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Lilian Poling

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School/Previous School:
Dwight School / Boise State
Hometown:
West Point, N.Y.

Career

Awards/Honors

Two-Time All-Mountain West in Singles (2019, 2020)
Two-Time All-Mountain West in Doubles (2019, 2020)

Senior (2019-20 // Boise State)

Singles Record: 11-3 // 9-1 dual // 0-0 MW
Doubles Record: 12-3 // 9-2 dual // 0-0 MW

Awards/Honors

All-Mountain West Singles
All-Mountain West Doubles

FALL:

Went 2-2 overall in fall singles matches ... Played in the singles division of the ITF Tournament in Lubbock, Texas (Sept. 16-22) ... Played in the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., where she defeated Nebraska's Jessica Aragon 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 (Oct. 5) … Went 3-1 overall in fall doubles matches ... Defeated East Carolina's Alisa Diercksen and Lisa Hotbauer 8-6 with partner Joana Baptista at the ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 9).

SPRING:

Went 9-1 overall playing all of her matches at the No.1 position … Finished the season on a seven-match win streak and won her last six in straight-set matches … Became just the 22nd Bronco in program history to eclipse 60 career singles wins with her 6-2, 6-3 win over Montana State’s Laura Mary (Feb. 15) … With her 6-1, 6-2 win over Southern Utah’s Jessica Stefan she earned career victory number 62 as she finished her career 19th all-time in career-singles victories in program history … Posted a 9-2 record in doubles … Played all her matches alongside partner Holly Stewart at the No. 1 position … Led the team in doubles wins along with Stewart.

Remainder of season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.

Junior (2018-19 // Boise State)

Singles Record: 24-10 // 13-4 dual // 2-1 MW
Doubles Record: 21-8 // 13-4 dual // 2-2 MW

Awards/Honors

All-Mountain West Singles
All-Mountain West Doubles

FALL:

Went 11-6 in fall singles matches … Was runner up at the Barb Chandler Classic Blue flight singles tournament ... Defeated Colorado's Brigitte Beck 6-3, 6-1 at the Barb Chandler Classic … Posted an 8-4 doubles record with partner Wilhelmina Palmer ... Won the Barb Chandler Classic Blue flight double championships with partner Palmer ... Competed in the ITA All-American Championships doubles competition with partner Palmer.

SPRING:

Dominated in singles play with a 13-4 record including an 11-1 mark at the No. 2 spot … Defeated BYU’s Polina Malykh 6-2, 6-4 (Feb. 8) … Took down Annabelle Andrinopoulos of Colorado 6-4, 6-1 (Feb. 24) … Earned a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 over Air Force’s Elizabeth Barnickel (March 9) … Claimed her 50th career singles win after defeating Andrea Gu of Whitman (March 30) … Anchored the team’s No.1 doubles pair with Wilhelmina Palmer en route to a 13-4 mark ... won seven No. 1 doubles matches in a row with partner Wilhelmina Palmer including wins over BYU, Utah, and Colorado (Feb. 8-March 18).

Sophomore (2017-18 // Boise State)

Singles Record: 7-12 // 2-7 dual // 0-4 MW
Doubles Record: 16-7 // 9-3 dual // 2-2 MW

FALL:

Went 5-5 in fall singles matches ... Defeated UNLV's Mercedes Lopez Valez 7-6 (12-10), 6-4 at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships (Oct. 11-15) ... Was the runner-up in the singles bracket of the Barb Chandler Classic (Oct. 27-29) … Went 7-4 in fall doubles matches … Won the doubles championship of the Barb Chandler Classic with partner Wilhelmina Palmer (Oct. 29) ... Defeated a duo from Rice 8-7 alongside Anja Dokic at the Riviera ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 29-Oct. 1).

SPRING:

Appeared in nine singles matches going 2-7 ... Primarily played at the No. 3 slot where she went 2-4 ... Defeated San Jose State's Miyo Kobayashi in three sets at the MW Championships … Was 9-3 in doubles play ... Went 8-2 from the No. 2 doubles position... Defeated Arizona's No. 2 pairing of Marie Van Aelst and Gitte Heynemans with partner Wilhelmina Palmer (Jan. 26) ... Went 4-2 against Mountain West opponents with Palmer.

Freshman (2016-17 // Boise State)

Singles Record: 21-12 // 13-8 dual // 2-4 MW
Doubles Record: 17-12 // 10-8 dual // 3-1 MW

FALL:

Went 8-4 in fall singles play ... Went 3-0 to advance to the B-Flight Final at the West Point Invitational in her hometown, but the final was not played (Sept. 23-25) ... Defeated players from Marquette and Wisconsin at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic (Sept. 16-18) ... Was 7-4 with two different partners in fall doubles ... Primarily played with Nancy Menjivar as the two went 7-3 ... Defeated teams from Wisconsin and Marquette at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic (Sept. 16-18).

SPRING:

Went 13-8 in singles play while playing in three separate positions … Played 13-of-21 matches in the No. 2 position, going 7-6 … Was 2-0 in the No. 1 spot ... Collected her first singles victory in her debut for the Broncos against Rachel Swindell of Eastern Washington (Jan. 27) … Was second on the team in wins during her debut season with the Bronco...defeated Oregon’s No. 2 player Alyssa Tobita 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 (Mar. 5) … Went 10-8 overall in doubles play … Went 9-7 with fellow freshman Anja Dokic in doubles while splitting time between the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, finishing with a 3-1 record in Mountain West play.

Pre-College

Five-star prospect ... Ranked No. 54 nationally by TennisRecruiting.net ... 10.32 rating in Universal Tennis Rating System (UTR) ... Earned Bronze Ball for third-place finish in doubles at 2014 USTA National Women's Open Indoor Championships ... Reached singles final of main draw at 2014 Eastern Grand Prix.

Personal

Born in Orlando, Fla. on December 30, 1997, to her parents Jim and Marianne Poling … Father served as the head coach of Mississippi State men’s tennis program from 1979-80, and currently leads the men’s tennis team at Army West Point … Has one brother, Karl, who plays tennis at Princeton.