pair was the first OSU doubles team to earn All-America honors since 1991 … Named to the ITA Collegiate All-Star Team in doubles … With Blanco, advanced to the NCAA doubles final, knocking off No. 17 Anna Danilina and Victoria Emma (Florida), No. 23 Lauren Proctor and Megan Kauffman (Winthrop), and No. 9 Ellyse Hamlin and Kaitlyn McCarthy (Duke) en route to the title match … Went 16-3 in the No. 1 doubles spot for the Cowgirls … Knocked off 16 ranked opponents over the course of the season, including wins over No. 7 Berg/Cline (South Carolina), No. 1 Fahey/Najarian (Michigan), No. 9 Pairone/Jeanjean (Arkansas), No. 18 Aney/Graham (North Carolina) and No. 21 Federici/Dvorak (Texas Tech) … Named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team at No. 1 doubles … Earned two Big 12 Player of the Week honors over the course of her senior season … Named to the first team of the Academic All-Big 12 Team. Fall 2017: Posted a 12-3 overall singles record while going 11-5 in doubles with partner Sofia Blanco in her final fall season as a Cowgirl ... Earned wins in five of eight matches against ranked opponents in singles and went 5-5 against ranked foes in doubles ... With Sofia Blanco, knocked off the Nos. 1 and 7 doubles teams in the country in main draw consolation action at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships ... Swept the ITA Central Region Championships, claiming the singles and doubles titles to become the second player in program history to complete such a feat ... Advanced to the round of 16 in singles at the ITA Fall Championships, highlighted by a straight-set win over top-seeded and 15th-ranked Anna Danilina of Florida in the first round ... Went 3-1 in doubles at the Freeman Memorial Tennis Classic, including a 6-2 win over No. 18 Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham of North Carolina, to advance to the finals ... Also advanced to the quarterfinals at the Freeman Memorial Tennis Classic, picking up a couple of wins in the main draw.
2016-17 (Junior): Went 20-11 overall in singles for her junior campaign, posting a 13-8 mark in dual action … Held down the Nos. 3 and 4 spots for the Pokes … Came up with three ranked wins on the year … Clinched wins over Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, Baylor and Kansas for the Cowgirls … Got hot near the end of Big 12 play into postseason, winning six-straight matches, all by straight-sets … Defeated Giulia Pairone of Arkansas, 6-1, 6-2, to help send OSU to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the third-straight year … Was selected to the NCAA Individual Championships in both singles and doubles … Teamed up with Carla Tur Mari to go 23-8 overall, including a 14-6 record at the No. 1 spot … The pair, who was ranked as high as No. 6 during the season, dropped eight ranked opponents, while clinching six doubles points … Defeated two top-25 opponents during the dual season in No. 18 Austin/Keegan (Florida) and No. 22 Shankle/Profit (Baylor) … Earned Second Team All-Big 12 singles honors and First Team All-Big 12 recognition in doubles … Named to the first team of the Academic All-Big 12 team. Fall 2016: Posted an impressive fall season, going 7-2 in singles and 12-3 in doubles while racking up three ranked singles wins and seven ranked doubles wins … Won the ITA Central Region doubles title, teaming up with Carla Tur Mari to knock off Nina Khmelnitckaia and Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum of Kansas in the finals … Also advanced to the round of 16 in singles at the regional championships … Went 3-0 at the ITA Grass Court Invitational, picking up ranked wins over No. 62 Denise Starr (California and No. 77 Rasheeda McAdoo (Georgia Tech) … Was one of three Cowgirls to advance to the singles main draw round of 16 at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships … Teamed up with Katarina Adamovic at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships to knock off the No. 11, No. 7 and No. 4 doubles teams in the country, advancing to the consolation finals … With Carla Tur Mari, advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships, knocking off three top-20 opponents and two top-10 foes.
Sophomore: Posted a 27-9 overall record in singles and an impressive 32-3 total in doubles as a sophomore, helping lead the Cowgirls to the program’s first NCAA Runner-Up honor … Went 17-7 in dual action, competing predominately in the No. 2 spot for OSU … Went 10-2 in the fall, capped by a singles title at the Dick Vitale Collegiate Tennis Classic … Tallied six victories over ranked opponents, including a triumph over No. 28 Kennedy Shaffer of Georgia to help push the Cowgirls to a win over the Bulldogs in the NCAA Sweet 16 … Named the ITA Central Region Player to Watch … Was named a First Team All-Big 12 recipient in singles and a Second Team All-Big 12 recipient in doubles with teammate Katarina Adamovic … Was also named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team in both singles and doubles after helping the Cowgirls to their first Big 12 Tournament title since 2003 … Posted a 27-1 dual mark competing in the No. 3 spot with Adamovic, eventually being named to the NCAA All-Tournament team after going a perfect 3-0 at the NCAA Championship … Earned a First Team Academic All-Big 12 honor … Finished the season ranked No. 40 in the ITA singles rankings and No. 59 in the ITA doubles rankings.
