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Andjela Skrobonja Season 2022-23

ClassJunior
HometownSombor, Serbia
Previous SchoolFlorida International University

HONORS
NCAA Singles Tournament Appearance (2024)
NCAA Singles Tournament Victory (2024)
All Mountain West Singles Team (2023 & 2024)
All-Mountain West Doubles Team (2024)
Two-time Mountain West Player of the Week (March 22, 2023 & April 12, 2023)

2023-24 SEASON (As a Senior)
Doubles
– Played in 31 matches including all 23 dual matches, primarily playing on the second court… Led the Aztecs with 17 overall wins (17-8), 13 dual wins (13-4) and four tournament wins (4-4) while going 5-0 in Mountain West play… Competed with five different partners… Played 25 times with Andreea Velcea… Began the fall with a win over CSUN’s Ung/Solis Urdiales in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships (6-1, Ret.) … After moving to the second court for the Feb. 14 match, went 13-0, not losing again until April 27… Started with a perfect 3-0 week with wins over Hawai‘i’s Masuda/Homolkova (6-1 on Feb. 14), Long Beach State’s Akyurek/Becirovic Novak (6-4 on Feb. 16) and California’s Alsola/Ivanov (6-3 on Feb. 18)… Finished the nonconference with wins over Portland’s Dimitrijevic/Pearson (7-6 (7-2) on Feb. 24), Washington’s Matsuda/Fortin (6-0 on Feb. 25) and San Diego’s No. 71 Evans/Nordikyan (6-1 on March 6)… Won all five of their Mountain West matches to finish on their way to All-Mountain West Doubles honors… Defeated Nevada’s Foerster/Luneva (6-0 on March 24), Wyoming’s Brink/Dobrilova (6-2 on March 28), New Mexico’s Huang/Sodre (7-6 (8-6) on April 7), Colorado State’s Lennon/Weekley (6-0 on April 12) and Fresno State’s Dunbar/Piferi (6-1 on April 14)… Won twice in the Mountain West Championships, taking down Utah State’s Kung/Chavez Sanchez 6-3 in the Quarterfinals and Lennon/Weekley again in the Semifinals (6-1)… Paired up twice with Rania Azziz for the SDSU Fall Classic II, beating Oregon’s Moral/Luescher 6-4 and Chan/Geissler 6-3… Competed twice with Zoe Olmos in the USTA Intercollegiate Championships including a 6-3 win over Colorado’s Hayes/Tokac… Also played once with Gloria Alogo in the SDSU Fall Classic II… Partnered with Yasmine Kabbaj for the UC San Diego match, but it went unfinished.
 
Singles – Competed in 34 matches including all 23 dual matches… Played mostly on the second court… Led the Aztecs with 22 overall wins (22-9), 17 dual wins (17-3) and seven Mountain West wins (7-1)… Advanced to the quarterfinals of the USTA Intercollegiate Championships, beating Kansas’ Tamari Gagoshidze (6-2, 6-2) and Oklahoma State’s Raquel Gonzalez (6-2, 6-4)… Won two of her three matches at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, defeating Arizona’s Belen Nevenhoven (6-1, 6-1) and Midori Castillo (6-3, 6-3)… Won ten consecutive matches between Jan. 27 and March 17… Finished January with wins over Loyola Marymount’s Carlota Molina (7-5, 1-6, 6-3 on Jan. 27) and UC San Diego’s Ella Pachl (6-0, 6-1 on Jan. 30)… Went 6-0 in February, beating Maryland’s Kallista Liu (6-2, 6-3 on Feb. 3), Hawai‘i’s Nelly Knezkova (6-1, 6-3 on Feb. 14), Long Beach State’s Doga Akyurek (6-2, 6-2 on Feb. 16), California’s No. 51 Valentina Ivanov (6-2, 6-3 on Feb. 18) and Portland’s Alaia Rubio Perez (6-4,5-7, 6-2 on Feb. 24)… Began March with three straight wins against San Diego’s No. 47 Mia Mack (6-3, 7-6 (7-3) on March 6)… Utah State’s Zeynep Naz Ozturk (6-3, 6-3 on March 15) and Boise State’s Pauline Ernstberger (7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 7-5 on March 17)… Finished conference play with five more wins to earn All-Mountain West Singles honors… In those matches, defeated Wyoming’s Noejska Brink (6-0, 6-1 on March 28), New Mexico’s Sarah O’Connor (6-3, 6-0 on April 7), Colorado State’s Radka Buzkova (6-2, 6-2 on April 12), Fresno State’s Mariya Vyshkina (6-1, 6-1 on April 14) and UNLV’s Salsa Aher (6-3, 6-4 on April 19)… Took down Aher again in the Mountain West Championships Final 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-4 for her 21st win of the season… Her stellar play earned her a berth in the NCAA Singles Tournament in May… In the NCAA Singles Tournament, she knocked off Pepperdine’s No. 15 Lisa Zaar 7-5, 6-1 in the Round of 64.
 
