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Austin Peay State University Athletics

2018-19 Women's Tennis Roster

Brittney Sparn, APSU Athletics
Brittney Sparn, APSU Athletics
Brittney Sparn, APSU Athletics
Brittney Sparn, APSU Athletics
Brittney Sparn, APSU Athletics

Lidia Yanes Garcia

  • Position PLAYER
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool I.E.S. Cruz Santa
  • Hometown Los Realejos, Spain

Biography

Records and Honors

  • Austin Peay career leader in singles wins (102) and doubles wins (58)
  • OVC Player of the Year: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
  • OVC Freshman of the Year: 2015-16
  • First Team All-OVC: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
  • 2017 OVC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week: March 22
  • 2018 OVC Women's Tennis Player of the Week: Feb. 8, April 11
  • 2019 OVC Women's Tennis Player of the Week: April 23
  • Dean’s List: F15, S16, F16, S17, F17, S18, F18
  • OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
  • OVC Academic Medal of Honor: 2016-17, 2017-18
  • OVC Scholar-Athlete: 2018-19
  • ITA Scholar-Athlete: 2016-17, 2017-18
  • Austin Peay Female Legends Award Winner: 2018-19

2018-19

Spring Season

  • Did not lose an OVC singles or doubles match, compiling 8-0 records in each competition. 
  • Was named First-Team All-OVC for the fourth time in her career, becoming only the second female tennis player to make an All-Conference team all four years of a career in APSU history. 
  • Went 21-1 in dual match play, ending her career on a 13-match win streak, tied for fifth all-time. 
  • Teamed with her sister Claudia for a 15-6 dual match doubles record, including going on a 12-match win streak, the second-longest in program history.
  • Won her 100th career singles match against Belmont on Senior Day, defeating Peyton Lee (6-1, 6-3).
  • Won both of her singles matches in the OVC Tournament semifinals and finals against Southeast Missouri and UT Martin, respectively. 

Fall Season

  • Went 8-3 in singles play and paired with her twin sister Claudia for a 4-1 doubles mark.
  • Won the Flight A Singles competition at the APSU Fall Invitational, defeating teammate Fabienne Schmidt in the final (6-4).
  • Won two matches at the prestigious Oracle ITA Masters, advancing to the semifinals of the consolation draw.

2017-18

Spring Season

  • Named OVC Player of the Year for the third consecutive year, the first player in conference history to win the award three times.
  • Defeated four players in the OVC Preseason Top 10 Rankings.
  • Went on a 16-match winning streak, third most in Governors history.
  • Finished 16-2 in singles, going 8-1 in OVC play.
  • Compiled an 11-6 doubles record, playing with three different partners in the spring.

Fall Season

  • Went 8-4 in singles and paired with twin sister Claudia for a 5-2 doubles record in the fall.
  • Reached final of the APSU Fall Invitational for the second consecutive year, losing an epic match to twin sister Claudia.
  • Advanced all the way to the quarterfinals of the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals, defeating sixth seed Summer Dvorak of Vanderbilt (7-6, 6-4).

2016-17

Spring Season

  • Named OVC Player of the Year for the second year in a row, the first player to do so since 2004.
  • Garnered second consecutive First Team All-OVC honors.
  • Went 14-2 at #1 singles over the course of the fall and the spring.
  • Compiled a perfect 8-0 OVC singles record, only dropping one set the entire conference season.

Fall Season

  • Reached final of APSU Fall Invitational.
  • Finished as the runner up at the Evansville Metro Collegiate Invitational.
  • Won the Flight 1 singles bracket of the USC Upstate Invitational, beating ETSU’s Marian Guinart 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the final.
  • Advanced to the round of 32 in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Tournament, going head-to-head with 9th seeded Emma Kurtz.

2015-16

Spring Season

  • Named OVC Freshman and Player of the year after playing entire season at #1 singles, going 9-1 in OVC conference play, only dropping four sets.
  • Garnered First Team All-OVC honors.
  • Finished the season on a four-match win streak in conference play.

Fall Season

  • Won the UT Martin Skyhawk Invitational in her first action as a Gov.
  • Followed with a victory at the APSU Fall Invitational Flight 1 singles, defeating UT Martin’s Hitomi Naito 2-6, 6-4, 10-1.
  • Advanced to the round of 32 in the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals, defeating Kentucky’s Kirsten Lewis 6-4, 6-3.

High School

  • Attended I.E.S. Cruz Santa in Los Realejos, Spain.

Personal 

  • Daughter of Florencio Imeldo Yanes Reyes and Maria Jesus Garcia Ferandez.
  • Twin sister Claudia also plays at Austin Peay.
  • Majoring in computer science.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    PLAYER
    5'3"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    PLAYER
    5'3"
  • 2017-18Junior

    PLAYER
    5'3"
  • 2018-19Senior

    PLAYER
    5'3"