Abby Nugent

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Springboro, Ohio
High School:
Ohio Connections Academy

2025 All-BIG EAST First Team
2024-25 ITA Conference Masters Championship Doubles Runners-Up
2024-25 NCAA Doubles Championship Appearance
2024 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player
2023 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
2023 All-BIG EAST Second Team

2024-25: In the fall, partnered with Clara Owen to earn spot in the ITA Conference Masters for doubles with a Finals appearance at ITA Ohio Valley Regional, taking wins over Indiana, Austin Peay, Tennessee and ETSU to get to the Semifinals...Defeated Tennessee’s Suarez and Britez Risso to earn a spot in the Championship...Advanced to the Finals of ITA Conference Masters with wins over teams from Fordham, ETSU, South Carolina State and Vandy...Duo became first Xavier women's tennis players to compete in the doubles draw at the NCAA Individual Championships...Went 14-5 in singles during the spring dual season, with a perfect 6-0 mark against BIG EAST opponents...Went 13-3 in the No. 2 singles spot...Partnered with Clara Owen for 16 wins in the No. 1 doubles spot in the dual season, going 6-0 in the regular season against BIG EAST teams and picked up a pair of wins in the BIG EAST Tournament...Helped Xavier win a fifth-straight BIG EAST Championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament...With Owen, earned a program-best ranking in either doubles or singles in December 2024, coming in at No. 17 in the ITA Doubles Rankings.

2023-24: Finished 33-29 overall for her sophomore season, with a 15-53 record in singles and a 18-14 record in doubles...Went 11-9 in singles play during the dual season, with an 11-8 mark in the No. 3 spot, helping Xavier to a fourth-straight BIG EAST Championship and NCAA Appearance...Had a 2-1 record in BIG EAST play...Picked up wins on the No. 3 spot against Marquette, UConn and DePaul in BIG EAST Championship, earning the tournament's Most Outstanding Player honor...Had a 12-8 mark for doubles in dual play, playing in the No. 2 spot with Abby Nugent...Pair went 5-0 in BIG EAST with wins over UConn, Villanova, Butler, Marquette and DePaul...Pair helped Xavier take the doubles point in win over No. 57 VCU.

2022-23: Finished her rookie season at 34-19 overall, with a 17-11 record in singles play and 17-8 in doubles play...Helped Xavier to third-straight BIG EAST Championship and NCAA Tournament...Earned BIG EAST Freshman of the Year honors and a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team after going 10-6 in singles play and 11-5 in doubles in the regular season...Among her wins in singles, primarily played at No. 3, were victories over DePaul, Michigan State, Cincinnati and Indiana...Played 19 matches at No. 1 doubles, paired with Kat Lyman...duo collected wins over BIG EAST opponents DePaul, Creighton and St. John's, as well as Penn State, Purdue, JMU and Memphis.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: Came to Xavier from Springboro, Ohio and graduated from Ohio Connections Academy...Won the 2019 OHSAA Division I Singles State Championship in 2019 while competing with Springboro High School, going 8-0 in the regular season, earning Ohio Athlete of the Year honors...Was also a 16s National Level 2 winner and Winter National quarterfinalist....Was a five-star recruit on TennisRecruiting.net and has earned a national ranking as high as No. 32 in 2021.