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2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster

Mark Natale
Mark Natale
Cassie Lee
Cassie Lee
Cassie Lee
Cassie Lee
Cassie Lee
Nick Tomoyasu

Haruna Tsuruta

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Fukuoka, Japan
  • Highschool Weil Tennis Academy

Biography

2020-21 (Graduate): All-WCC Singles Honorable Mention…All-WCC Doubles Honorable Mention…WCC All-Academic First Team…Singles: Earned her first singles all-conference recognition after posting a 13-3 overall record in 2021…opened the season on an 11-match win streak, primarily at the No. 4 singles position, before losing her first match of the season in a three-set tiebreak battle against BYU's Emilee Astle on April 3…finished WCC play with a 3-2 overall record with three matches left unfinished….Doubles: Paired with Kate Ketels at the  No. 2 doubles position in early March, combining for an 8-6 overall record...in WCC play, the pair posted a 5-3 overall record, which ties for fifth for the most conference wins as a pair.

2019-20 (Senior): West Coast Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention … Started senior year off by advancing to the quarters of the Cal Invite in both singles and doubles … Singles: Finished with a 12-8 record on the heels of a five-match win streak to close the season. Doubles:  Paired with four different partners throughout the season in doubles, but primarily played with Cate Broerman late in the season … Defeated Saint Mary’s 8-5 with Kate Ketels to start the season, and won 6-1 back-to-back against Portland State and Seattle in February.

2018-19 (Junior): Singles: 8-6 for the season…primarily played at the No. 4 and No. 5 spots for the Zags…appeared in two matches in duals …2-2 in WCC play… advanced to the semifnals of the Bulldog Invite …started off the spring season with a 6-1, 6-3 win against Idaho’s Anna Steffani…defeated Shanna Dos Santos of San Francisco 6-2, 6-1 for her first win of the season in WCC play…won two straight matches at the WCC Championships against BYU and San Diego. Doubles: 10-10 on the year with partner Kate Ketels…3-1 in WCC play…advanced to the third round of the Bulldog Invite before falling to Idaho 5-7…at the ITA Kickoff, defeated Nebraska’s Marina Cozac and Jeannie Lozowski 6-3…began WCC play with two straight wins against Santa Clara and at No. 39 San Diego…defeated BYU’S Madeline Almedia and Polina Malykh in the first round of the WCC Championships 7-6 (7-3).

2017-18 (Sophomore): All-WCC Doubles Team Honorable Mention. Singles: Posted the second-best record on the squad with a 20-9 overall mark…finished 11-7 in duals with a 5-2 record in WCC play…opened the fall season with three-straight wins to earn the White Singles title at the Bulldog Invitational…extended her win streak to five with wins over San Francisco’s Amer Del Rosario (6-1, 6-1) and Portland’s Emily Soares (6-3, 6-1)…opened the spring season with a win over Montana State’s Annie Walker (6-1, 6-2) at No. 3 singles…clinched the win for Gonzaga with a three-set battle over UNLV’s Anna Bogoslavets (6-3, 5-7, 6-1)…put the Bulldogs in a position to win against Harvard, defeating Natasha Gonzales 6-3, 7-5 at No. 5 singles to give the Zags a 3-2 lead in the match…posted back-to-back wins against San Francisco and Santa Clara, defeating USF’s Hanna Borjeson 6-1, 6-4 and besting Santa Clara’s Nadine Del Carmen 6-2, 6-2…helped the Zags to a 4-0 sweep of Portland with a two set win over Anna Oberg at No. 5 singles (6-3, 6-2). Doubles: Was a key doubles player for the Zags, finishing a combined 23-5 overall with a 14-4 duals record and a 7-2 mark in WCC play…partnered with Alex Bourguignon in 25 matches on the season with three matches paired with Graciela Rosas…opened the fall season with the Bulldog Invitational Zag Doubles flight title with Rosas…with Bourguignon, earned Gonzaga’s first-ever national doubles ranking on Nov. 15 with a tie for 53rd in the ITA national poll…won six-straight matches with one unfinished match from March 4 through April 7…opened that streak with a 6-2 win over Kansas as Gonzaga’s lone doubles victory in the 6-1 match loss…picked up a big 6-3 win over doubles pair Dzina Milovanovic and Evgeniya Levashova of Pepperdine…was the closer in doubles with partner Alex Bourguignon to lead GU to a 4-0 sweep of Portland on April 21.

2016-17 (Freshman): Singles: 18-7 overall in singles play, 7-5 in duals...won two bracket titles during fall season: at SMU Invite Oct. 8-10 and at Bulldog Invite Nov. 4-6...11-2 in singles play during tournaments and also reached Round of 64 at USTA/ITA Northwest Regionals Oct. 21-23...won first dual match Jan. 29 versus Imogen Clews of Wyoming...clinched thrilling comeback dual win by downing Idaho's Ana Batiri 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4) in three-hour singles match...won WCC Singles Player of the Week for the victory over Batiri...won first career match at No. 3 singles with 6-1, 6-1 win over Montana's Cat Orfanos...claimed another three-set win March 14 at Hawaii against Nikola Dolakova...beat BYU's Samantha Smith 6-4, 6-4 April 1 in Provo, Utah. Doubles: 11-8 overall in doubles play, 7-2 in duals...with Katie Day, opened career with 6-1 win over Litvinova/Avram of NSU at SMU Invite Oct. 8...also beat Henry/Ryan of Abilene Christian with Day Oct. 10...went 7-2 at No. 3 singles during dual year, all with Kate Ketels...won first six duals played, including wins Feb. 26 versus Jones/Haleas of Utah State and Achlamov/Korzeniecki of Nevada March 19...also 3-2 during WCC play, beating Sharma/Del Rosario of San Francisco, El Tawil/Ong of Santa Clara, and Beckman/Perkinson of BYU.

High School: Graduated from Wells Tennis Academy Prep School in Ojai, Calif.

Other Experience: Ranked 12th-best recruit from California and 64th-best in the nation…played on both the USTA and ITF tours…most recently, reached the final match of the Yonex Cup Championship and semifinals of the 2016 Long Beach Junior and 2016 Lakewood Junior Open…reached the quarterfinals or better in five tournaments during 2015, including the semifinals of the Racquet Centre Spring Open and Gene Jung Whittier Mid-Winter Junior.

Personal: Parents are Maki and Masonori…has a sibling named Yosuke…undecided on a major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior

  • 2020-21Graduate Student