Wake Forest Athletics
Women's Tennis Adds Brigita Bercyte to Roster
1/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 18, 2011
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C - The Wake Forest women's tennis team has one new member as Brigita Bercyte has joined the squad for the 2011 dual match season, as announced Tuesday by head coach Jeff Wyshner.
Bercyte comes to Wake Forest from Brooklyn, N.Y. and has experience playing high-level tennis, having competed extensively on the ITF Junior Circuit. Last fall, she won the doubles title at an ITF tournament in Puerto Rico and finished as the runner-up in singles at an ITF event in the Dominican Republic.
"Brigita should have an immediate impact on our success this spring," said Wyshner. "She immediately brings an energetic and aggressive style of play to our doubles line-up."
"While it will be a little tougher for her to jump from competing with juniors to playing collegiate players who may be three or four years older than her, she is so athletic, hits the ball beautifully and has a very high tennis IQ, that I am confident that she will make that adjustment quickly. She is very much the passionate, dedicated and talented student-athlete that we want to be a part of the tennis program here at Wake."
Bercyte graduated from high school last spring and was initially planning on taking a year off to improve her tennis, before deciding to join the Demon Deacons in January.
"I was very fortunate to find Brigita playing at the Eddie Herr this past November," said Wyshner. "One of her greatest strengths is her 100 percent commitment to improving her game, and that is why she was taking a year off after graduating last spring. Fortunately, she was willing to adjust her plans and join us this January instead."
Bercyte was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, but moved to the United States with her family when she was 11 years old.
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Background:
Competed extensively on the ITF Junior circuit ... Reached the singles final of the ITF Copa Mangu Tournament in the Dominican Republic in fall of 2010 ... Won the doubles title at the ITF Copa Coqui tournament in Puerto Rico in the fall of 2010 ... Also ran cross country during her freshman year at Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. earning Wall of Fame honors and setting numerous Public School Athletic League records
Personal:
Born 7/23/1992 in Vilnius, Lithuania ... Moved to the United States with her family when she was 11 years old ... Daughter of Regina Berciene and Raimundas Bercys ... Brother Salvijus Bercys is a junior on the chess team at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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