Fall 2023: Competed in three tournaments and one match…Had a singles record of 9-3…During the APSU fall tournament went 3-1 with wins over Austin Peay State, Cumberland, and Chattanooga…Won all three matches at the Redhawk Invitational beating Cydney Rodgers 6-3, 6-2 (SIUE), Victoria Sanches 6-0, 6-0 (Tennessee Southern), and Lorena Castellanos 6-2, 6-1 (WIU)...Defeated Cassie Cervantes of Oral Roberts 6-2, 6-1 and Khayli Buckels of Nebraska-Omaha 1-6, 6-3, 10-7 at the ITA Regional tournament…Against Tennessee State overcame Louise Ratiu winning 6-4, 6-4…During doubles play posted a record of 7-3…With Trinity Calinescu 2-2 at the APSU Fall Invitational and then went 3-0 at the Redhawk Invitational beating SIUE, Western Illinois, and Tennessee Southern…Went 2-0 with Lera Valeeva at Tennessee State defeating A. Arrieta Castillo and Taylor Ellis 6-0 and A. Arrieta Castillo and Daniela Koleva 6-4.
Spring 2023: Competed in 19 matches…Was second team all OVC in singles…Had a singles record of 13-6…Went 10-3 at number four, 2-3 at number five, and 1-0 at number three…Won against Ting-An Chen 7-5, 6-3 from Central Arkansas for her first win of the season…At the home opener beat Missouri State’s Sandra Lukacova 6-1, 6-4 and Missouri State’s Juliette Robinson 6-3, 6-1…Continued her dominance defeating Victoria Sanches 6-0, 6-0 from UT Southern pushing her winning streak to four…During the first conference match of the season traveled to St. Charles, MO and beat Eveline Nilsson 6-0, 6-3 from Lindenwood…Rolled past Tennessee State’s Aroa Castillo winning 6-1, 6-1 and Arkansas State’s Abigail Thurmer 6-2, 6-1…Ended the regular season with another win at home beating Eastern Illinois’s Addison Brown 6-3, 6-0…During the first round of the OVC tournament beat #4 Tennessee State Franka Sindicic 6-1, 6-0, which was her 11th win in a row…Competed in 18 doubles matches…Nocthed a doubles record of 12-3…Went 2-1 with Ksenia Shikanova beating Central Arkansas and Murray State…Won her first match playing with Trinity Calinescu defeating Ana Josic and Nicole Reilly from North Alabama 6-1…Won four straight doubles matches in the middle of the season with Trinity Calinescu as her partner, with a dominant win over Tennessee State’s Daniela Koleva and Aroa Castillo 6-0…Played with Trinity Calinescu at the OVC tournament beat #4 Tennessee State’s Daniela Koleva and Aroa Arieta-Castillo 6-0…Dominated #2 SIUE’s Fabiola Perez and Caitlyn Sporing 6-0 during the finals of the OVC tournament.
Fall 2022: Competed in three tournaments and two matches…Led the Redhawks with a singles record of 13-1…Started the season with an impressive 7-0 record. Started the season going 3-0 in the Central Arkansas Tournament…Defeated Saint Louis universities Kate Sexton 6-1, 6-1 and Lindenwoods Alina Jensterle 6-3, 6-0 at the SLU Invitational…Continued her win streak going 3-0 at the Redhawk Invitational…Defeated Kate Sexton (SLU), 6-3, 6-0 and Sumomo Hamanaga (UCA), 4-6, 6-2, 13-11 at the ITA Central Regional Championships going 2-1 for the weekend…Finished out the singles season traveling to Normal, Illinois to compete in the Illinois State Tournament going 3-0…Posted the best doubles record on the team going 8-1 on the season…Played with Romana Tarajova (3-0) and Ksenia Shikanova (5-1)...Recorded two victories at the Saint Louis University invitational with wins over Sandra Gines and Mya Spencer (SLU) 7-5, and Juilana Kulczynski and Alina Jensterle (LIND) 6-0…At the ITA Central Regional Championships defeated Central Arkansas’s Konomi Miyakawa and Nicole Ross 8-3 going 1-1 for the tournament…Concluded her doubles season going 2-0 defeating Nadiia Konieva and Giorgia Cavestro (Milwaukee) 6-2, and Claire Perez-Korinko and Emma Pilipovic-Kljajic (EIU) 6-0 at the Illinois State tournament.