2022-23 SEASON (As a Junior)
Doubles – Competed in 14 matches including five dual matches... Played with Dariya Detkovskaya in the top two spots in the Aztec order... The pair was the only Aztec combo to reach double digit doubles wins and was ranked as high as No. 59 in the nation... Won each of their first five matches to win the Intercollegiate Championships and advance to the Round of 16 in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships... Beat Arizona's Meraz/Narendran 6-3 (Sept. 30), North Texas' Morais/Adams 6-1 (Sept. 30), Iowa's Mannix/Schmidt 6-3 (Oct. 1) and Mehra/Hayashida 6-0 (Oct. 1) in the Finals before taking down Grand Canyon's Deafi/Detkovskaya 8-2 (Oct. 21) in the Round of 32 at the ITA Regionals... Won the Consolation Finals at the Watanabe Classic by defeating Long Beach State's Cook/Masuda 6-4 (Nov. 12) and Iowa's Mannix Schmidt again 6-2 (Nov. 13)... Won their final four dual matches against Alabama (Sedlockova/Parkhomenko, 6-3, Jan. 27), UC San Diego (Leung/Nguyen, 6-1, Feb. 4), Colorado State (Ecton/Lennon, 7-6, April 7) and Wyoming (Oreshkina/Borodina, 6-1, April 8).

Singles – Competed in 29 matches including 18 of 19 dual matches... Played on the top two courts and ranked in the top two on the team in overall record (1st, 20 wins), dual record (2nd, 11 wins), Mountain West record (1st, 5-0) and tournament record (1st, nine wins)... Named to the All-Mountain West singles team... Achieved five win streaks of three matches or more... Rattled off six consecutive wins to win the Consolation Finals in the USD Intercollegiate Tournament and make the Semifinals of the ITA Southwest Regional Championships... Beat UCLA's Sasha Vagramov (6-1, 6-2, Oct. 1), Cal State Fullerton's Diana Yanotovskaya (6-1, 6-4, Oct. 20), San Diego's Jordyn McBride (6-4, 6-2, Oct. 21), Arizona State's Sedona Gallagher (6-4, 6-4, Oct. 21) and UCLA's Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (6-6, 6-3, Oct. 22)... Won the Watanabe Classic by taking down Long Beach State's Sarah Medik 6-2, 6-3 (Nov. 11), her future teammate, Oregon's Myah Petchey 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 (Nov. 12), and Utah's Anastasia Goncharova 6-4, 6-1 (Nov. 13)... Earned her first three spring victories in order against Alabama (Loudmilla Bencheikh, 6-2, 6-2, Jan. 27), UC San Diego (Kelly Leung, 6-3, 6-1, Feb. 4) and Rice (Allison Zipoli, 6-2, 4-3 (ret), Feb. 11)... Earned wins in her final seven decisions of the season over Tulsa (Laia Conde Monfort, 6-4, 6-4. March 12), Purdue (Liz Norman, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, March 17), New Mexico (Sarah O'Connor, 6-1, 6-1, March 25), Air Force (Sydney Fitch, 6-1, 6-3, March 26), Colorado State (Radka Buzkova, 6-3, 6-3, April 7), Wyoming (Sophie Zehender, 6-1, 6-4, April 8) and UNLV (Molly Helgesson, 6-3, 6-2, April 14)... Her wins over Purdue, Colorado State and Wyoming netted her Mountain West Player of the Week accolades on March 22 and April 12.

PRIOR TO SDSU
Joins the Aztecs after two successful seasons at FIU... She played mostly at the No. 3 slot for the Panthers, posted a 14-4 record in singles play during the 2022 season, and went 12-3 overall and 9-1 in her last 10 doubles matches... A second-team All-Conference USA selection during the 2020-21 season, she went a combined 24-6 in her FIU singles career and was 22-4 in doubles play... An experienced junior player as well, she was ranked as high 112 in the world and played in the European Championships in both 2018 and 2019.