2011-12 Tennis Roster
Roster
Amanda Rodgers
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Saddlebrook Prep
- Hometown:
- Bradenton, Fla.
Senior Year (2015): Earned All-ACC Third Team honors with an overall record of 9-11 in singles and 7-10 in doubles ... Took down Elle Stokes in ACC Tournament match against Louisville 6-0, 6-3. Defeated Cassie Pough and Manuela Velasquez with partner Rhiann Newborn in doubles play 8-3 (4/22) ... Defeated No. 98 nationally ranked Johnnise Renaud of No. 25 Georgia Tech in singles 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Lead Megan Kurey and Alexa Anton-Ohlmeyer with partner Rhiann Newborn when match was halted 7-6 (4/19) ... Prevailed in third set of singles match against Joanna Nalborska of NC State 8-6, 1-6, 6-4. Lead in doubles match with partner Rihann Newborn against Elisha Hande and Nicole Martinez 5-4 when match was halted (4/17) ... Lost in third set of tight singles match against Kimmy Guerin of Wake Forest 4-6, 10-8, 7-5. Took down Andrea Retolaza and Xue Zhang in doubles with partner Rhiann Newborn 8-3 (4/11) ... Won singles match against Jessie Lynn Paul of Louisville 6-3, 6-4. Also beat Manuela Velasquez and Ellie Gerlach in doubles play with partner Rhiann Newborn 8-4 (3/27) ... With partner Komal Safdar, kept it close with the nations top-ranked tandem of Beatrice Gumulya and Jessy Rompies, leading 6-5 when the match was halted (3/22) ... Won in singles play against Beatrice Capra of No. 21 Duke (3/8) ... Against No. 14 Miami, defeated Monique Alburquerque and Clementia Riobueno in doubles match with partner Nicole Mithchell (3/6) ... Won in singles play against Audrey Ann Blakely of Pittsburgh 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 (3/1) ... Fell to Virginia tandem Danielle Collins and Stephanie Nauta 8-2, defeated by No. 42 Collins in singles 7-5, 6-3 (2/21) ... Defeated in a close match against Jessica Wacnik of BU 7-6, 7-6 (2/14) ... Lost in doubles match with partner Nicole Mitchell by Albany duo Ana Glumac and Alba Sala 4-6. Fought for the win against Dajana Ognjenovic 6-4, 6-4 (2/7) ... Won her match via retirement over Cornell’s Marika Cusick. Took another win with partner Amanda Rodgers over Dena Tanenbaum and Lizzie Stewart 6-2 (1/31) … Lost in doubles play with Rodgers against Alabama duo Erin Routliffe and Maya Jansen 6-2. Came back in a close singles match against Jansen in the first set 7-6 (8-6) and was trailing 3-2 when her match finished (1/24) ... With partner Amanda Rodgers, took down USF’s Olaya Garrido-Rivas and Vera Bessonova 6-3. Also took the win in her singles match against Bessonova 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 (1/10) … Beat FGCU’s Johanna Sterkel 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in her first match of the spring (1/8). Defeated by Sarah and Elizabeth Means 6-6 (7-9) with partner Amanda Rogers in a tie-break ... At the ITA Northeast Regional, competed with Rhiann Newborn in doubles draw; the duo defeated pairs from Buffalo (8-2) and Sacred Heart (8-2) to advance to the round of 16 before falling to Hanna Yu and Ree Ree Li of Yale (8-2). In singles, Rodgers used a first round bye and then won her next two matches in straight sets, beating Elliesa Ball of Fordham (6-4, 6-4) and Tanha Stojanovska (6-4, 6-3) before falling to Boston College's Lexi Borr ... At the Houston Classic Rodgers won her opening match against Sami Budai from Iowa State (6-2, 3-6, 10-2).
Junior Year (2014): After using a bye at the ITA Northeast Regional, won next two matches against Elliesa Ball and Tanha Stojanovska of Fordham ... Match-by-match results
Teamed up with Komal Safdar to take down Hannah Morrill and June Lee 6-4 at second doubles at Harvard ... Defeated Ilinca Stoica 6-4, 7-5 in second singles against Virginia Tech ... Tallied SU's only win against No. 8 North Carolina in an 8-4 triumph at third doubles with Komal Safdar ... Completed a 2-0 match against Pittsburgh, winning 6-3, 6-3 against Taylor Washington at second singles and teamed up with Komal Safdar at third doubles for an 8-2 victory over Kimmy Borza and Katherine Castro ... Defeated Luisa Fernandez 6-3, 6-0 in second singles and partnered with Komal Safdar to defeat Kimmy Guerin and Karen Forman, 8-6, against Wake Forest.
Sophomore Year (2013): Earned All-Big East Team honors with an overall record of 15-6 in singles and 13-6 in doubles … Two time BIG EAST Tennis Player of the Week … Went 2-1 in doubles at the BIG EAST Tournament with Safdar and added three wins from the No.1 position … At Rutgers, in singles defeated Vanessa Petrini 6-3, 6-2 and in doubles defeated Lindsey Kayati and Mariam Zein 8-4 … Defeated Hideko Tachibana 6-3, 6-4 in singles and Amanda Lin, as well as Sylvia Li in a doubles victory 8-5 with partner Komal Safdar … Against Connecticut, defeated Srna Stosljevic twice, in singles 6-1, 7-5 and in doubles along with Maxene Weinberg in a 8-4 victory with Safdar … Defeated Army’s Eva Sung in singles 6-2, 6-2 and in doubles with an 8-3 victory with Safdar … Contributed to a team win against Providence by defeating Marisela Aviles-Duro 6-1, 6-1 in singles and Alana Prinos, as well as Taylor Ahlborn 8-3 in doubles Safdar … Won both singles and doubles competition against Seton Hall, defeating Chole Sher 5-7, 6-4, 10-6 in singles and Madison Shoemaker and Julia Keenan 8-1 in doubles … Defeated #69 Depaul’s Patricia Farga 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 … Against Pittsburgh, defeated Taylor Washington in singles 7-5, 6-2 and defeated Amanda Wickman, as well as Molly Wickman in doubles 8-3 with the help of partner Komal Safdar ... Helped the Orange to a 7-0 victory over Binghamton by defeating Katherine Medianik 6-2, 6-1 in singles and Alexis Tashiro and Shea Brodsky 8-0 in doubles with Safdar… Against West Virginia, won both singles and doubles matches defeating Hailey Barrett 7-5, 6-2 and Emily Mathis and Audrey Wooland 8-4 … Helped the Orange to its first win of the season against Navy with a singles victory against Darien Sears and a doubles victory of 8-4 against Emani Decquir and Sam Droop paired with Safdar … Against Boston College, won both singles and doubles matches defeating Kelly Barry in singles 6-4, 6-4 and Ina Kauppila and Wan-Yi Sweeting in doubles 8-6 with Safdar … Defeated Georgia State’s Whitney Byrd in singles, as well as Jocelyn Ffriend and Linn Timmermann in doubles with an 8-4 victory.
Freshman Year (2012): Has the top singles mark on the team at 15-1 and is riding a 14 match winning streak ... opened up her freshman season with a win in the singles competition against the University of South Florida ... Helped the Orange record its first win of the season by winning in both the singles and doubles competition against St. John's ... Recorded a win in both the doubles and singles competition against Buffalo ... Defeated Noelle Malley in the singles competition on court six against Ohio State ... Defeated Sarah Dalton in the singles competition against #55 Boston College ... Recorded a win in both the doubles and singles competition against Harvard ... Topped Agnese Rozite on court five in the singles competition against Temple ... Helped the Orange take home another win by winning in both the singles and doubles competition against Rutgers ... Rodgers won her ninth straight singles match when she defeated William & Mary’s Katie Kargl, 6-1, 6-4 ... Won her tenth consecutive-singles match against No. 25 Yale ... Moved to third singles and won both of her matches against WVU and Pitt ... Defeated Sammi Lieb on court three in the singles competition against Boston University ... Recorded a win in both the singles and doubles competition against Binghamton University ... Recorded a win in the doubles competition on court one against Georgetown ... Won both the doubles and singles competition against Seton Hall ... Recorded a singles win against Louisville ... Won bothe the singles and the doubles against Rutgers ...
Prior to SU: Was ranked in the top 10 in Florida and top eight nationally at one point ... Won U.S. open national play-off event for mixed doubles ... Qualified for four professional tournaments over this past summer.
Personal: Daughter of Tom Rodgers and Mary Pat Guest ... Has one step-sibling, Kelsea Guest ... Born in March 1993 ... Majoring in communications and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
| Year | Singles | Doubles | Overall | Percentage |
| 2012 | 18-2 | 9-7 | 27-9 | .750 |
| 2013 | 16-6 | 15-6 | 31-12 | .700 |
| 2014 | 3-14 | 4-12 | 7-26 | .212 |
| 2015 | 9-11 | 7-10 | 16-21 | .432 |
| Career | 46-33 | 35-35 | 81-68 | .544 |