Spring 2022: Led the Redhawks in 2022 with a 15-4 dual singles record (2-1 at No. 4), compiling a 13-3 record at the fifth slot…Has a 36-9 career singles record as a Redhawk…Paced SEMO with a 6-1 singles mark in OVC matches at No. 4… Fashioned an impressive 13-1 record in her career in regular-season league matches…Overall, career singles record stands at 36-9…In doubles, posted an 8-4 record with Myroslava Zelenchuk (7-4 at No. 3, 1-0 at No. 2)…Went 3-2 in OVC matches with Zelenchuk at third doubles…Also played doubles with Daniela Hlacikova (0-1 at No. 2), Ksenia Shikanova (1-2 at No. 3) and Grace Powderly (0-2 at No. 3)…Opened the season with back-to-back non-conference wins over Missouri State (2/11) and Missouri (2/18)…Went on a seven-match win streak from March 14-April 9, with a pair of non-conference wins over Montreat College (3/14) and Gardner-Webb (3/17) followed by five-straight wins over league foes in Eastern Illinois (3/25, 6-3, 7-5), SIUE (3/29, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5), UT Martin (4/2, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5), Tennessee State (4/8, 6-0, 6-0) and Belmont (4/9, 6-2, 6-2)…Closed out the 2022 OVC slate with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Murray State (4/19)…Registered a pair of wins during the 2022 OVC Tournament over Peyton Lee of Belmont (4/30, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1) and Austin Peay’s (5/1) Aleks Topalovic, 6-2, 6-4 to help the Redhawks capture their first-ever OVC Tournament title…Concluded the season with three-straight singles wins…Took on #15 Stanford’s (5/6) #113 Valencia Xu (2-6, 4-3, unfinished) in the First Round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament…Won three-straight doubles matches with Zelenchuk over Gardner Webb (3/17) and then against conference foes Eastern Illinois (3/25, 6-1) and SIUE (3/29, 6-1)…Captured a pair of wins at third doubles with Zelenchuk at the 2022 OVC Tournament (4/30-5/1)…Beat Belmont’s Taylor Trondson and Anastasiya Zholdakova, 6-2, in the Semifinals before edging Austin Peay’s Aleks Topalovic and Yu-Hua Cheng…Lai is 4-0 in OVC Tournament matches in her career…Fell to #15 Stanford’s (5/6) Michaela Gordon and Valencia Xu, 6-2, with Zelenchuk in the First Round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
Fall 2021: Competed in five tournaments in the fall…Registered a 7-5 singles mark…Finished 1-2 at the UCA Fall Tournament (10/3) dropping her first match to Louisiana Tech (1-6, 5-7)…Defeated Missouri State’s Alyson Piskulic (6-4, 6-2) and finally dropping her third match by a final mark of 3-6, 2-6…Lai secured a first day victory at the ITA Division I Women’s Central Regional Championship (10/21-24) in Iowa City, Iowa, defeating Thaissa Moreira of Northern Iowa by a final score of 6-1, 6-0…Concluded the fall season with three-straight wins…Posted a 5-2 doubles record…Played with Manuela Barriga (3-2) and Daniela Hlacikova (1-0)…Recorded two victories in doubles with Barriga at the UCA Tournament (10/3)…Dropped their first match versus Northeastern State’s Dorota Szcygielska/Ayu Ishibashi (0-6)…Recorded two victories in consecutive matches defeating Missouri State’s Tiffini Nash and Kate Miley (7-5) and Arkansas State’s Brooke Buehler and Rebecca Brody with a final mark of 6-4.
