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2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster

Martha Makantasi

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Metamorfosi, Greece

Biography

Senior (2023-24):
All-WAC Singles First Team … Twice the WAC Doubles Player of the Week … Academic All-WAC … Went 15-5 in singles play, all matches played on Courts 2-3, 2-0 at No. 2 and 13-5 at No. 3 ... Went 6-1 in WAC singles play … Started the season 7-0 in singles … Had the second most singles wins on the team and had major wins over the likes of UTEP's Suzanna Szczepanska, New Mexico State's Natsuki Nishimura and UTSA's Vittoria Baccino, all in straight sets … Nine of her 15 singles wins were straight set victories … Clinched the last four regular season team victories for Tarleton State, all conference wins … Played in the No. 1 doubles position in all 21 matches, paired with Maretha Burger … Finished 15-6 in doubles, 4-3 in WAC play … Started 6-0 in doubles … Won the first two doubles matches in the WAC Tournament, a 6-1 victory over Stephen F. Austin in the opening round and a 6-4 victory over UT Arlington in the semifinals … Was Doubles Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 12-18 after going 2-1 with road wins at Louisiana Tech and Tyler Junior College … Earned her Doubles Player of the Week for matches played Jan. 22-28 after going 2-0 with a 6-1 win over UTEP and a 6-2 win over New Mexico State … Had the tied-most doubles wins on the team.

Junior (2022-23):
WAC Singles Player of the Week from matches played Jan. 23-29 … WAC Singles Player of the Week from matches played Jan. 30-Feb. 5 … Part of WAC Doubles Team of the Week with Clara Sobius from matches played March 6-12 … Women's Tennis ITA Scholar-Athlete … Academic All-WAC … Was Tarleton’s primary No. 2 player on the year, going 10-11 overall in singles (5-4 WAC), 3-4 at No. 1 and 7-7 at No. 2 … Had a season-long singles win streak of four that carried over into the WAC Tournament … Played all but one doubles match in the top flight, going 9-12 overall, 8-12 at No. 1, 1-0 at No. 2 … A member of Tarleton’s first ever spot on the official Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division I Women's Team, Singles, and Doubles National Rankings with Elif Albayrak, slotted at No. 74 in the nationwide top-80 doubles rankings, which covers every double pairing from every single NCAA Division I program.
 
Sophomore (2021-22):
All-WAC Singles First Team … All-WAC Doubles First Team … Women's Tennis ITA Scholar-Athlete … Academic All-WAC … Went 17-4 in singles (1-0 at No. 1, 2-0 at No. 2, 14-4 at No. 3) and 15-5 in doubles (7-1 at No. 1, 1-2 at No. 2, 7-2 at No. 3) … Combining her singles and doubles records, she went 32-9 (.780) this year … Had a season-long six-match winning streak, the last four in dominating fashion, where she outscored her opponents in games 48-3, sweeping three opponents 6-0, 6-0 … Won her last five singles matches of the year and finished 4-1 in conference play … Was the WAC Singles Athlete of the Week twice … Went 7-1 in doubles with Deniza Marcinkevica to end the year, named to the WAC Doubles Team of the Week three times, twice with Marcinkevica … The pair was a perfect 4-0 in conference play since becoming the top duo on March 5.
 
Freshman (2020-21):
All-WAC Second Team Singles … All-WAC Second Team Doubles … Academic All-WAC … The Grove Student-Athlete of the Month for February … Three-time WAC Player of the Week, including back-to-back Singles Player of the Week on Feb. 2 and 9 … Led the team with a 16-2 singles record, primarily (15-2) in the No. 3 flight … Her 16 singles wins were the most by a Texan since 2013 … Won her first collegiate singles match on Jan. 24 against Sam Houston 7-5, 6-2 over Karla Montalvo, which sparked a WAC-best, nine-match win streak … Was 5-1 in WAC singles play and ended the season on a seven-match winning streak … Boasted an 11-7 doubles record, including a 9-4 mark alongside her All-WAC partner Jemi Aguilar … Won her first collegiate doubles match on Jan. 30 against Lamar 6-1 alongside Elsa Boisson.
 
1st Lyceum Metamorfosis:
Played six years for the Kalovelonis Tennis Academy … Also competed in track and field, badminton and football … Reached a career-high of #842 in the International Tennis Federation global ranks … Three-time ITF Junior J5 Doubles Champion in 2019 … Doubles finalist at the Greece National Tournament.
 
Personal:
Is a native of Metamorfosi, Greece … Daughter of Ioannis and Eirini … Has a sister, Maria … Majoring in engineering … Is the first student-athlete in Tarleton State University’s NCAA era to hail from the country of Greece … Born Oct. 22.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior