2011-12 Tennis Roster
Roster
Komal Safdar
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Ursuline Academy
- Hometown:
- Mason, Ohio
At SU:
2015 'Cuse Awards Female Soladay Award winner for athletic achievement, academics, leadership and service...2015 'Cuse Scholar Award Recipient, highest overall GPA.
Senior Year (2015): Defeated Ariana Rodriguez of Louisville in ACC-Tournament match 6-4, 6-3 (4/22) ... Took down Alexa Anton-Ohlmeyer of No.25 Georgia Tech 6-2, 6-4 (4/19) ... Beat Sophie Nelson of NC State in singles play 6-1, 6-2 (4/17) ... Defeated Chloe Willetts of Louisville in singles match 6-2, 6-2. Also took down Ariana Rodriguez and Elle Stokes with partner Valeria Salazar 8-6 (3/27) ... With partner Amanda Rodgers, 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) ... With partner Valeria Salazar, defeated Annie Mulholland and Samantha Harris 8-5 of No. 21 Duke. Won the super tie-break in singles play against Rebecca Smaller 6-1, 5-7, 10-6 (3/8) ... Cruised to an 8-2 win with Valeria Salazar over Katherine Castro and Lolade Ogungbesan of Pittsburgh. Continued her success in singles play, defeating Castro 6-1, 6-0 (3/1) … Defeated Notre Dame duo Allison Miller and Julie Vrabel in doubles match with partner Valeria Salazar 8-5 (2/27) ... Working with Valeria Salazar, trailed nationally ranked No. 22 Virginia tandem Mercer and Skyler Morton 5-7 when the match was halted. Lost to No. 102 Maci Epstein 6-2, 7-6 (10-8) (2/21) … Captured the point in doubles competition with Valeria Salazar against BU duo Asiya Dair and Jennifer Ren 7-6, defeated by Dair in singles play 6-3, 6-2 (2/14) ... Took the win with partner Valeria Salazar over Albany's Kirsten Scott and Chassidy King 6-3. Beat Mireille Hermans 6-1, 6-3 in singes play (2/7) ... Fell to Alex D'Ascenzo of Cornell 7-6, 6-3 and came back with partner Valeria Salazar to take the win from Marika Cusick and D'Ascenzo 7-6 (4-0) (1/31) … In a doubles match with Salazaar was trailing Alabama’s Danielle Spielmann and Emily Zabor 4-3 when the match was halted. Her singles set was also halted (1/24) ... In her second competition of the spring, Safdar captured the win against USF’s Jessica Cortes 6-1, 6-1. Victory continued in her doubles match with Valeria Salazar, dominating USF’s Alicia Robinson and Hailey Grillo 6-2 (1/10) … Defeated by FGCU’s Elizabeth Means 3-6, 4-6 marking just her third singles loss in her last 15 matches. Proved herself with doubles partner, Valeria Salazar against Johanna Sterkel and Breana Stampfi in a 6-4 victory (1/8) ... At the West Point Invite won the doubles flight with sophomore Valeria Salazar ... At the ITA Northeast Regional beat tandems from Stony Brook [8-2], Harvard [8-3] and Princeton [8-3] before falling to Boston College [8-2] in the quarterfinals alongside Valeria Salazar ... At the Houston Classic Safdar went undefeated alongside Valeria Salazar. Safdar got her weekend started by grinding out a three-set comeback win over Iowa State's Alejandra Galvis (6-7, 7-6 (4), 11-9) before getting wins in an easier fashion on Saturday and Sunday. Safdar earned the win by defeating Oklahoma's Emma Devine (7-5, 6-3) and SMU's Mary Wright (6-2, 6-4) ... At the Harvard Invitational, defeated Harvard duo Jang-Milsten/Li (8-4) with partner Valeria Salazar ... Defeated Dorothy Tang of Princeton in singles (7-5, 6-3) ... 2014-15 President of the Syracuse SAAC.
Junior Year (2014): At the ITA Northeast Regional, won her match over Dartmouth's Julia Schroeder [6-4;1-6;6-3] At the West Point Invite,won the third singles flight by defeating Cassandra Dix,[4-6;6-1;10-7] in the championship ... Match-by-match results
Teamed up with Amanda Rodgers to take down Hannah Morril and June Lee at second doubles 6-4 at Harvard ... At NC State, defeated Sophie Nelson at sixth singles 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 ... Against Virginia Tech, defeated Sansitha Nandakumar 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in sixth singles and partnered with Rhiann Newborn to take down Tea Ivanovic and Nandakumar in third doubles ... Took down Florida State's Majlena Pedersen 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on the sixth court ... Against Boston College, defeated Wan-Yi Sweeting 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 on the sixth court ... Went 2-0 against Pittsburgh with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Molly Wickman at sixth singles and an 8-2 win at third doubles versus Kimmy Borza and Katherine Castro with partner Amanda Rodgers ... Notched a three set, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory against Olga Gaistruck of Maryland ... Against Wake Forest, defeated Xue Zhang 6-3, 6-4 in sixth singles and paired with Amanda Rodgers to defeat Kimmy Guerin and Karen Forman, 8-6, in third doubles.