Spring 2021: Led the Redhawks in 2021 with a 16-3 singles mark…Her 16 singles wins tied for fifth all-time in SEMO program history for single-season wins and her 16-3 mark ranks tied for third for best single-season record…Fashioned a 13-2 record and a perfect 7-0 mark in OVC play at no. 5 singles…Also saw action at the second (1-0), third (1-0) and fourth (1-1) singles slots…Concluded the campaign on a 12-match singles win streak from March 8 (William Woods) through April 25 (Austin Peay)…Also had a four-match singles win streak during non-conference play with wins over Arkansas State, Missouri State (2) and Bradley from Feb. 7-20…Named OVC Women's Tennis Player of the Week on April 21 after earning a pair of singles wins to close out the regular season…Won both of her fifth singles matches at the 2021 OVC Championship…Beat #4 Jacksonville State (4/24)’s Sara Jamal, 6-0, 6-2, in the Semifinals before besting #2 Austin Peay’s (4/25) Martina Paladini-Jennings, 6-2, 6-3, in the Finals…In doubles, tallied a 1-4 mark at the third slot…She played with Lera Valeeva (0-1), Grace Powderly (1-1) and Ksenia Shikanova (0-2)…Beat Mireia Jordan and Marta Calvo Larraz of William Woods (3/8) with Powderly, 6-1.
Spring 2020 (Shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic): Led the Redhawks with a 5-2 dual singles record, playing at the third (1-0) and fourth slots (4-2)…Finished the shortened season with five straight singles wins…Beat Ariana Rodriguez of Saint Louis (1/29), 6-2, 6-2 and Lipscomb’s (2/8) Anja Trbeznik, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 4 singles for first two career victories…Continued win streak with three straight over Bradley (2/28, Sanchez Bronzetti), Missouri State (3/6, Taylor Shaw) and Kansas City (3/7, Riddhi Sharma)…The win over KC’s Sharma was her first at the third position…Posted a 2-7 dual doubles mark, competing at both the second (1-7) and third (1-0) lineup spots…Played with Teona Velkoska, compiling a 1-4 mark at no. 2 doubles…Was a perfect 1-0 with Maja Lundell at the third slot…Also played with Manuela Barriga (0-2, no. 2) and Lera Valeeva (0-1, no. 2)…Tallied first career collegiate doubles dual win with a 6-0 sweep of Lipscomb’s (2/8) Liza Diachenko and Maddox Bandy, with Velkoska…Concluded the season with 6-3 victory over Thanushree Vale and Rhiannon McBlane of Kansas City (3/7), with Lundell…Named the OVC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week on March 11…Selected to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll…Garnered ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades.
Fall 2019: Appeared in all five tournaments…Led the Redhawks with an 11-4 singles record and a 9-4 doubles mark…Played doubles exclusively with Teona Velkoska…Registered first collegiate singles win as a Redhawk with a 6-4, 6-4 decision over UT Martin’s Mizuki Sakurai at the Austin Peay Fall Invitational (9/13-14)…Posted seven consecutive singles wins from Sept. 28 to Oct. 18…Captured the Flight 3 Singles title at the Central Arkansas (UCA) Fall Invitational (9/28-29) with three straight victories over Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech and Central Arkansas…Won both of her matches against William Woods (10/5) at home over Mireia Jordan and Zlata Shuraeva…Finished as a quarterfinalist in singles and doubles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Ohio Valley Regional Championship (10/17-19) with wins over Northern Kentucky, UT Martin and Belmont and Lipscomb with Velkoska…Opened the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championship with a win over Hannah Watton (Northern Kentucky) in the B Flight…Won two (Florida Southern, Nova Southeastern) of her three singles matches at the Stetson Invitational (11/1-3)…Won the Austin Peay Fall Invitational (9/13-14) Flight 2 Doubles title with Velkoska to open the fall…Compiled doubles wins over Belmont, Murray State and Western Kentucky at the Austin Peay Fall Invitational (9/13-14) to win the Flight 2 Doubles title…Concluded the campaign with a perfect 3-0 doubles record to secure the second doubles flight at the Stetson Invitational (11/1-3).
Prep: Graduated from New Taipei High School in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2019...Played singles and doubles...Coached by Tung-Han Lee at New Taipei High School.
Personal: Born on Dec. 18, 2000…Daughter of Chun-Shan Lai and Chiu-Ping Huang...Her full name is Pei-Yu Lai...Majoring in Finance at SEMO.
