2015-16 Women's Tennis Roster
Sydney Liggins
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 5-3
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Caledonia, Mich.
- High School:
- Grand Rapids Catholic Central
2017 ALL-BIG EAST Team
2016-17 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2016 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2016 BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player
2014 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year
2014 All-BIG EAST Team
BIG EAST Women's Tennis Player of the Week (Mar. 29, 2017, Apr. 6, 2016; Mar. 23,
2016; Mar. 16, 2016; Apr. 8, 2015; Mar. 25, 2015; Apr. 17, 2014;)
As a Senior (2016-17): Selected to the 2017 All-BIG EAST team … Finished the season with a 18-12 record at No. 1 singles, including a 3-1 record in fall tournaments and a 4-1 record in the BIG EAST … Ended career with 92 singles wins, third all-time … Mostly played No. 2 doubles with Rachael Reichenbach and compiled a 13-9 record during the year… Finished career with 59 doubles wins, 18th all-time … Overall record of 151-69 (.686), 10th all-time
As a Junior (2015-16): Named the 2016 BIG EAST Player of the Year after being named the 2016 BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player after going undefeated at No. 1 singles, not dropping a set, and No. 1 doubles paired with Amina Ismail in the team's run to the title along with an 8-1 BIG EAST record...  Finished the season with a No. 10 ranking in the Ohio Valley Region... Went 6-3 in singles play when playing an opponent of a ranked team... Won 26 singles matches with a team-high win percentage of 0.839... Won 22 doubles matches when playing with Amina Ismail.Â
As a Sophomore (2014-15): Named to the 2015 All-BIG EAST Team for the second time in as many years… Had a team high .828 win percentage with a 24-5 record… Completed a 13 match win streak, dropping only one set, which began on Feb. 15 against UIC’s Keti Mebuke, 6-3, 6-3, and went all the way to the end of regular season with a win against Bailey Padgett of Butler, 6-1, 6-2… Posted a 17-3 record at No. 1 singles position…In 17 spring season wins, only two matches went three sets… Nabbed seven BIG EAST wins during the season, not dropping a set in the victories... Paired with Amina Ismail at the No. 1 doubles positon, with a notable win against No. 52 Indiana’s Kim Schmider and Alecia Kauss, 6-3.
As a Freshman (2013-14): Enjoyed a strong freshman campaign by winning BIG EAST Freshman of the Year honors and making the All-BIG EAST Team ... Finished the year with a 24-8 overall record in singles competition and a 9-13 doubles record with Alex Brinker ... Split time between #1 and #2 singles ... Tallied a victory in her first conference singles match by defeating Butler's Konstantina Adami on Feb. 19 in straight sets (6-2, 6-0) ... Closed out her season on a six-match win-streak and winning 12 of her last 13 singles matches ... Went undefeated in BIG EAST singles competition, including two wins over Seton Hall and Marquette in the BIG EAST Championships ... In competition with Brinker as the #1 doubles pair, went 7-6 in dual matches ... Finished the regular season with three-straight doubles wins at Marquette (Mar. 29), at UMBC (Apr. 4) and home against Providence (Apr. 13).
Prior to Xavier: Played varsity tennis at Grand Rapids Catholic Central posting a 114-6 record at the number one singles spot throughout her four years at the varsity level...Michigan State Finalist in 2012 and 2013 and State Semifinalist 2010 and 2011...Regional Champion at number one singles 2012 and 2013... Regional Runner-Up in 2010 and 2011...OK Gold Conference Champion at number one singles four years in a row...Four-time MHSAA All-State Team, All Area Team, OK Gold All-Conference Team and MHSAA Academic All-State Team all four years of her high school career... Rated as the No. 50 recruit nationally by TennisRecruiting.net...Received MHSAA Division Three Miss Tennis 2013 award...Finalist for the 2013 Female Athlete of the Year...Recognized by Burger King and Grand Rapids Press Athlete of the Week in 2010.
Personal:Born Dec. 2, 1995 to Jay and Dianne Liggins...Has two brothers, Jay and Jeremy...Biology major.
| LIGGINS' CAREER SINGLES STATISTICS | |||||||||
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Dual | Open | Overall |
| 2013-14 | 9-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 19-5 | 5-3 | 24-8 |
| 2014-15 | 17-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 17-3 | 7-2 | 24-5 |
| 2015-16 | 19-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 19-4 | 7-1 | 26-5 |
| 2016-17 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 15-11 | 3-1 | 18-12 |
| TOTAL | 60-20 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 70-23 | 22-7 | 92-30 |
| LIGGINS' CAREER DOUBLES STATISTICS | |||||||||
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | Dual | Open | Overall | ||
| 2013-14 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-6 | 2-7 | 9-13 | ||
| 2014-15 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11-6 | 4-2 | 15-8 | ||
| 2015-16 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 15-8 | 7-1 | 22-9 | ||
| 2016-17 | 1-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12-8 | 1-1 | 13-9 | ||
| TOTAL | 34-23 | 11-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 45-28 | 14-11 | 59-39 | ||
