Elizabeth Pendergast

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Saint Ursula Academy

2023-24: Competed at UC during the fall tournament schedule...At Xavier, sat out due to transfer rules in spring 2024.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: At Cincinnati, finished the 2022-23 dual match season with a combined 17-22 record with an 8-12 singles mark at the top court and a 9-10 in doubles action … Claimed four out of five singles victories, including a season-best three straight wins, over a five-match stretch from Mar. 16-29 … Posted a 3-6 overall record in the fall … Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...In 2021-22 helped lead Cincinnati to a 16-7 dual match record and was part of the longest win streak in program history with 11 straight match victories … Named to the 2022 American Athletic Conference All-Conference team … Became first Bearcat since 2017 to earn all-conference recognition … Finished with a 9-11 singles record at the top position and 9-9 in doubles in the dual match season … Went 8-1 in singles and 5-1 in doubles for a combined 13-2 fall record to earn a No. 121 national ranking by ITA … Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Saint Ursula Academy in Cincinnati… Rated a four-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net … OHSAA Division I Singles State Champion, GCTCA Division I Player of the Year, GGCL Player of the Year, GCCL First Team Singles selection and Cincinnati Enquirer Player of the Year in 2021 … GGCL Player of the Year, GGCL First Team Singles selection, OHSAA Division I Singles State qualifier, Cincinnati Enquirer First Team Singles honoree … Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jack and Dawn Pendergast … Has two siblings, CJ and Ben … Her brother, Ben, was on the track and field team at Tiffin University … Her mother, Dawn, played basketball and softball in college.