2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Dharani Niroshan
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School/Previous School:
- Bill Crothers Secondary School
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Singles Record: 17-16 // 8-9 dual // 4-7 SEC
Doubles Record: 13-18 // 5-11 dual // 1-9 SEC
Sophomore (2023-24)
Singles record: 6-2
Doubles record: 4-3
FALL:
In singles, earned three wins at the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana … Defeated Zenn Lim of Southern Miss 6-7(0), 6-2, 7-5, LSU’s Florentine Dekkers 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, and Kelsey Mize of Ole Miss 7-5, 6-2 … Collected two more wins at the John Cade Invitational … Beat Mississippi State’s Ava Rath 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 and Louisville’s Lilliam Mould 6-3, 6-1 … In doubles, with partner Ava Rath defeated Furman’s Alexa Griffith and Marissa Pennings 8-6 at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic in Greenville, South Carolina … Added three more wins with partner Alessia Tagliente at the John Cade Invitational … With partner Tagliente took down the North Texas tandem of Lou Chalard and Oliva Malm 8-0, Louisville’s pair of Ibifuro Clement and Elena Noguero 8-5, as well as Germany Davis and Jamilah Snells 8-3.
Freshman (2022-23)
Singles Record: 11-14 // 8-9 dual // 4-7 SEC
Doubles Record: 9-15 // 5-11 dual // 1-9 SEC
SPRING:
Compiled an 8-9 mark in singles play throughout the spring … Clinched MSU’s wins over Arkansas State (Jan. 20), Tennessee State (Jan. 29) and Jackson State (Feb. 5) … Led the team with the most clinched wins … Had five straight wins from Jan. 29-March 17 … In doubles play, had a 5-11 record, and played mainly with Chloe Cirotte and Emmanouela Antonaki … With Cirotte, the pair went 3-2 and helped earn the doubles point against UAB (Jan. 15) and Tennessee State (Jan. 29) … Earned a 6-1 win with Gia Cohen against Alabama A&M’s Deja Brown and Camila Ruiz Diaz (Feb. 10) … At the No. 1 position saw a 7-6(5) victory with partner Emmanouela Antonaki against Anaelle Leclercq and Ludmila Kareisova of Ole Miss (March 31).
FALL:
In singles, claimed a win at the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana … Defeated Kristen Borland of Tulane 6-1, 6-2 … Claimed two wins at the John Cade Invitational … Beat Tyra Richardson of Louisville 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-6(3) and Louisiana Tech’s Ilana Tetruashvili 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5(6) … In doubles, claimed two wins at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic in Greenville, S.C. … Partnered with Emily Surcey to defeat South Carolina’s tandem of Misa Malkin and McKenna Schaefbauer 8-5 and Clemson’s duo of Sophia Hatton and Eleni Louka 8-2 … Defeated Kristen Borland and Brooke Theis of Tulane 8-2 with partner Emily Surcey at the ITA Southern Regional … Partnered up with Alexandra Mikhailuk at the John Cade Invitational … Beat Olga Bienzobas and Ana Rodrigues of Louisiana Tech 8-5.
Pre-College
Three-time Canadian National Doubles Champion … Had a career-high International Tennis Federation (ITF) ranking of 540 … Earned a career-best Canadian Women’s ranking of 25 … Was deemed a doubles semifinalist at the Les Petits As Championships … Represented Canada at the International Tournament.
Personal
Born on May, 29 2004 to her parents Niroshan and Irosha … Graduated from Bill Crothers Secondary School … Has one brother, Siddharth … Majoring in Business.