Freshman: Made a big impact as a freshman ... Ranked as high as No. 99 nationally in singles ... Went 22-8 overall in singles with a 15-3 record in spring play ... Played at the No. 3 and 4 spots ... Won 11 matches in straight sets ... Defeated No. 60 Lynn Kiro of Texas Tech in three sets ... Won two NCAA Tournament matches, defeating Iryna Kostirko of Boston and Joanna Smith of Arizona State ... Produced a runner-up finish in singles at the ITA Central Region Championship ... Partnered with Katarina Adamovic in No. 2 doubles ... Went 24-10 overall and 15-5 in the spring ... Finished second with Adamovic at the ITA Central Region Championship ... Named to the All-Big 12 doubles team with Adamovic.
2016-17 (Junior): Went 20-11 overall in singles for her junior campaign, posting a 13-8 mark in dual action … Held down the Nos. 3 and 4 spots for the Pokes … Came up with three ranked wins on the year … Clinched wins over Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, Baylor and Kansas for the Cowgirls … Got hot near the end of Big 12 play into postseason, winning six-straight matches, all by straight-sets … Defeated Giulia Pairone of Arkansas, 6-1, 6-2, to help send OSU to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the third-straight year … Was selected to the NCAA Individual Championships in both singles and doubles … Teamed up with Carla Tur Mari to go 23-8 overall, including a 14-6 record at the No. 1 spot … The pair, who was ranked as high as No. 6 during the season, dropped eight ranked opponents, while clinching six doubles points … Defeated two top-25 opponents during the dual season in No. 18 Austin/Keegan (Florida) and No. 22 Shankle/Profit (Baylor) … Earned Second Team All-Big 12 singles honors and First Team All-Big 12 recognition in doubles … Named to the first team of the Academic All-Big 12 team. Fall 2016: Posted an impressive fall season, going 7-2 in singles and 12-3 in doubles while racking up three ranked singles wins and seven ranked doubles wins … Won the ITA Central Region doubles title, teaming up with Carla Tur Mari to knock off Nina Khmelnitckaia and Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum of Kansas in the finals … Also advanced to the round of 16 in singles at the regional championships … Went 3-0 at the ITA Grass Court Invitational, picking up ranked wins over No. 62 Denise Starr (California and No. 77 Rasheeda McAdoo (Georgia Tech) … Was one of three Cowgirls to advance to the singles main draw round of 16 at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships … Teamed up with Katarina Adamovic at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships to knock off the No. 11, No. 7 and No. 4 doubles teams in the country, advancing to the consolation finals … With Carla Tur Mari, advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships, knocking off three top-20 opponents and two top-10 foes.
Sophomore: Posted a 27-9 overall record in singles and an impressive 32-3 total in doubles as a sophomore, helping lead the Cowgirls to the program’s first NCAA Runner-Up honor … Went 17-7 in dual action, competing predominately in the No. 2 spot for OSU … Went 10-2 in the fall, capped by a singles title at the Dick Vitale Collegiate Tennis Classic … Tallied six victories over ranked opponents, including a triumph over No. 28 Kennedy Shaffer of Georgia to help push the Cowgirls to a win over the Bulldogs in the NCAA Sweet 16 … Named the ITA Central Region Player to Watch … Was named a First Team All-Big 12 recipient in singles and a Second Team All-Big 12 recipient in doubles with teammate Katarina Adamovic … Was also named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team in both singles and doubles after helping the Cowgirls to their first Big 12 Tournament title since 2003 … Posted a 27-1 dual mark competing in the No. 3 spot with Adamovic, eventually being named to the NCAA All-Tournament team after going a perfect 3-0 at the NCAA Championship … Earned a First Team Academic All-Big 12 honor … Finished the season ranked No. 40 in the ITA singles rankings and No. 59 in the ITA doubles rankings.
Freshman: Made a big impact as a freshman ... Ranked as high as No. 99 nationally in singles ... Went 22-8 overall in singles with a 15-3 record in spring play ... Played at the No. 3 and 4 spots ... Won 11 matches in straight sets ... Defeated No. 60 Lynn Kiro of Texas Tech in three sets ... Won two NCAA Tournament matches, defeating Iryna Kostirko of Boston and Joanna Smith of Arizona State ... Produced a runner-up finish in singles at the ITA Central Region Championship ... Partnered with Katarina Adamovic in No. 2 doubles ... Went 24-10 overall and 15-5 in the spring ... Finished second with Adamovic at the ITA Central Region Championship ... Named to the All-Big 12 doubles team with Adamovic.
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