2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Schwartzman, Darya
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
Darya Schwartzman
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Maccabim-Reut MOR High School
- Hometown:
- Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024-25 (Junior)
Named to the AAC All-Conference Team for the first time in her career after posting a 16-11 (11-7 duals) singles record and a 20-10 (15-7 duals) doubles record this season ... Played the No. 1 position exclusively in singles and for the majority of the season in doubles ... Earned two AAC Player of the Week honors during the spring ... Held an ITA Doubles national ranking as high as No. 33 with partner Fernanda Martinez after taking down the seventh-ranked duo from Pepperdine ... Opened the spring on a six-match winning streak.
2023-24 (Sophomore)
Went 12-11 and 16-9 in singles and doubles play, respectively, with marks of 5-7 and 10-7 during the dual match season while playing predominantly at the No. 2 position in both lineups... Named the AAC Co-Player of the Week on March 5 after posting wins in both singles and doubles play during the team's 4-0 sweep at UNLV... Reached the consolation semifinals at the ITA Regionals... Won the singles and doubles championship at the Rice Invitational, playing alongside Saara Orav in doubles... Had a season-best unbeaten streak of eight matches during nonconference play, posting three wins and leading a further two matches prior to abandoning during the streak... Posted an 8-4 record while playing alongside Orav at the second position of the doubles lineup during the dual match season... Recorded two clinching points on the season (North Texas and Tulsa)... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.
2022-23 (Freshman)
Spring: Finished her first collegiate dual season with a 9-5 record in singles and 9-3 in doubles… 3-1 in three-set matches… Saw action at four spots in the lineup with her most action coming at the fourth line (5-2)… 2-0 at the C-USA Championship and was tied in her third match… Followed the Owls’ win in doubles vs. North Texas with a swift 6-3, 6-1 win to up the lead to 2-0 and then shook off an opening 9-7 tiebreak loss in her first set in the semis vs. Charlotte to win 6-2, 6-0 and provide the Owls’ third point… 7-2 with Orav, all over the last 12 matches (leading in two of three unfinished)… Clinched the doubles vs. #36 FIU with a 7-3 tiebreaker. Fall: Posted a 3-5 mark in singles and a 3-3 record in doubles in her first collegiate action after signing with Rice during the summer… Won three of her last four singles matches. Including taking two of three at the season-ending Texas A&M Invitational… was 1-2 while teaming with Federica Trevisan at the Rice Invitational
Juniors
Signed with Rice in July and brings a career-best ITF ranking of 178 while only recently returning to full-time tennis competition after completing her two years of service with the Israel Defense Force.
- 2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
- AAC Co-Player of the Week (March 5, 2024)
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- AAC All-Conference Team (2025)
2024-25 (Junior)
Named to the AAC All-Conference Team for the first time in her career after posting a 16-11 (11-7 duals) singles record and a 20-10 (15-7 duals) doubles record this season ... Played the No. 1 position exclusively in singles and for the majority of the season in doubles ... Earned two AAC Player of the Week honors during the spring ... Held an ITA Doubles national ranking as high as No. 33 with partner Fernanda Martinez after taking down the seventh-ranked duo from Pepperdine ... Opened the spring on a six-match winning streak.
2023-24 (Sophomore)
Went 12-11 and 16-9 in singles and doubles play, respectively, with marks of 5-7 and 10-7 during the dual match season while playing predominantly at the No. 2 position in both lineups... Named the AAC Co-Player of the Week on March 5 after posting wins in both singles and doubles play during the team's 4-0 sweep at UNLV... Reached the consolation semifinals at the ITA Regionals... Won the singles and doubles championship at the Rice Invitational, playing alongside Saara Orav in doubles... Had a season-best unbeaten streak of eight matches during nonconference play, posting three wins and leading a further two matches prior to abandoning during the streak... Posted an 8-4 record while playing alongside Orav at the second position of the doubles lineup during the dual match season... Recorded two clinching points on the season (North Texas and Tulsa)... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.
2022-23 (Freshman)
Spring: Finished her first collegiate dual season with a 9-5 record in singles and 9-3 in doubles… 3-1 in three-set matches… Saw action at four spots in the lineup with her most action coming at the fourth line (5-2)… 2-0 at the C-USA Championship and was tied in her third match… Followed the Owls’ win in doubles vs. North Texas with a swift 6-3, 6-1 win to up the lead to 2-0 and then shook off an opening 9-7 tiebreak loss in her first set in the semis vs. Charlotte to win 6-2, 6-0 and provide the Owls’ third point… 7-2 with Orav, all over the last 12 matches (leading in two of three unfinished)… Clinched the doubles vs. #36 FIU with a 7-3 tiebreaker. Fall: Posted a 3-5 mark in singles and a 3-3 record in doubles in her first collegiate action after signing with Rice during the summer… Won three of her last four singles matches. Including taking two of three at the season-ending Texas A&M Invitational… was 1-2 while teaming with Federica Trevisan at the Rice Invitational
Juniors
Signed with Rice in July and brings a career-best ITF ranking of 178 while only recently returning to full-time tennis competition after completing her two years of service with the Israel Defense Force.
| Singles | Overall | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 12-10 | 3-5 | 9-5 | - | - | 1-2 | 5-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023-24 | 12-11 | 7-4 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 5-6 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024-25 | 16-11 | 5-4 | 11-7 | 11-7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 40-32 | 15-13 | 25-19 | 11-8 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Doubles | Overall | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 12-6 | 3-3 | 9-3 | - | 4-1 | 5-2 |
| 2023-24 | 16-9 | 6-2 | 10-7 | - | 10-7 | - |
| 2024-25 | 20-10 | 5-3 | 15-7 | 11-5 | 4-2 | - |
| TOTAL | 48-25 | 14-8 | 34-17 | 11-5 | 18-10 | 5-2 |
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2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
Thursday, April 25
2023 Rice Tennis Facilities
Wednesday, September 13
Tommy McClelland Introductory Press Conference
Sunday, August 06
2023 Night of The Owl End of Year Highlight
Tuesday, April 25
