Elza Tomase

Esther Adeshina

/ Women's Tennis

Lauren Anzalotta

/ Women's Tennis

Catherine Aulia

/ Women's Tennis

Leyla Britez Risso

/ Women's Tennis

Ashtin Hara

/ Women's Tennis

Daria Kuczer

/ Women's Tennis

Rebeka Mertena

/ Women's Tennis

Eleonora Molinaro

/ Women's Tennis

Olivia Symons

/ Women's Tennis

/ Women's Tennis

Elza Tomase

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Liepaja, Latvia

RECORD AND HONORS

Career Singles Record: 98-65
Career Doubles Record: 73-47
2025 ITA Singles All-American
2025 First Team All-SEC
2025 Honda Award Finalist
2024 ITA Doubles All-American
2024 Second Team All-SEC
2024-25 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC Player of the Week - 1/29/2025
2023-24 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 First Team All-SEC
SEC Player of the Week - 3/15/2023
2022-23 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Singles Champion
2022 Second Team All-SEC
2022 SEC Championship All-Tournament Team
2021 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Singles Champion
2021-22 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC Freshman of the Week - 1/26/2022

CAREER RECORDS

10th Most Singles Wins (98)

2024-25 - SENIOR

Singles Record: 26-12
Doubles Record: 22-16

SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)

Picked up a 6-4 victory with Yli-Piipari versus No. 2 Texas A&M's Reed/Smetannikov in the NCAA Quarterfinals. (5/15)
Propelled the Lady Vols to the NCAA Quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-3 victory versus No. 10 Virginia's No. 27 Sara Ziodato. (5/9)
Tallied a 6-3 win with Yli-Piipari, taking down No. 10 Virginia's No. 41 Genis Salas/Xu in the NCAA Round of 16. (5/9)
Fended off Elon's Sarikulaya/Kranec with a 6-2 victory alongside Yli-Piipari in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament. (5/2)
Powered past the No. 23-ranked pair of Kareisova/Leclercq (Ole Miss) in a 7-6(4) victory. (4/17)
Glided to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Missouri's Mary Brumfield atop the lineup. (4/11)
Produced her highest-dual ranked win over No. 9 Auburn's No. 3 DJ Bennett, 6-0, 6-1. (4/6)
Logged a decisive 6-3, 6-3 win over Florida's No. 21 Rachel Gailis. (4/4)
Posted a 7-5, 6-3 win versus No. 73 Ashton Bowers from No. 15 Texas. (3/28)
Cruised to a 6-3, 7-5 victory against Mississippi State's Carolina Troiano. (3/23)
Carded a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory against Arkansas's No. 55 Carolina Gomez. (3/14)
Notched her 90th career singles win against No. 19 Sarah Hamner, 6-3, 7-5. (3/7)
Posted a win against Emily Welker in 6-3, 6-0 fashion at No. 71 Ole Miss.(2/28)
Secured two ranked singles wins at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship against Virginia's No. 27 Annabelle Xu in a 7-6(2), 6-4 decision and versus Pepperdine's No. 16 Savannah Broadus, 6-0, 6-1. (2/8-9)
Posted a flawless 4-0 record at ITA Kickoff Weekend, knocking off No. 8 Luciana Perry (OSU) in singles and the No. 15th-ranked duo of Sayfetinova/Hlaola (Texas Tech) in doubles. (1/24-25)
Logged a straight-set win against Ines Bachir (ECU), 6-1, 6-0. (1/18)
Clinched the first victory of the spring season at Wake Forest with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win against Nenena Carton. (1/18)

FALL SEASON (INDIVIDUAL ACTION)

Concluded the fall season ranked at No. 10 in singles and No. 29 in doubles with Catherine Aulia.
Competed at the 2024 NCAA Individual Championships and advanced to the singles Round of 32.
The first Lady Vol in program history to reach the singles final at the ITA All-American Championships.
Advanced to the doubles Round of 16 at the ITA All-American Championships with Catherine Aulia.
ITA Ohio Valley Regional doubles champion alongside Catherine Aulia.
Knocked off seven ranked opponents in singles and three in doubles.
The pair of Tomase and Catherine Aulia embarked on a seven match doubles winning streak.
Won the last eight of her ten singles matches.
Entered the fall ranked at No. 62 in singles and No. 23 in doubles with Catherine Aulia.

