2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Karin Young
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Eastview HS
- Hometown:
- Apple Valley, Minn.
Bio
SENIOR (2024-25)
Went 8-13 in singles when playing in the No. 2 spot ... Beat Ema Kovacevic of Maryland 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 and Ellie Blackford of Michigan State 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 ... Overall, went 14-13 in doubles ... Posted a 3-0 doubles record at the Duck Invitational partnered with Julia Visaya ... Went 3-2 with partner Marjorie Souza at the John Messick Invitational ... Finished 4-3 from the No. 1 spot with doubles partner Patsy Daughters ... Also went 4-7 from the No. 2 spot with partner Bridget Mihulka.
JUNIOR (2023-24)
Posted a team-best overall singles record at 16-9 … Went 11-7 in the dual season with two conference wins … Finished 7-4 in the No. 5 spot, while going 2-3 at No. 4 and 2-6 at No. 6 … Improved overall career singles record to 44-24 … Opened the season with a six-game winning streak lasting from Jan. 19 to Feb. 16 … Earned back-to-back conference wins against Washington and Washington State … Won five of seven singles matches in the fall … Faced two ranked singles opponents and four ranked doubles opponents in the dual season … Paired with Sophie Luescher for a fall doubles win … Went 1-2 with Tilde Jagare … Paired with Nina Geissler to go 1-4 … Earned a 6-4 conference win with Geissler against Washington State to contribute to the team victory … Partnered with Candela Aparisi for a team-best 18 overall matches and 10 wins … Posted a 7-6 dual record with Aparisi … Won three matches at the ITA Northwest Regional with Aparisi, including a win over No. 33 ranked Portland duo Sally Pethybridge and Iva Zelic.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Finished 11-12 in singles and 9-10 in doubles during the 2022-23 season … During the spring season, went 6-6 in singles and 5-5 in doubles … Earned two singles wins at the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 in the lineup … Went 2-2 in three-set wins in the spring, including a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win over Washington State’s Hania Abouelsaad on March 31 … Collected her first Pac-12 win on March 19 over Utah’s Marcela Lopez, 6-3, 6-2 … During the fall, won two matches at both the ITA Northwest Regional and Watanabe Classic … Partnered with Myah Petchey 10 times during the spring, going 5-5 at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles … The pair won three straight Pac-12 matches from March 17-31 … Playing at No. 2, Young and Petchey defeated USC’s Grace Piper/Naomi Cheong, 6-3, in the home finale on April 16 … Won two doubles matches at the Watanabe Classic in November with Ares Teixido Garcia … Won her first-round matchup at the ITA Northwest Regional and won one match during the Husky Invitational.
FRESHMAN (2021-22)
-All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention recognition after joining the team in January … Highest singles winning percentage on the team, finishing 17-3 in the dual season … Played all year at the No. 4-6 spots, going 7-2 at No. 4, 6-1 at No. 5 and 4-0 at No. 6 … Went 7-4 in doubles play primarily at the No. 3 spot … Won 15 straight singles matches from February through April, the longest singles winning streak by a Duck since at least 2000 … Lost just two singles sets during the winning streak and just nine total sets all season … vs. Tulsa (Jan. 28): Picked up first collegiate singles victory with a 6-3, 6-1 win at the No. 5 spot … at Denver (Feb. 6): Added a point with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles in a 4-2 UO win … at Stanford (March 4): Put up the Ducks’ only point of the day with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at the No. 6 spot … at California (March 6): Extended singles winning streak to eight with a 6-4, 6-4 win to put up UO’s second point of the match … vs. Arizona State (March 20): Tied the match up at 3-3 with a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 5 singles to help the Ducks to a 4-3 win over the No. 25 Sun Devils … vs. Washington (March 27): Sealed a sweep victory of the No. 20 Huskies with a 7-5, 6-0 win at the No. 4 spot … at Utah (April 1): Completed a 4-3 UO comeback victory with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win in the deciding singles match, erasing a 4-0 deficit in the second set to win … at Colorado (April 3): Helped the Ducks finish the sweep of the mountain road trip, winning in doubles, 6-2, paired with Ares Teixido Garcia before picking up a 6-2, 6-4 singles win at the No. 4 spot … vs. Colorado (April 20): Put up the first point of the match for the Ducks, coasting to a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles in a 4-3 victory in round one of the Pac-12 Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated a 5-star prospect and the No. 1 player in Minnesota and No. 57 overall nationally in the Class of 2022 by Tennis Recruiting Network ... Named the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Metro Player of the Year in 2020 after helping lead Eastview to a Class 2A semifinal run in the state tournament ... Took home the state 2A singles title as a sophomore in 2019 and was ranked No. 1 in the state as a freshman in 2018 ... Won four times in USTA events during the summer of 2018 ... Picked up victories in both singles and doubles at the USTA Girls Junior Section Championships after also taking home singles and doubles titles at the USTA National Level 2 Tournament ... Both of Young's parents were head coaches at the Division I level. Her father Jeff was the head men's tennis coach at Minnesota from 2006 through the 2020 season, while her mother Dana was the head women's tennis coach at Denver from 2000-06.
Went 8-13 in singles when playing in the No. 2 spot ... Beat Ema Kovacevic of Maryland 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 and Ellie Blackford of Michigan State 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 ... Overall, went 14-13 in doubles ... Posted a 3-0 doubles record at the Duck Invitational partnered with Julia Visaya ... Went 3-2 with partner Marjorie Souza at the John Messick Invitational ... Finished 4-3 from the No. 1 spot with doubles partner Patsy Daughters ... Also went 4-7 from the No. 2 spot with partner Bridget Mihulka.
JUNIOR (2023-24)
Posted a team-best overall singles record at 16-9 … Went 11-7 in the dual season with two conference wins … Finished 7-4 in the No. 5 spot, while going 2-3 at No. 4 and 2-6 at No. 6 … Improved overall career singles record to 44-24 … Opened the season with a six-game winning streak lasting from Jan. 19 to Feb. 16 … Earned back-to-back conference wins against Washington and Washington State … Won five of seven singles matches in the fall … Faced two ranked singles opponents and four ranked doubles opponents in the dual season … Paired with Sophie Luescher for a fall doubles win … Went 1-2 with Tilde Jagare … Paired with Nina Geissler to go 1-4 … Earned a 6-4 conference win with Geissler against Washington State to contribute to the team victory … Partnered with Candela Aparisi for a team-best 18 overall matches and 10 wins … Posted a 7-6 dual record with Aparisi … Won three matches at the ITA Northwest Regional with Aparisi, including a win over No. 33 ranked Portland duo Sally Pethybridge and Iva Zelic.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Finished 11-12 in singles and 9-10 in doubles during the 2022-23 season … During the spring season, went 6-6 in singles and 5-5 in doubles … Earned two singles wins at the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 in the lineup … Went 2-2 in three-set wins in the spring, including a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win over Washington State’s Hania Abouelsaad on March 31 … Collected her first Pac-12 win on March 19 over Utah’s Marcela Lopez, 6-3, 6-2 … During the fall, won two matches at both the ITA Northwest Regional and Watanabe Classic … Partnered with Myah Petchey 10 times during the spring, going 5-5 at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles … The pair won three straight Pac-12 matches from March 17-31 … Playing at No. 2, Young and Petchey defeated USC’s Grace Piper/Naomi Cheong, 6-3, in the home finale on April 16 … Won two doubles matches at the Watanabe Classic in November with Ares Teixido Garcia … Won her first-round matchup at the ITA Northwest Regional and won one match during the Husky Invitational.
FRESHMAN (2021-22)
-All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
Earned All-Pac-12 honorable mention recognition after joining the team in January … Highest singles winning percentage on the team, finishing 17-3 in the dual season … Played all year at the No. 4-6 spots, going 7-2 at No. 4, 6-1 at No. 5 and 4-0 at No. 6 … Went 7-4 in doubles play primarily at the No. 3 spot … Won 15 straight singles matches from February through April, the longest singles winning streak by a Duck since at least 2000 … Lost just two singles sets during the winning streak and just nine total sets all season … vs. Tulsa (Jan. 28): Picked up first collegiate singles victory with a 6-3, 6-1 win at the No. 5 spot … at Denver (Feb. 6): Added a point with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles in a 4-2 UO win … at Stanford (March 4): Put up the Ducks’ only point of the day with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at the No. 6 spot … at California (March 6): Extended singles winning streak to eight with a 6-4, 6-4 win to put up UO’s second point of the match … vs. Arizona State (March 20): Tied the match up at 3-3 with a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 5 singles to help the Ducks to a 4-3 win over the No. 25 Sun Devils … vs. Washington (March 27): Sealed a sweep victory of the No. 20 Huskies with a 7-5, 6-0 win at the No. 4 spot … at Utah (April 1): Completed a 4-3 UO comeback victory with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win in the deciding singles match, erasing a 4-0 deficit in the second set to win … at Colorado (April 3): Helped the Ducks finish the sweep of the mountain road trip, winning in doubles, 6-2, paired with Ares Teixido Garcia before picking up a 6-2, 6-4 singles win at the No. 4 spot … vs. Colorado (April 20): Put up the first point of the match for the Ducks, coasting to a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles in a 4-3 victory in round one of the Pac-12 Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated a 5-star prospect and the No. 1 player in Minnesota and No. 57 overall nationally in the Class of 2022 by Tennis Recruiting Network ... Named the Minneapolis Star Tribune's Metro Player of the Year in 2020 after helping lead Eastview to a Class 2A semifinal run in the state tournament ... Took home the state 2A singles title as a sophomore in 2019 and was ranked No. 1 in the state as a freshman in 2018 ... Won four times in USTA events during the summer of 2018 ... Picked up victories in both singles and doubles at the USTA Girls Junior Section Championships after also taking home singles and doubles titles at the USTA National Level 2 Tournament ... Both of Young's parents were head coaches at the Division I level. Her father Jeff was the head men's tennis coach at Minnesota from 2006 through the 2020 season, while her mother Dana was the head women's tennis coach at Denver from 2000-06.
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