Sophomore Year (2013): Finished the season 9-6 in singles competition and 14-6 in doubles competition … Went 2-0 in doubles with partner Amanda Rodgers in the BIG EAST Tournament … At Rutgers, defeated Lindsey Kayati in singles 6-3, 6-3 and in doubles 8-4 along with Mariam Zein … At St. John’s, in singles competition defeated Diamond Adams 6-0, 7-5, 6-3 … Paired with Rodgers, she defeated Amanda Lin and Sylvia Li in an 8-5 victory against Harvard … Against Connecticut, defeated Abby McKeon 6-0, 6-1 in singles and Maxene Weinberg, as well as Srna Stosljevic in doubles in a 8-4 victory with Rodgers … Won both singles and doubles competition against Army, defeating Della Taylor 6-3, 6-2 in singles and Eva Sung, as well as Carly Riney in doubles with a 8-3 victory … Defeated Providence’s Taylor Corder in singles competition 6-2, 6-1 and Alana Prinos, as well as Taylor Ahlborn in doubles competition 8-3 with Rodgers … Against Seton Hall, defeated Madison Shoemaker and Julia Keenan in doubles competition in an 8-1 victory with the help of Rodgers … Won doubles competition against #69 Depaul’s Patricia Fargas and Ana Vladutu 8-6 with partner Aleah Marrow … Against Pittsburgh, defeated Molly Wickman in singles 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 and in doubles 8-3 along with Molly Wickman with Rogers … In doubles defeated Alexis Tashiro and Shea Brodsky 8-0 with Rogers against Binghamton … Helped the Orange to a victory over West Virginia defeating Ikttesh Chahal 6-1, 6-1 in singles and Emily Mathis and Audrey Wooland 8-4 in doubles paired with Rogers … Won both singles and doubles matches against Navy and Georgia State … In both doubles matches she defeated opponents 8-4 with Rogers … in singles she defeated Erin Snook of Navy 7-5, 7-5 and Masa Grgan of Georgia State 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 … In doubles against Boston College, she beat Ina Kauppila and Wan-Yi Sweeting 8-6 with Rodgers … Defeated Megan Kurey in singles 6-2, 6-3 against Georgia Tech.
Freshmen Year (2012): 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 Lindsay Balsamo and Morgan Ivey in the doubles competition with partner Alessondra Parra against Rutgers ... Recorded a win in the singles competition after her opposition retired in the first set against WVU ... Triumphed over Amelia Martinez 6-0, 6-2 in the singles competition and also recorded a win in the doubles competition against Boston University ... Recorded a win in both the singles and doubles competition against Binghamton University... Recorded the win in the singles competition against Georgetown on court four ... Won both the singles and doubles competition against Seton Hall ... Recorded a win in the doubles against Rutgers.
Prior to SU: Cincinnati newcomer of the year in 2008 ... Went 30-3 in the 2009 season ... Singles sate runner-up in 2009 ... Greater Cincinnati player of the year in 2009 ... National All-American in 2009 ... League player of the year in 2009 ... Received league sportsmanship award in 2009 ... Doubles state champion in 2010 ... Cincinnati player of the year in 2010 ... Four-time 1st team All-State ... Recepient of the golden raquet award at Ursuline Academy ... Recipient of USTA Midwest Sportmanship Award ... Four-time voted team player for Ursuline Academy.
Personal: Daughter of Shahzad and Wardha Safdar ... Has two sisters, Nida and Mehvish ... Born January 1993 ... Greatest sports memory is playing doubles with both of her sisters and making it to state both times (2008 and 2010) ... Majoring in Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences ... 2014-15 President of the Syracuse SAAC.
| Year | Singles | Doubles | Overall | Percentage |
| 2012 | 9-6 | 10-7 | 19-13 | .594 |
| 2013 | 10-7 | 15-6 | 25-13 | .658 |
| 2014 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 12-17 | .414 |
| 2015 | 9-11 | 9-6 | 18-17 | .514 |
| Career | 35-33 | 39-27 | 74-60 | .552 |