2023-24 - JUNIOR

Singles Record: 21-19
Doubles Record: 17-8

SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)

Claimed ITA All-American doubles honors with doubles partner Sofia Cabezas.
Finished her junior campaign ranked No. 120 in singles and No. 7 in doubles alongside Cabezas.
Added a triumph against No. 27 Kimmi Hance (No. 8 UCLA) in 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 fashion. (5/17)
Obtained a doubles victory against Slezakova/Honore (Murray State), 6-2, alongside Sofia Cabezas, in the first round of the NCAA tournament. (5/4)
Tallied a doubles win in the SEC Quarterfinals, defeating No. 9 Bennett/Arseneault, 6-4. (4/19)
Dominated against No. 30 Vanderbilt, securing a 7-5 doubles win over Mohr/Lee with partner Sofia Cabezas, and tallied a 6-4, 6-2 singles win versus Bridget Stammel in singles. (4/14)
Notched a 6-3, 6-4 singles win against Elizabeth Stevens of Kentucky. (4/12)
Posted a doubles victory over Hrastar/Crowley (Ole Miss) in a 6-3 finish. (4/5)
Secured two singles win over No. 34 Ole Miss and Mississippi State. (4/5) (4/7)
Claimed a singles victory at No. 16 Auburn over No. 62 DJ Bennett, 7-5, 6-2. (3/29)
Posted a 7-5 triumph over No. 35 Grant/Nirundorn (UGA) with Soifa Cabezas. (3/24)
Notched her first top-30 singles win of the season against No. 30 Mia Kupres (TAMU) in a 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 triumph. (3/17)
Totaled a 7-6 (7-5) doubles win over No. 6 Stoiana/Kupres (TAMU). (3/17)
Secured two singles wins at No. 22 South Carolina and No. 18 Florida with partner, Sofia Cabezas. (3/8) (3/10)
Battled to a singles victory against Kelly Keller (No. 43 Arkansas), 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-4). (3/1)
Posted a 6-1, 6-0 win over Fernanda Carajal (ETSU). (2/10)
Took down No. 9 Zyryanova/Abrams (NC State) in a 7-5 victory with Cabezas. (2/3)
Grabbed two singles wins against Wake Forest and Bellarmine. (1/21)
Recorded her third consecutive doubles win with partner, Sofia Cabezas defeating Tikhonko/Kramarova, 6-1. (1/21)
Notched a singles win over Emma Peeler from Chattanooga in a 7-5 and 6-1 win. (1/14)
Tallied two doubles wins with partner Sofia Cabezas against Synder/Thomas from Furman and Gibbens/Peeler from Chattanooga. (1/14)

FALL SEASON (INDIVIDUAL ACTION)

Finished the fall ranked at No. 115 in singles.
Compiled eight singles wins and one doubles victory throughout the fall season.
Made her way into the Ohio Valley Regional Championship singles championship.
Ranked No.17 in singles to start the fall.
Recorded her only doubles win with Catherina Aulia against Chivv/Bennetto from Princeton.

2022-23 - SOPHOMORE

Singles Record: 22-20
Doubles Record: 11-10

SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)

Named SEC Player of the Week on March 15th after a stellar weekend at Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
Capped the first SEC road weekend with victories in singles and doubles at Kentucky, taking down the Wildcats, 6-2 in No. 3 doubles with Catherine Aulia before winning, 6-3, 6-3, over Elizabeth Stevens at No. 2 singles.
Kept her hot-streak going, taking down #80 Anna Ross for her third consecutive ranked singles victory at Vanderbilt, helping the Lady Vols to a 4-3 road win.
Defeated #74 Carolina Gomez, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, against Arkansas to help Tennessee come roaring back for a 6-1 win.
Kicked off SEC action with a straight-set victory over #117 Laura Masic, 6-1, 6-4, in singles.
Won all three of her doubles matches against Charlotte, Bellarmine and UCF on Feb. 17 and 19, playing with Lauren Anzalotta on Friday and Catherine Aulia on Sunday.
Victorious in her 2023 dual home opener, defeating Lucia Quiterio of Charlotte, 6-4, 7-6(2) (2/17).
Played her first match at No. 1 in singles, facing the No. 92 player in the world, Diana Shnaider. Tomase won the first set, 6-3, before ultimately dropping the match, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6.
Won both matches at Furman (2/3), including a come-from-behind win with Lauren Anzalotta in doubles, 7-6(5), to set the table for the Lady Vols to win the doubles point. Cruised in singles against Jess Dawson on Court 2, winning 6-3, 6-2.
Cashed her first singles dual victory of the season against Ohio State (1/28), downing Isabelle Boulais, 7-6(5), 6-2.
Opened the dual season with a doubles win over Wake Forest's Carton/Pate, 6-1, in the first match of ITA Kickoff Weekend (1/27).

FALL SEASON (INDIVIDUAL ACTION)

Defended her singles title at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional, winning all six singles matches she played in the tournament.
Posted a ranked victory over #30 Irina Cantos at the Michigan Invitational (1/13) and secured a pair of doubles victories at the tournament.
Carried that success over to the Tennessee Fall Invitational where she claimed both singles matches she played in, along with a doubles bout.
Started the fall with the No. 96 ranking and improved to No. 68 by the end of the individual season of action.

