Lauren Lucas
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- Hometown:
- Holidaysburg, Pa.
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- High School:
- Altoona Area HS
Bio
2015-16 (Freshman): Successful first season capped off by being named Landmark Rookie and Player of the Year ... also named to First Team ... went 13-7 overall and 7-0 in the conference at first singles ... won 11 of 12 matches to end the season including both matches in Landmark Tournament ... 14-7 doubles record ... 2-1 at first, 4-1 at second, and 7-4 at third doubles ... was 8-0 paired with Nora Tsai and 3-1 with Rachel Yurchisin.
High School: Lauren earned four varsity letters in tennis... Lucas received Altoona Mirror Athlete of the Week honors in 2013... She was a PA All-State Honorable Mention in 2013 and 2014... She was also named an Altoona Mirror All-Star from 2012-2014.
Personal: Daughter of Timothy and Tanya Lucas... POE is museum studies.
News mentions
TOWSON, Pa.- Freshman Lauren Lucas (Holidaysburg, Pa./Altoona Area HS) has earned top honors from the Landmark Conference in women’s tennis. Lucas was named the Landmark Rookie and Player of the Year on Wednesday along with being named to the First Team. She is the first player in Juniata women’s tennis history to earn both accolades in the Landmark and the first player to do so in the conference since 2009.
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.- In a rematch of their showdown weeks ago, the Juniata and Elizabethtown women’s tennis teams faced off in the Landmark Championship match on Saturday afternoon. In a battle that went wire-to-wire and was decided by in the third set of the deciding match, the Blue Jays bested the Eagles 5-4 to win their second straight Landmark title and seventh straight overall.
CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa.- For the last two years, the Juniata and Scranton women’s teams have met in the Landmark Semifinals. On both occasions, the Royals have come out on the winning end. The third time proved to be the charm as the Eagles defeated the Royals 5-3 to advance to the Landmark Championship for the first time in program history.
SCRANTON, Pa.- The Juniata women’s tennis team played its final Landmark Conference match of the season on Sunday afternoon against Scranton. The Royals got the better of the Eagles as they won by the score of 7-2.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Juniata women’s tennis team won its fifth Landmark match of the season as the Eagles defeated Catholic 6-3 on Saturday afternoon. JC improves its overall record to 10-7.
LANCASTER, Pa.- A total of four singles matches went to a super tiebreaker as the Juniata women’s tennis team battled with Franklin and Marshall on Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles were able to take only one as they fell by the score of 7-2.
HUNTINGDON, Pa.- A day after dropping a close match with Elizabethtown, the Juniata women’s tennis team hosted Drew on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles took down the Rangers 9-0 to improve to 9-6 overall and 4-1 in the Landmark.
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.- The Juniata women’s tennis team faced off with Elizabethtown in a battle two undefeated teams in Landmark play on Friday afternoon. It was a close and hard fought battled but the Eagles were felled by the Blue Jays by the score of 5-4.
HUNTINGDON, Pa.- The Juniata women’s tennis team remained undefeated in Landmark play as they defeated Susquehanna 7-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Raffensberger Courts. The Eagles’ overall record improves to 8-5 and they are 3-0 in the Landmark.
TOWSON, Md.- The Juniata women’s tennis team played Goucher in a rare Sunday afternoon match. The Eagles had no problem with the Gophers as they won 8-1.
HUNTINGDON, Pa.- The Juniata women’s tennis team hosted Moravian in the Landmark Conference opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles bested the Greyhounds by the score of 7-2.