Cosima Trinity Calinescu

Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
High School:
Online French School of CNED, Rouen
Hometown:
Verrières le Buisson, France

Fall 2023: Competed in three tournaments and posted a singles record of 9-2…Opened the season with going 4-0 at the Austin Peay Fall Invitational…Defeated Jordan Schifano (SIUE) 6,0, 6-1, Odajima Otone (Tennessee Southern) 6-0, Retired, and Paige Grice (Western Illinois) 6-3, 6-1 at the Redhawk Invitational…At the ITA Regional tournament went 2-2 with wins over Iowa State’s Isabella Dunlap 6-3, 6-1 and Saint Louis’s Elizabeth Mintusova 6-1, 6-2...In doubles played with Vivian Lai the entire season and went 5-3…Went 2-2 at the APSU Invitational notching wins over Elina Sungatullia and Lara Zugasti from Cumberland 6-0 and Luca Bohlen and Yu-Hua Cheng from Austin Peay State 6-3… The home meet at the John C. Bierk Tennis complex went 3-0 with wins over SIUE, Western Illinois, and Tennessee Southern.

Spring 2023: Competed in 19 singles matches…Went 13-5 in singles matches, 11-1 at number 5, 2-4 at number 4, and had one unfinished match…Defeated Kazama Nanoka from Central Arkansas 7-6, 5-7, 6-2…Fought her way past Bradley’s Madalena Andrade with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win…Traveled to Springfield, Illinois and rolled over Riann Hsu from Illinois-Springfield winning 6-2, 6-2…At the home opener against Missouri State at the John C. Bierk Redhawks Tennis complex beat Alyson Piskulic 6-3, 6-4…Continued her win streak with wins against Belmont, UT Southern, and Lindenwood…Won again beating SIUE’s Jaiden McKee 6-4, 2-6, 7-5…Ending the regular season cruising past Brittany Steven from Eastern Illinois 6-3, 6-1…During the first round of the OVC tournament pushed her win streak to 12 with a win over Aroa Arieta-Castillo 6-2, 6-1 from #4 Tennessee State…Went unfinished in the second round of the tournament against #2 SIUE’s Fabiola Perez…Competed in 15 doubles matches…Posted a doubles record of 10-2…Played Ksenia Shikanova the first match then with Vivian Lai the rest of the year at the number three position… Went on a 3-0 win streak with Vivian Lai beating North Alabama’s Ana Josic and Nicole Reilly 6-1, Bradley’s Madi Rogers and Alexandra Hildreth 6-1, and Illinois-Springfield’s Sina Skjelstad and Kamila Kalinowska 6-2…Rolled past Belmont beating Taylor Trondson and Meredith Roberts 6-2…Defeated Daniela Koleva and Aroa Castillo from Tennessee State 6-0…Won 6-0 during the semi finals and finals of the OVC tournament beating Daniela Koleva and Aroa Castillo from Tennessee State and Fabiola Perez and Caitlyn Sporing from SIUE.

Fall 2022: Competed in three tournaments and two matches…Posted a singles record of 13-2 for the season…Opened up the season 3-0 at the UCA Fall tournament with a win over Missouri State’s Alyson Piskulic 6-2, 6-2, Central Arkansas’s Sumomo Hamanga 2-6, 6-4, 10-8, and Ouachita Baptist’s Olivia Gaston 6-4, 6-1…Went 3-0 again at the Saint Louis University invitational defeating Jacqueline Hijaouy (SLU) 6-1, Mya Spencer (SLU) 6-1, 6-3, and Trang Tran (LIND) 6-2, 6-2…At the Redhawk Invitational went 2-0…Went 3-1 at the ITA Division 1 Central Regional Championships with a win over Oral Roberts Aliksandra Lebedeva 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 and Wichita State’s Kristina Kudryavtseva3-7, 7-6 (7-4), 10-6…Finished the season going 2-1 at the Illinois State Tournament…Posted a 3-3 doubles record…At the UCA Invitational played with Romana Tarajova and posted a 1-2 record…Played with Ksenia Shikanova at the Saint Louis University Invitational and beat Jordan Le and Eveline Nilsson 7-5 from Lindenwood…Finished with a 1-1 record at the Redhawk Invitational with a win over Western Illinois Ana Cortina-Pou and Lucky Kancherla 6-2.

Prep: Attended and graduated from the Online French School of CNED, Rouen in 2021…Comes to SEMO with a wealth of club tennis experience, competing in France, Belgium and Germany…Enjoys horseback riding…Competed in team aerobatics where she won the "Iles de France" Championship.

Personal: Born on Feb. 17, 2002...Daughter of Cosmin and Cécile Calinescu…Majoring in Psychology at SEMO.