2021-22 - FRESHMAN

Singles Record: 29-14
Doubles Record: 24-12

FRESHMAN RECORDS

7th Most Singles Wins (29)
T-10th Most Doubles Wins (24)

SPRING SEASON (DUAL ACTION)

Concluded her freshman season on Rocky Top with a ranked doubles victory at #6 NC State, beating #24 Rajecki/Rencheli 7-6(7) for her 24th doubles win of the year.
Kicked off the NCAA Tournament with a doubles win against Diaz-Delgado/Astudillo of VCU (5/7), 6-0, in the first round.
Earned a Second Team All-SEC nod, the first Lady Vol freshman to make the All-SEC team since 2016.
Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after a 3-0 performance in both singles and doubles.
Finished off a perfect SEC Tournament with two more wins vs. #14 Georgia (4/23), clinching a clutch doubles point with McGiffin, 7-6(5), against Reasco/Kowalski before yet another straight-set victory against Morgan Coppoc.
Instrumental in the Lady Vols' upset victory over #12 (and second-seeded) Auburn, avenging a loss from a week ago to #107 Carolyn Ansari, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, after blanking Axon/Flach, 6-0, in doubles.
Started the SEC Tournament with both singles and doubles victories against the Crimson Tide (4/21), taking her doubles contest vs. Hiser/Bencheikh, 6-1, with Tenika McGiifin and her singles bout 6-2, 6-2 over Ola Pitak.
Finished her first dual regular season with a road win at Alabama (4/17) in singles, topping Anna Parkhomenko 6-0, 6-4.
Finished the 2022 home schedule with singles and doubles victories vs. Kentucky (4/10), sending out Duckworth, a senior, with a 6-4 win against Molina/Urrutia, then claiming the first singles point, and her 25th victory of the year, against Carla Girbau, 6-2, 6-3.
Battled to a doubles win against Vanderbilt (4/8), toppling Long/Stevens 7-5.
Added both singles and doubles wins at Missouri (4/3), winning 6-4 over Wright/Cardenas with Duckworth in doubles, the clinching the match victory with a 7-6(1), 6-2 decision against Elys Ventura.
Finished out a momentum-shifting match at Arkansas (4/1), defeating Indianna Spink, 6-1, 7-6(6) to help Tennessee take the road match 4-3.
Changed doubles partners vs. LSU (3/27) and played with Kylie Duckworth, winning 6-1 over Geissler/Rabinowitz; then went onto singles, securing a ranked victory over #94 Ena Babic, 6-2, 6-4.
Secured her best ranked victory in doubles of the season at Florida (3/13), dominating #18 Dudeney/Spee 6-1.
Posted wins in singles and doubles against Ole Miss (3/6), taking down Adaloglou/Leclercq-Ficher, 7-6(1) on Court 2 with Adeshina, then topping Ludmila Kareisova 6-2, 6-4 on Court 3.
Earned a victory in the first SEC singles match of her career, dominating Tamara Racine of Mississippi State (3/4), 6-1, 6-0.
Did not play a match for a calendar month from February 4 to March 4.
Got the victory on court 5 against Nell Miller of #6 NC State (2/4), winning 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, in her second 3-set match of dual play.
Had a stellar day against #21 LSU (1/29), defeating Cubitt/Geissler in the 2 doubles spot, 6-0, with Rebeka Mertena. Then took care of business against #92 Ena Babic, 6-2, 6-0, in a quick victory for the Lady Vols in the first round of ITA Kickoff Weekend at Ohio State.
Named the first SEC Freshman of the Week for 2022 after going 2-0 in singles, including a ranked win, and 1-1 in doubles against Charlotte and Wake Forest on the road.
Took her third victory over a ranked opponent, defeating #58 Casie Wooten (1/23) at Wake Forest, 6-2, 6-4, in a dramatic 4-3 win for the Lady Vols.
Earned a victory in her first career dual match, beating Lucia Quiterio of Charlotte (1/21), 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

FALL SEASON (INDIVIDUAL ACTION)

Led the team with 17 singles wins and 11 doubles wins during the fall.
Emerged victorious from the singles draw at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional and qualified for the ITA National Fall Championship in her first year on Rocky Top.
Went on an 11-match win streak from Sept. 26 (College Ranked Spotlight +1) to Nov. 4 (ITA National Fall Championship).
Rounded out the fall winning 7-of-8 doubles matches.
Crowned doubles champion at the Tar Heel Invitational with Rebeka Mertena after going 2-0 on the weekend.
Did not have below a .500 winning percentage with any doubles partner.
Came in at No. 56 in the ITA Rankings at the end of the fall season.

PRIOR TO TENNESSEE

Enjoyed a great youth career in Latvia, posting strong performances over challenging opponents in numerous tournaments.
Winner in singles of the €5 Liepaja, and the €4, €5 Adazi singles tournaments.
Crowned doubles champion at the Latvian Tennis Union Adult Championships with teammate Rebeka Mertena.