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2015-16 Women's Tennis Roster

Nicole Nielly

  • Position Player
  • Height 5-4
  • Hometown Canton, Ga.
  • High School Woodstock
  • Class Senior

Biography

2015-16 (Senior): Appeared in 17 of the 23 matches for the Catamounts ... Finished with a 3-1 singles mark with victories at No. 1, 5 and 6 ... Won matches versus USC Upstate (02/26) at No. 5, Savannah State (03/24) at No. 1 and Limestone (04/16) at No. 6 ... Went 4-11 in doubles action with three wins coming at No. 3 and one at No. 1 ... Picked up victories against Longwood (02/12), Mercer (04/11), Lenoir-Rhyne (04/16) and Limestone (04/16) ... Named to the 2015-16 Southern Conference Honor Roll ... Selected to the 2016 SoCon Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Recipient of the 2015-16 Southern Conference Commissioner's Medal, awarded to student-athletes who attain a GPA of 3.8 or higher throughout the year ... Was named a Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

2014-15 (Junior): Competed in all 23 matches for the Catamounts ... Played all but one singles match at No. 3 while spent most of the season at No. 2 doubles before moving up to No. 1 for the final four matches ... Finished with a 9-14 singles mark while going 1-0 at No. 2 and 8-14 at No. 3 ... Was 3-3 in conference matches with wins against Mercer (03/07), ETSU (03/21) and UNCG (04/17) ... Had a three-match winning streak to close out the regular season ... Was named a Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) ... Named to the 2014-15 Southern Conference Honor Roll ... Selected to the 2015 SoCon Spring Academic All-Conference Team.

2013-14 (Sophomore): Played in 10 matches on the season, finishing 1-9 overall - all coming in the No. 5 position ... Played doubles with two different partners, all in the No. 2 flight with one match victory ... Was named a Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

2012-13 (Freshman): Played in all 17 matches for the Catamounts ... Played as the No. 3 singles in nine matches and the No. 4 singles in eight matches ... Finished with a 2-15 singles record including a pair of wins at No. 4 ... Played eight doubles matches with Shannon Bettiol as the No.1 doubles ... Played a total of nine matches at No. 2 doubles including eight with Sara Ruiz Pajares ... Won individual matches against Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb ... Was named a Scholar-Athlete by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

Prior to Western Carolina: Ranked in the top 10 in the state of Georgia ... Played No. 1 singles all four years of high school ... As team captain at Woodstock High School in Canton, Ga., Nielly led the Wolverines to Georgia's state tournament for the first time in school history in 2010, accomplishing the same feat again in the 2011 season ...Nielly also received the team's leadership and academic excellence award for the Woodstock High School tennis team ... Was the Wolverines' No. 1 singles player since her freshman season and was 10-4 in the 2010 regular season ...She earned Ledger-News' First Team All-County honors as a junior.

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Lisa Nielly ... Has one sister, Lauren.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

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    5'4"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

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  • 2014-15Junior

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  • 2015-16Senior

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    5'4"